Limit search to available items
Book Cover
E-book

Title Religion and the COVID-19 pandemic in southern Africa / edited by Fortune Sibanda, Tenson Muyambo and Ezra Chitando
Published Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022
©2022

Copies

Description 1 online resource
Series Routledge studies on religion in Africa and the diaspora ; 6
Routledge studies on religion in Africa and the diaspora ; 6.
Contents Introduction: Religion and Public Health in the Shadow of COVID-19 Pandemic in Southern Africa / Fortune Sibanda, Tenson Muyambo and Ezra Chitando -- Exploring the Ethics of Ubuntu in the Era of COVID-19 / Beatrice Okyere-Manu & Stephen Nkansah Morgan -- Social Distancing in the Context of COVID-19 in Zimbabwe: Perspectives from Ndau Religious Indigenous Knowledge Systems / Tenson Muyambo -- Coping with the Coronavirus (COVID 19): Resources from Ndau Indigenous Religion / Macloud Sipeyiye -- Living with COVID-19 in Zimbabwe: A Religious and Scientific Healing Response / Bernard Pindukai Humbe -- Religion, Law and COVID-19 in South Africa / Helena Van Coller & Idowu A Akinloye -- Tele-evangelism, Tele-health and Cyberbullying in the wake of the outbreak of COVID-19 in Zimbabwe / Lucia Ponde-Mutsvedu & Sophia Chirongoma -- The Role of Religion in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic Challenges in Tanzania / Paskas Wagana -- COVID-19 Containment Measures and 'Prophecies' in Kenya / Julius Gathogo -- Christian Religious Understandings and Responses to COVID-19 in Eswatini / Sonene Nyawo -- Standing together in Faith through the time of COVID-19: The Responses of Church Umbrella Bodies in Zambia / Nelly Mwale & Joseph Chita -- Churches and COVID-19 in Botswana / Tshenolo J. Madigele & James N. Amanze -- The Coronavirus Pandemic and Persons with Disabilities: Towards a Liberating Reading of the Bible for Churches in Southern Africa / Makomborero Allen Bowa -- The Influence of Health Perceptions on Zimbabwe Muslim Responses to COVID-19 Restrictions over Ramadan, Pilgrimages and Funeral Rites in 2020 / Edmore Dube -- Repositioning the Agency of Rastafari in the Context of COVID-19 Crisis in Zimbabwe and Malawi / Fortune Sibanda -- 'When a Pandemic Wears the Face of a Woman': Intersections of Religion and Gender during the COVID-19 pandemic in Zimbabwe / Molly Manyonganise -- Religion and COVID-19 in Southern Africa: Implications for the Discourse on Religion and Development / Ezra Chitando
Summary "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"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Fortune Sibanda (D.Phil) is a Professor of Religious Studies in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Great Zimbabwe University, Masvingo. Tenson Mabhuya Muyambo (D.Phil) lectures in the Department of Teacher Development at Great Zimbabwe University in Masvingo, Zimbabwe. Ezra Chitando (D.Phil) serves as a Professor in History and Phenomenology of Religion at the University of Zimbabwe, and Theology Consultant on HIV and AIDS in Africa for the World Council of Churches
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 04, 2022)
Subject COVID-19 (Disease) -- Africa, Southern -- Religious aspects
Crisis management -- Africa, Southern -- Religious aspects
Public health administration -- Africa, Southern
RELIGION / Religion & Science
COVID-19 (Disease) -- Religious aspects
Crisis management -- Religious aspects
Public health administration
Southern Africa
Form Electronic book
Author Sibanda, Fortune, editor, author.
Muyambo, Tenson, editor, author.
Chitando, Ezra, editor, author.
LC no. 2021042621
ISBN 9781003241096
1003241093
9781000541939
1000541932
1000542084
9781000542080