Victory in the Time of COVID: Defying a Pandemic at an Indian Megachurch

The global COVID-19 pandemic of 2020–2021 required significant ritual adjustment in churches worldwide, particularly the larger ones. It has also provoked theological reflection on the origins on the virus, as well as on what God’s Word had to say in response. This article investigates the adjustmen...

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Main Author: Bauman, Chad M. (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Brill 2022
In: Social sciences and missions
Year: 2022, Volume: 35, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 237-273
Further subjects:B Assembliess of God
B Health
B pandémie
B victory
B Pandemic
B Théologie
B Prosperity Theology
B victoire
B India
B mégaéglises
B santé
B Megachurches
B assemblées de Dieu
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