The Covid Pandemic and the World’s Religions: Challenges and Responses

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Contents
Notes on contributors
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
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1 Covid and religion Christopher Lewis
2 Pandemics and Jewish responses Oliver Leaman
3 Some Jewish perspectives from the United States David J. Zucker
4 Covid, Communion and Christianity Clare Amos
5 We can’t forget: Conservative Protestants in the Covid-19 pandemic Camille Kaminski Lewis
6 ‘What people’s hands have earned’: Islamic perspectives on Covid Usama Hasan
7 Glimpses into Islamic perspectives and practice Farhana Mayer
8 Turning to medicine is not turning away from God: Hindu resilience in a pandemic Anantanand Rambachan
9 Chanting, karma, love and Zoom: Hindu responses to a pandemic Shaunaka Rishi Das and Utsa Bose
10 The Buddha’s prescription for the world: How people used Buddhism to cope with the pandemic Bogodá Seelawimala
11 Covid and Theravada Buddhism Peter Harvey
12 Fostering everyday culture at Shinto shrines under Covid Taishi Kato
13 The significance of matsuri festivals in Shinto during epidemics Koji Suga
14 Covid and sewa: Practising Sikhi during a global pandemic Tejpaul Singh Bainiwal
15 Sikh scriptemics during pandemic Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh
16 Navigating the Covid-19 pandemic: Building resilience: Reflections of a Bahá’í Wendi Momen
17 World-embracing vision against world-threatening pandemic George Merchant Ballentyne
18 Jains and Covid-19 Vinod Kapashi
19 Jain perceptions of the pandemic Kumarpal Desai
20 African religion: Vibrant amid Covid-19 in Eswatini Hebron L. Ndlovu
21 Opening our eyes: Covid-19 and indigenous funeral processes in African Traditional Religion Nokuzola Mndende
22 Zarathustra’s wisdom: Accepting natural consequences Jehangir Sarosh
23 Transforming challenges into progress: A Zoroastrian perspective Koka Karishma
24 Unitarians and global catastrophe: A pandemic, a war and a climate emergency Feargus O’Connor
25 Unitarian Universalists face Covid: Challenges, surprises and new pathways Jay Atkinson
26 When ‘No resident will say: “I am sick”’: The global religious response of Jehovah’s Witnesses to the Covid-19 pandemic Jolene Chu
27 How one Jehovah’s Witness community negotiated the ride of the ‘pale horse’ Gary Perkins
28 Practising my Christian Science faith during the Covid-19 pandemic Shirley Paulson
29 Personal experiences of the Christian Science faith during Covid Susan Searle
30 Covid and Theology Dan Cohn-Sherbok
31 What have we learned? George D. Chryssides
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