The Impact of Covid-19 on Abrahamic Fundamentalist Groups
This contribution discusses the question whether there is a general interlinking between the fundamentalist perception and practice of Abrahamic religions by some believers or groups and their (in-)ability to cope with pandemics such as Covid-19, or if this assumption is misleading. With the help of...
Publié dans: | Interdisciplinary journal for religion and transformation in contemporary society |
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Type de support: | Électronique Article |
Langue: | Anglais |
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Brill
2021
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Interdisciplinary journal for religion and transformation in contemporary society
Année: 2021, Volume: 7, Numéro: 2, Pages: 406-425 |
Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Covid-19
B Abrahamic Religions B Violence B Pandemic B Religious Fundamentalism |
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Résumé: | This contribution discusses the question whether there is a general interlinking between the fundamentalist perception and practice of Abrahamic religions by some believers or groups and their (in-)ability to cope with pandemics such as Covid-19, or if this assumption is misleading. With the help of selected examples from fundamentalist groups of the Abrahamic religions, it will be shown that some fundamentalist actors see Covid-19 as a divine punishment and make use of the pandemic for radical mobilization of their members, while other religious groups and leaders concentrate on the resilience and healing aspects of their followers during the pandemic. The different responses of coping lead to the question whether monotheistic religions might be more susceptible to fundamentalist reactions to pandemics than other religions. |
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ISSN: | 2364-2807 |
Contient: | Enthalten in: Interdisciplinary journal for religion and transformation in contemporary society
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.30965/23642807-bja10025 |