Religion And The Covid 19 Pandemic In Southern Africa

Author : Fortune Sibanda,Tenson Muyambo,Ezra Chitando
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2022-02-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781000542080

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Religion and the COVID-19 Pandemic in Southern Africa by Fortune Sibanda,Tenson Muyambo,Ezra Chitando Pdf

This book investigates the role of religion in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in Southern Africa. Building on a diverse range of methodologies and disciplinary approaches, the book reflects on how religion, politics and health have interfaced in Southern African contexts, when faced with the sudden public health emergency caused by the pandemic. Religious actors have played a key role on the frontline throughout the pandemic, sometimes posing roadblocks to public health messaging, but more often deploying their resources to help provide effective and timely responses. Drawing on case studies from African indigenous knowledge systems, Islam, Rastafari and various forms of Christianity, this book provides important reflections on the role of religion in crisis response. This book will be of interest to researchers across the fields of African Studies, Health, Politics and Religious Studies. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

Author : Gilbert Kamta Tatsi
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2023-01-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783346803924

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The Emerging Covid-19 Pandemic in South Africa. The Pastoral Response of the Roman Catholic Church to its Socio-Economic Impact by Gilbert Kamta Tatsi Pdf

Master's Thesis from the year 2022 in the subject Theology - Practical Theology, grade: 70%, University of KwaZulu-Natal (College of Humanities / School of Religion, Philosphy & Classics), course: Theology and Development, language: English, abstract: This study is an appraisal of the pastoral response of the Roman Catholic Church to the socio-economic impact of the emerging pandemic in South Africa. Central to this study is the contribution that African liberation theology offers, with particular emphasis on the philosophy of Ujamaa and the theology of Ubuntu, in strengthening the pastoral response of the Roman Catholic Church to the socio-economic impact of the emerging Covid-19 pandemic in the country. The Covid-19 pandemic has created unprecedented socio-economic hardships globally. The austerities brought about by Covid-19 has affected all sectors of society. Religious, economic, and political sectors have felt the ordeal of the humanitarian crisis. The emergence of the pandemic in South Africa in March 2020 has had a huge socio-economic impact, mostly on the poor and the less privileged in society. The pandemic has highlighted and exacerbated pre-existing socio-economic inequalities in South Africa. These aggravated inequalities include corruption, unemployment, gender-based violence, and access to public healthcare. The methodology of See-Judge-Act is used in the study. The ‘see’ corresponds to the critical analysis of the socio-economic context of the emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic in South Africa. Conceptually, ‘judge’ uses the guiding categories of the philosophy of Ujamaa and the theology of Ubuntu to thematically analyse various pastoral documents published by the Roman Catholic Church in South Africa in its response to the emerging pandemic during the period March 2020 – March 2021. The ‘act’ elaborates the potential socially transformative actions from the principles of Ujamaa and Ubuntu that would render more effective the pastoral response of the Roman Catholic Church to the socio-economic impact of the continuing Covid-19 pandemic in South Africa.

Author : Tenson Muyambo,Fortune Sibanda,Ezra Chitando
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2023-10-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781000981742

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Religion and COVID-19 Vaccination in Zimbabwe by Tenson Muyambo,Fortune Sibanda,Ezra Chitando Pdf

This book analyses the role of religion during the COVID- 19 pandemic and vaccination rollout in Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe was listed by the World Health Organization (WHO) as one of thirteen African countries to have fully vaccinated more than 10% of its population against COVID- 19 by the end of September 2021, but the country fell far short of the government’s own target for achieving 60% inoculation by December 2020. This book analyses whether religion played a role in explaining why the government’s pro- vaccine stance did not translate into high vaccination rates. Drawing upon various religions, including African indigenous religions, Christianity and Islam, the book considers how faith actors demonstrated vaccine acceptance, resistance or hesitancy. Zimbabwe offers a particularly interesting and varied case for analysis, and the original research on display here will be an important contribution to wider debates on religion and COVID- 19. This book will be useful to academics, researchers and students studying religious studies, sociology, health and well- being, religion and development.

Author : Labeodan, Helen A.,Amenga-Etego, Rosemary,Stiebert, Johanna,Aidoo, Mark S.
Publisher : University of Bamberg Press
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783863098278

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COVID-19 by Labeodan, Helen A.,Amenga-Etego, Rosemary,Stiebert, Johanna,Aidoo, Mark S. Pdf

"COVID-19 has, like other crises, thrown into relief social injustices and gendered inequalities. BiAS 31/ ERA 8 offers theological responses to and reflections on the COVID-19 outbreak and pandemic. All are by African scholars and authors; some are academic, some experiential, and others creative or impressionistic in tone. Reflecting the ethos and commitment of the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians ("The Circle") to nurture and promote the publications by and about African women and men committed to social justice and positive change, this issue contains the writings of some established but, predominantly, of emerging theologians. For some contributors, this is their first publication in an international series."

