Religion and the ‘Secular shadow’: responses to covid-19 in Ethiopia

In Ethiopia, both Christians and Muslims interpreted the Covid-19 pandemic as God’s punishment for sin. Prayer, fasting, and congregating in houses of worship therefore became important as means to plead God to act; practices that deviated from the biomedically informed efforts promoted by the Ethio...

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Published in:Religion
Authors: Østebø, Terje 1968- (Author) ; Tronvoll, Kjetil 1966- (Author) ; Østebø, Marit Tolo (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge 2021
In: Religion
Year: 2021, Volume: 51, Issue: 3, Pages: 339-358
Further subjects:B Covid-19
B Health
B the secular
B Africa
B Science
B Pandemic
B Ethiopia
B Prayer
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