"God is in Control": Religious Coping in Sermons About the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Reformed Church in Zambia

Coping is one of the mechanisms employed by people to deal with crises or disasters such as the global COVID-19 pandemic. The RCOPE, developed by Kenneth Pargament et al., is a quantitative scale to measure styles of religious coping. This article applies the RCOPE qualitatively to live-streamed ser...

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Subtitles:"Spirituality, Mental Health, and COVID-19"
Main Author: Kroesbergen-Kamps, Johanneke (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V. 2024
In: Journal of religion and health
Year: 2024, Volume: 63, Issue: 1, Pages: 704-724
Further subjects:B Religious Coping
B Covid-19
B African Christianity
B Zambia
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