COVID-19 Demands Theological Reflection: Buddhist, Muslim, and Christian Perspectives on the Present Pandemic
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Jianhui (Jane) Xiong
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Nazila Isgandarova
Abstract
What are some ways that people from the Buddhist, Muslim and Christian faith traditions can reflect upon the coronavirus pandemic using a theological lens? How can Buddhist, Muslim and Christian practitioners respond in practical ways to the coronavirus pandemic, utilizing resources from their faith traditions? This contribution offers reflections on the worldwide suffering and challenges that the pandemic has caused from the perspectives of Buddhist, Muslim and Christian practitioners. Each writer offers practical resources and theological reflection from their vantage point as spiritual care providers and as people of faith.
Zusammenfassung
Wie können Menschen buddhistischen, islamischen und christlichen Glaubens die Coronavirus-Pandemie deuten? Welche religiösen Kategorien und theologischen Perspektiven stehen ihnen dafür zur Verfügung? Dieser Zwischenruf bietet Betrachtungen zum Leid und zu den Herausforderungen, von denen praktizierende Gläubige der drei Traditionen weltweit betroffen sind. Die Autorinnen sprechen dabei zugleich aus der Perspektive ihrer seelsorglichen Tätigkeit und ihres buddhistischen, islamischen und christlichen Glaubens.
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Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- Frontmatter
- Vorwort
- Interjection / Zwischenruf
- COVID-19 Demands Theological Reflection: Buddhist, Muslim, and Christian Perspectives on the Present Pandemic
- Research Articles
- Listening for the Cries of the Earth: Practical Theology in the Anthropocene
- The Social Practice of Being Born Again: Historical and Cultural-Sociological Perspectives on Conversionist Piety
- Anticipation in the Normative Task of Practical Theology
- Potential Roles of Churches and Ecclesiology for Disability Inclusion
- The Search for Happiness, Towards a Practical Theology of Joy: Faith Seeking Beatific Happiness – Fides Quaerens Beatitudinem
- International Report
- Practical Theology in the United States 2000–2020 with Attention to Its Emergence in the Twentieth Century
- Research Report
- Religious Speech as Resource. A Research Report
- Book Reviews
- Barbara J. McClure, Emotions: Problems and Promise for Human Flourishing. (Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2019), xvi + 349pp. ISBN 978-1-60258-329-0, $59.95.
- Elaine Graham, Apologetics without Apology: Speaking of God in a World Troubled by Religion. (Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2017), 172pp., ISBN 978-1-4982-8413-4 (pbk), 978-1-4982-8415-8 (hbk), 978-1-4982-8414-1 (ebk), $24.00.
- Frank Thomas Brinkmann, Praktische Theologie. Ein Guide (Tübingen: Narr Francke Attempto, 2019), ISBN 978–3825251413, € 26,99.
- Bernd Schröder, Göttinger Religionspädagogik. Eine Studie zur institutionellen Genese und programmatischen Entfaltung von Katechetik und Religionspädagogik am Beispiel Göttingen. Unter Mitarbeit von Florian Dinger, Moritz Emmelmann, Monika E. Fuchs, Urte M. Götte, Elisabeth Hohensee und Lukas Steinbeck (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2018), ISBN 978-3-16-155840-5, € 84,00.
Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- Frontmatter
- Vorwort
- Interjection / Zwischenruf
- COVID-19 Demands Theological Reflection: Buddhist, Muslim, and Christian Perspectives on the Present Pandemic
- Research Articles
- Listening for the Cries of the Earth: Practical Theology in the Anthropocene
- The Social Practice of Being Born Again: Historical and Cultural-Sociological Perspectives on Conversionist Piety
- Anticipation in the Normative Task of Practical Theology
- Potential Roles of Churches and Ecclesiology for Disability Inclusion
- The Search for Happiness, Towards a Practical Theology of Joy: Faith Seeking Beatific Happiness – Fides Quaerens Beatitudinem
- International Report
- Practical Theology in the United States 2000–2020 with Attention to Its Emergence in the Twentieth Century
- Research Report
- Religious Speech as Resource. A Research Report
- Book Reviews
- Barbara J. McClure, Emotions: Problems and Promise for Human Flourishing. (Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2019), xvi + 349pp. ISBN 978-1-60258-329-0, $59.95.
- Elaine Graham, Apologetics without Apology: Speaking of God in a World Troubled by Religion. (Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2017), 172pp., ISBN 978-1-4982-8413-4 (pbk), 978-1-4982-8415-8 (hbk), 978-1-4982-8414-1 (ebk), $24.00.
- Frank Thomas Brinkmann, Praktische Theologie. Ein Guide (Tübingen: Narr Francke Attempto, 2019), ISBN 978–3825251413, € 26,99.
- Bernd Schröder, Göttinger Religionspädagogik. Eine Studie zur institutionellen Genese und programmatischen Entfaltung von Katechetik und Religionspädagogik am Beispiel Göttingen. Unter Mitarbeit von Florian Dinger, Moritz Emmelmann, Monika E. Fuchs, Urte M. Götte, Elisabeth Hohensee und Lukas Steinbeck (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2018), ISBN 978-3-16-155840-5, € 84,00.
