Orthodox Christianity and the Covid-19 Pandemic

ISBN-13: 9781032445595 / Twarda / 2023 / 264 str.

Opis

This book probes into the dynamics between Orthodox Christianity and the COVID-19 pandemic, unraveling a profound transformation at institutional and grassroots levels.

Spis treści

Introduction, Tornike Metreveli

1.     Church fragmentation and the pandemic: Analysis of four eastern Christian groups in Ukraine, Tetiana Kalenychenko, Cyril Hovorun, Tymofii Brik

2.     Orthodox Churches and the COVID-19 Pandemic in Romania and Bulgaria, Lucian N. Leustean

3.     Conspiracies, anxieties, and ritual arrhythmia:  Exploring Orthodox discourses and practices in Greece and Cyprus during the coronavirus pandemic, Vasilios N. Makrides, Eleni Sotiriou

4.     As if the State Mattered: Georgian Orthodox Church under COVID Crisis, Tornike Metreveli

5.     COVID-19 and Orthodox Christianity: Communion practices in Serbian Orthodox Church, Stefan Radojković

6.     Immunity to COVID-19? The Russian Orthodox Church under global crisis, Maria Toropova

7.     Shots of Faith: The Influence of Christian Nationalism on Vaccination Behaviour in Ukraine, Georgia, Serbia, and Montenegro during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Tymofii Brik, Tornike Metreveli

8.      “Locked doors slam against the very essence of the Church” Finnish and Swedish Orthodox Priests’ Pastoral Responses to the Covid-19 Pandemic, Johan Bastubacka

O autorze

Tornike Metreveli is an Associate Senior Lecturer at Lund University, Sweden