Religious Responses to Pandemics and Crises

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Sravana Borkataky-Varma is an Instructional Assistant Professor at the University of Houston, Texas, and a Research Fellow at CSWR, Harvard University.

Christian A. Eberhart is a Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Houston, Texas, USA.

Marianne Bjelland Kartzow is a Professor of New Testament Studies at the University of Oslo, Norway.

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This collection of global contributions represents reflections on the rich and multifaceted spectrum of human responses in a variety of different religions and cultures to the current SARS2-COVID-19 pandemic and similar crises in the past, exploring various dimensions of the interrelations between the individual, community, and religion.

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1. Introduction Sravana Borkataky-Varma, Christian A. Eberhart, Marianne Bjelland Kartzow Part 1: Strategies and Theologies Facing Pandemics
   2. Pandemic P j : Corona Devi, Coronasur, and how a Viral Twitter Campaign Affirms Analog Ritual Power Dheepa Sundaram
      3. Sitting on a Grave: Female Agency and Resistance During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Chiga Village, Kenya Loreen Maseno
         4. 'He has filled the hungry with good things' (Luke 1:53): Theologizing on the Pandemic, Pagpupuri, and Pantries Ma. Maricel S. Ibita and Ma. Marilou S. Ibita Part 2: Rituals in Times of Trouble
            5. Diseased Rites: Magic Tantras and Inflicted Illness Aaron Michael Ullrey
               6. "Can a virus destroy the sacred?" The Latvian Experience of Holy Communion During COVID-19 Ilze dre, Dace Balode, and Linards Rozent ls
                  7. Ritual Reinvention and the Celebration of the Eucharist in Times of Crises: Biblical and Contemporary Perspectives Korinna Zamfir
                     8. Isolation, Community, and Religious Identification: The Ritual World of Early Christian Imprisonment Letters Soham Al-Suadi Part 3: Plagues, Infections, and Witchcraft
                        9. Plagues, Withdrawal, and Wayfaring in the Hebrew Bible Elisa Uusimäki
                           10. The Leper as Transcestor: Queens in Exile Audrey Gale Hall
                               11. Constructing the Sacred Self: 21st Century Paganism, Self-Care, and Ascetic Witchcraft MiloRhys K. Teplin di Padilla
                                   12. Pedagogy of Death in the Era of #Coronachaos Keith E. McNeal. Index