Die Covid-Pandemie und Reaktionen der (Welt-)Religionen

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George D. Chryssides > (*1945)  and Dan Cohn-Sherbok > (*1945) [eds.]:   Foreword by Rowan Williams, Former Archbishop of Canterbury   The Covid Pandemic and the World’s Religions   Challenges and Responses   London: Bloomsbury 2023, 256 pp.   ISBN 978-1-3503-4964-3 (hardback) 978-1-3503-4963-6 (paperback) 978-1-3503-4967-4 (online) 978-1-3503-4965-0 (epdf) This anthology collects the perspectives of believers from a variety of faith communities to key questions on how the Covid pandemic has affected their faith. Editor's information Believers from a variety of faith communities are asked to assess how the Covid pandemic has affected their faith. The anthology collects their responses to key questions, such as:· --- How does your faith explain why such events occur?· --- How has it affected your religious practices?· --- What changes has it necessitated?· --- What differences might we expect once the pandemic is over? · --- What have we learned from it? Two exponents of each major religion and a number of minority faiths comment on these issues, combined with a concluding essay by the editors assessing the overall impact of the pandemic on religion worldwide. Faiths explored include Jewish, Christian, Islamic, Hindu, Buddhist, Shinto, Sikh Baha’I, Jain, African Traditional Religion, Zoroastrian, Unitarian, Jehovah’s Witnesses and Christian Science. Deutsche Erläuterung Gläubige aus einer Vielzahl von Glaubensgemeinschaften  wurden gebeten zu beurteilen, wie sich die Covid-Pandemie auf ihren Glauben ausgewirkt hat. Der Sammelband sammelt ihre Antworten auf Schlüsselfragen wie etwa diese:  --- Wie erklärt Ihr Glaube, warum es zu solchen Ereignissen kommt? --- Wie hat sich die Pandemie auf Ihre religiösen Praktiken ausgewirkt? ---  Welche Veränderungen hat sie erforderlich gemacht? --- Welche Unterschiede sind zu erwarten, wenn die Pandemie vorüber ist?  --- Was haben wir daraus gelernt? Zwei Vertreter jeder großen Religion und eine Reihe von Minderheitsreligionen nehmen zu diesen Fragen Stellung. In einem abschließenden Essay bewerten die Herausgeber die Gesamtauswirkungen der Pandemie auf die Religion weltweit. Zu den untersuchten Religionen gehören das Judentum, das Christentum, der Islam, der Hinduismus, der Buddhismus, der Schintoismus, die Sikhs, Baha'i-Anhänger, die Jainisten, die traditionelle afrikanische Religion, die Zoroastrier, die Unitarier, die Zeugen Jehovas und die Christliche Wissenschaft. "This remarkable collection of reflections from a very wide range of traditions should serve as a multi-faceted reminder to the deep religious and ethical issues which Covid created, uncovered and amplified."- (Michael Ipgrave OBE, Bishop of Lichfield, UK) See also: Die Pest - Rückblicke und Folgerungen angesichts heutiger Pandemien Contents with Extracts / Inhaltsverzeichnis (mit Zusammenfassungen)   Chapter 1. Covid and religion --- Christopher Lewis --- pp. 1–8   Chapter 2. Pandemics and Jewish responses --- Oliver Leaman --- pp. 9–14   Chapter 3. Some Jewish perspectives from the United States ---                     David J. Zucker --- pp. 15–22   Chapter 4. Covid, Communion and Christianity --- Clare Amos --- pp. 23–30   Chapter 5. We can’t forget: Conservative Protestants                     in the Covid-19 pandemic --- Camille Kaminski Lewis --- pp. 31–36   Chapter 6. ‘What people’s hands have earned’: Islamic perspectives on Covid                     Usama Hasan --- pp. 37–44   Chapter 7. Glimpses into Islamic perspectives and practice ---                      Farhana Mayer --- pp. 45–52   Chapter 8. Turning to medicine is not turning away from God:                    Hindu resilience in a pandemic --- Anantanand Rambachan --- pp. 53–60   Chapter 9. Chanting, karma, love and Zoom: Hindu responses to a pandemic                     Shaunaka Rishi Das and Utsa Bose --- pp. 61–68   Chapter 10. The Buddha’s prescription for the world:                     How people used Buddhism to cope with the pandemic                 Bogodá Seelawimala --- pp. 69–76   Chapter 11. Covid and Theravada Buddhism --- Peter Harvey --- pp. 77–84   Chapter 12. Fostering everyday culture at Shinto shrines under Covid                     Taishi Kato --- pp. 85–90   Chapter 13. The significance of matsuri festivals in Shinto during epidemics                        Koji Suga --- pp. 91–98   Chapter 14. Covid and sewa: Practising Sikhi during a global pandemic                  Tejpaul Singh Bainiwal --- pp. 99–104   Chapter 15. Sikh scriptemics during pandemic --- Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh --- pp. 105–112   Chapter 16. Navigating the Covid-19 pandemic: Building resilience:                      Reflections of a Bahá’í --- Wendi Momen --- pp. 113–120   Chapter 17. World-embracing vision against world-threatening pandemic                      George Merchant Ballentyne --- pp. 121–128   Chapter 18. Jains and Covid-19 --- Vinod Kapashi --- pp. 129–134   Chapter 19. Jain perceptions of the pandemic --- Kumarpal Desai --- pp. 135–140   Chapter 20. African religion: Vibrant amid Covid-19 in Eswatini --- Hebron L. Ndlovu --- pp. 141–146   Chapter 21. Opening our eyes: Covid-19 and indigenous funeral processes                     in African Traditional Religion ---                      Nokuzola Mndende --- pp. 147–154   Chapter 22. Zarathustra’s wisdom: Accepting natural consequences ---                      Jehangir Sarosh --- pp. 155–160       Chapter 23. Transforming challenges into progress:                     A Zoroastrian perspective --- Koka Karishma --- pp. 161–168   Chapter 24. Unitarians and global catastrophe: A pandemic, a war and a climate emergency                 Feargus O’Connor --- pp. 169–176   Chapter 25. Unitarian Universalists face Covid:                      Challenges, surprises and new pathways --- Jay Atkinson --- pp. 177–184   Chapter 26. When ‘No resident will say: “I am sick”’:                     The global religious response of Jehovah’s Witnesses                     to the Covid-19 pandemic --- Jolene Chu --- pp. 185–192 Chapter 27. How one Jehovah’s Witness community negotiated the ride of the ‘pale horse’                 Gary Perkins --- pp. 193–200   Chapter 28. Practising my Christian Science faith during the Covid-19 pandemic                  Shirley Paulson --- pp. 201–208   Chapter 29. Personal experiences of the Christian Science faith during Covid                      --- Susan Searle --- pp. 209–214   Chapter 30. Covid and Theology --- Dan Cohn-Sherbok --- pp. 215–220   Chapter 31. What have we learned? --- George D. Chryssides ---   pp. 221-238

"This remarkable collection of reflections from a very wide range of traditions should serve as a multi-faceted reminder to the deep religious and ethical issues which Covid created, uncovered and amplified." - Michael Ipgrave OBE, Bishop of Lichfield, UK