Between Pandemonium and Pandemethics Responses to Covid-19 from Theology and Religions Dorothea Erbele-Küster, Volker Küster

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Erbele-Küster, Dorothea, Editor.

Küster, Volker, Editor.

Series:

ContactZone ; 27.

Contact Zone 27

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Interkulturelle Theologie.

Pandemie.

Corona.

Local Subjects:

Interkulturelle Theologie.

Pandemie.

Corona.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (220 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leipzig Evangelische Verlagsanstalt 2022

Summary:

This volume brings together contextual and intercultural responses to the Covid-19 Pandemic from theological and interreligious perspectives. It searches for models of interpretation provided by religious traditions and their sacred texts, and the ethical guidance religious communities offer for coping with the pandemic. The authors explore imaginative ways that transcend the New Normal towards a »Pantopia« that does not return to the pitfalls of the Old Normal but tackles the injustices that the virus has revealed in the current Pandemonium. They strive to enable their readers to react to the glocal pandemic and its aftermath theologically informed by intercultural and interreligious perspectives. [Zwischen Pandämonium und Pandemie. Antworten auf Covid-19 in Theologie und Religion] Der Band vereint kontextuelle und interkulturelle Reaktionen auf die Covid-19-Pandemie aus theologischer und interreligiöser Perspektive. Er sucht nach Interpretationsmustern, die religiöse Traditionen und ihre heiligen Schriften hervorgebracht haben und ethischen Orientierungen, die religiöse Gemeinschaften bieten, um die Pandemie zu bewältigen. Die Autorinnen und Autoren erkunden imaginative Wege, die das New Normal zu einem »Pantopia« transzendieren, das nicht in die Fehler des Old Normal zurückfällt, sondern die Ungerechtigkeiten in Angriff nimmt, die das Virus im gegenwärtigen Pandemonium offengelegt hat. Sie wollen ihre Leser und Leserinnen dadurch befähigen, der glokalen Pandemie und ihren Nachwirkungen durch die interkulturellen und interreligiösen Perspektiven theologisch informiert gegenüber zu treten.

Contents:

Content Introduction 7 Part I: Contextual Perspectives Liberation Theologies Revisited in Times of Pandemic. A Prologue, Volker Küster 15 Poverty through the Optic of the “Danger of a Single Story”, Paul Leshota 25 How the Pandemic Will Change Minjung Theology, Kwon Jin-Kwan 41 Fighting Against a Double Pandemic. Anti-Asian Racism, Covid-19, and the Role of Asian American Churches, Eunil David Cho 57 “But it was God’s own mighty plan.” American Religion, Global Pandemics, and the Hidden History of Racial Pandemonium, Juan M. Floyd-Thomas 69 “You live and do me nothing” (Aby Warburg). Dance of Death, Vanitas, and Covid-19 Representations and the Mastery of the Indomitable, Helmut Renders 85 Memoria Passionis Subversiva. The Moral Power of Remembrance in the Pandemic – Through a Swedish Lens, Sigurd Bergmann 101 From a Temporary Crisis to Life under Conditions of Vulnerability. Reflections on two years of Corona from the perspective of the Protestant Churches in Germany, Heike Springhart 123 Covid, Climate, Coloniality. Theological (In)verses from Pasifika, Jione Havea 131 Part II: Interreligious Perspectives Hinduism’s Encounter with Covid-19, Pradeep Chakkarath 145 Buddhist Resources for Dealing with Crises, Carola Roloff 161 Small Virus – Huge Impact. How Covid-19 Changed Judaism, Annette M. Boeckler 175 In Search for Liberating Love and Knowledge in the Face of a Pandemic – Interfaith Engagements, Jude Lal Fernando 189 Taking Refuge in Sacred Texts in Times of Crisis. Lament and Apocalyptic Visions in Interreligious Perspective, Dorothea Erbele-Küster 203

ISBN:

9783374070824

3374070825

Publisher Number:

9783374070824