Religious Responses to Pandemics and Crises

1. Introduction Sravana Borkataky-Varma, Christian A. Eberhart, Marianne Bjelland Kartzow  Part 1: Strategies and Theologies Facing Pandemics  2. Pandemic P?j?: Corona Devi, Coronasur, and how a Viral Twitter Campaign Affirms Analog Ritual Power Dheepa Sundaram  3. Sitting on a Grave: Female Agency and Resistance During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Chiga Village, Kenya Loreen Maseno  4. ?He has filled the hungry with good things? (Luke 1:53): Theologizing on the Pandemic, Pagpupuri, and Pantries Ma. Maricel S. Ibita and Ma. Marilou S. Ibita  Part 2: Rituals in Times of Trouble  5. Diseased Rites: Magic Tantras and Inflicted Illness Aaron Michael Ullrey  6. "Can a virus destroy the sacred?" The Latvian Experience of Holy Communion During COVID-19 Ilze ?dre, Dace Balode, and Linards Rozent?ls  7. Ritual Reinvention and the Celebration of the Eucharist in Times of Crises: Biblical and Contemporary Perspectives Korinna Zamfir  8. Isolation, Community, and Religious Identification: The Ritual World of Early Christian Imprisonment Letters Soham Al-Suadi  Part 3: Plagues, Infections, and Witchcraft  9. Plagues, Withdrawal, and Wayfaring in the Hebrew Bible Elisa Uusimäki  10. The Leper as Transcestor: Queens in Exile Audrey Gale Hall  11. Constructing the Sacred Self: 21st Century Paganism, Self-Care, and Ascetic Witchcraft MiloRhys K. Teplin di Padilla  12. Pedagogy of Death in the Era of