"... dann wird Gott dich mit großen Plagen und bösen Krankheiten heimsuchen" (Dtn 28,59): eine kurze Religionsgeschichte der Seuchen
Catastrophes like global pandemics are very prone to generate different interpretations, also in the realm of religion and theology. It might be expected that the most common approach within the history of religion was to think of them as divine punishments for human sins. While this was the case in...
| Subtitles: | "Themenheft: Pest und andere Plagen. Vom Umgang mit Epidemien in der Antike" |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | German |
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| Published: |
De Gruyter
2021
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| In: |
Evangelische Theologie
Year: 2021, Volume: 81, Issue: 5, Pages: 325-337 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible
/ Epidemic
/ Religion
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy HA Bible KAA Church history NBC Doctrine of God |
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| Summary: | Catastrophes like global pandemics are very prone to generate different interpretations, also in the realm of religion and theology. It might be expected that the most common approach within the history of religion was to think of them as divine punishments for human sins. While this was the case in some instances, a closer look, however, reveals that ancient and medieval theologians were very reluctant to embark on that way of explanations and offered more theologically mature thoughts. |
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| ISSN: | 2198-0470 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Evangelische Theologie
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.14315/evth-2021-810504 |