Author : Mookgo Solomon Kgatle,Collium Banda
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2022-09-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783031080340

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Pastoral Interventions During the Pandemic by Mookgo Solomon Kgatle,Collium Banda Pdf

This book provides an interdisciplinary exploration of the challenges faced by pastoral ministry in South African Pentecostalism as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as some interventions being made to manage these challenges. Contributors present descriptive approaches to churches’ reactions to lockdown measures, and especially the adaptations generated within Pentecostalism in South Africa. Through a variety of approaches—including pastoral care, virtual ecclesiology, social media, and missiology—contributors offer intervention techniques which can help readers to understand the unique role of Christian ministry during the pandemic, in South Africa and beyond.

Author : M. Christian Green,Faith Kabata,Fortune Sibanda
Publisher : African Sun Media
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2022-12-31
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781991201911

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Law, Religion, Health and Healing in Africa by M. Christian Green,Faith Kabata,Fortune Sibanda Pdf

The Covid‑19 pandemic was global in its spread and reach, as well as in its medical, social and economic effects. In many respects, the global effort to “flatten the curve” produced a flattening of experience around the world and a striking coincidence of similar experiences in countries the world over. The identity, simultaneity and uniformity of experience were also manifest in common concerns at the intersection of law and religion in many nations around the world, including Africa. The lockdowns and closure of religious worship centres – churches, mosques and religious organisations of all sorts – raised questions of freedom of religion and the related concern for freedom of assembly, along with concerns about the relation of religion to science and public health, religious channels of communication and religious provision of social services. After all, health, communications and social services are all areas in which African religious organisations play key roles. Potential tensions around these issues raised further considerations about the nature of religion-state relations, the status of religious authority and whether religious and state actors would work together or at odds in addressing the Covid‑19 pandemic.

Author : Martin Munyao,Joseph Muutuki,Patrick Musembi,Daniel Kaunga
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2022-01-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781793650993

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The African Church and COVID-19 by Martin Munyao,Joseph Muutuki,Patrick Musembi,Daniel Kaunga Pdf

The African Church and COVID-19: Human Security, the Church, and Society in Kenya is a bold and incisive look at the African Church in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Throughout the book, contributors explore how the COVID-19 pandemic exposed the fragilities of African society as well as the weaknesses in the Church’s role in helping and serving African communities. The African Church and COVID-19 analyzes the question of how the Church in Kenya should move forward in a post-COVID-19 era to address the vulnerabilities of socio-economic and political structures in Africa.

Author : Andrew Flescher,Joel Zimbelman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3036585737

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Religion and Public Health during the Time of COVID-19 by Andrew Flescher,Joel Zimbelman Pdf

This collection of essays addresses a range of topics probing the interface between religious practice and the COVID-19 pandemic. Significant attention is given to religious and cultural debates over health care policy as well as vaccination policy development in the United States, but contributions from Africa, Asia, South America, and Europe are included as well. In addition to the North American perspectives (with an emphasis on the white evangelical Christian encounter with public health regulation), the volume highlights voices from Islamic Nigeria and southern Africa, traditional Confucian culture, Greek Orthodoxy, Catholic social teaching, as well as the insights of Haṭha yoga from the Hindu tradition.

Author : Chammah J. Kaunda
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2022-12-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783031125706

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World Christianity and Covid-19 by Chammah J. Kaunda Pdf

This volume explores how Christians around the world have made sense of the meaning of suffering in the context of and post-COVID-19. It interrogates the question of God, suffering, and structural injustice. Further, it discusses the Christian response to the compounded threats of racial injustice, climate injustice, wildlife injustice, gender injustice, economic injustice, political injustice, unjust in the distributions of the vaccine and future challenges in the post-COVID-19 era. The contributions are authored by scholars, students, activists and clergy from various fields of inquiry and church traditions. The volume seeks to deepen Christian understanding of the meaning of suffering in the context of COVID-19 pandemic. It explores the fresh ways the pandemic can contribute to reconceptualizing human relations and specifically, what it means to be human in the context of suffering, the place of or justifications of God in suffering, human place in creation, and the role of the church in re-articulating the theological meanings and praxes of suffering for today.

Author : Daniel Nii Aboagye Aryeh,Mark S. Aidoo,Felix O. Ajedokun
Publisher : Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Religion
ISBN : 3832555013

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The Church and COVID-19 Pandemic by Daniel Nii Aboagye Aryeh,Mark S. Aidoo,Felix O. Ajedokun Pdf

"The emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic caused enormous problems for religious institutions, economics, health system/infrastructure, health personnel, tourism, and airline business among others. Various organizations and governing institutions in Africa responded to Covid-19 in ways that could control and manage its spread and impact. The Church in Africa responded in a manner that is convenient to its denominational tenets. In this monograph, the contributors critically analyzed and discussed the responses based on the spirituality of African Christians, public education of the pandemic, how to cope as a Church during the lockdown, scripture interpretation during the pick of the pandemic, and varied interpretations of the pandemic. Besides, issues of corruption by some African government officials to accumulate wealth through the pandemic were not left out. The Church and the Covid-19 Pandemic: Perspectives from Africa pointed out both the strengths and the weaknesses of the Church during the high point of the Covid-19 pandemic in Africa, and recommended a way forward." --

Author : Carol Azungi Dralega,Angella Napakol
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2022-09-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781803822716

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COVID-19 and the Media in Sub-Saharan Africa by Carol Azungi Dralega,Angella Napakol Pdf

This critical research collection focuses on Eastern and Southern Africa providing timely and valuable insights and reflections around the changes and stabilities within media ecosystems caused by the novel Covid-19 crises.

Author : Renier Koegelenberg,Udo Hahn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1928536026

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Religion and State: Development Cooperation by Renier Koegelenberg,Udo Hahn Pdf

Author : Renier Koegelenberg,Udo Hahn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : COVID-19 (Disease)
ISBN : 1928536034

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Religion and State: Development Cooperation by Renier Koegelenberg,Udo Hahn Pdf

This collection of contributions - drawn from different events, in a dialogue between Germany and South Africa, the global North and the global South - focuses on the challenges, obstacles and opportunities related to cooperation between religion and the state in matters of development. The international impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 poses much more than just a health challenge - the economic, social, political consequences have accentuated the existing fault lines and disparities within countries, and between countries across the world.--Back cover.

Author : Jaco Beyers
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2023-04-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781532668036

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What Has Religion Studies in Africa Been Up To? by Jaco Beyers Pdf

The purpose of the book is to provide a collection of perspectives from various parts of Africa on what scholars in religion studies are currently engaged with, whether it refers to topics or methodology. Each chapter is written from the perspective of a scholar working within a particular context on a particular theme or topic related to religion studies. Several methodologies have been implemented in each contribution to the book. Each contribution applies a different methodology for the purpose of investigating a specific topic or research theme. In general, the majority of the contributions follow a method of critical literature review as applied to a specific field. The book is not intended to provide an exhaustive list of all possible topics and themes addressed in current research in Africa. From a decolonized perspective, the book gives voice to African scholars who exhibit their scholarly work as related to religion studies. Topics addressed include curriculum design and pedagogical approaches in teaching religion studies, the relation between religion and culture in an African context, religion and health, religion and gender, interreligious relations in Africa, religion and ecology, and religion and mission.

Author : Godwell Nhamo,Kaitano Dube,David Chikodzi
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030562311

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Counting the Cost of COVID-19 on the Global Tourism Industry by Godwell Nhamo,Kaitano Dube,David Chikodzi Pdf

This book profiles preliminary findings on the impact of COVID-19 on the travel, tourism and hospitality sector. Starting with a narrative relating COVID-19 to the global development agendas, the book proceeds with a focus on global tourism value chains and linkages between COVID-19 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Other perspectives addressed in separate chapters include impacts of COVID-19 on various industries within the global tourism value chain including aviation, airports, cruise ships, car rentals as well as ride and share car services, hotels, restaurants, sporting, pilgrimage and religious tourism, gaming and entertainment, and the stock market. The book also includes chapters on corporate, philanthropic and public donations, as well as tourism economic stimulus packages. It then concludes with a chapter focusing on building back a better tourism sector post-COVID-19 that strongly draws from the Sendai Framework on Disaster Risk Reduction (2015-2030) and the disaster cycle. To this end, this book is suitable as a read for several professionals in disciplines such as tourism and hospitality studies, economics, sustainable development, development studies, environmental sciences, geography, politics, planning and public health.