God’s Wrath in the Era of the Digidemic
Religious Interpretations of Covid-19 in Ethiopia
Dados Bibliográficos
| ID | 8207494 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Terje Østebø (0000-0003-0810-099X, University of Florida), Kjetil Tronvoll (0000-0002-0599-6674, Peace and Conflict Studies, Oslo New University College, Lovisenberggt. 13, 0456 Oslo), Marit Tolo Østebø (0000-0001-8122-7757, University of Florida, autor correspondente) |
| Ano | 2021 |
| Volume | 89 |
| Fascículo | 4 |
| Páginas | 1334-1359 |
| Data de publicação | 2021-12-31 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Não |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | Journal of the American Academy of Religion (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 0002-7189 • E-ISSN: 1477-4585 |
| Editora | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/jaarel/lfab099 |
| OpenAlex | W4213253451 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citações recebidas | 7 |
| Referências citadas | 20 |
During the first phase of the Covid-19 pandemic, many Ethiopians viewed the pandemic as an expression of God’s punishment for sin. Although such interpretations reflect historical continuity, an analysis of these sentiments and of how the pandemic unfolded in Ethiopia reveal an interesting conundrum. Whereas the Covid-19 pandemic clearly has had devastating impacts all over the world, the very experiences that historically generated interpretations of divine punishment and judgement—violent human suffering and mass deaths—have been close to absent in Ethiopia. To understand why many Ethiopians interpreted Covid-19 as an expression of God’s wrath, we develop the concept of the digidemic, allowing us to recognize how the circulation of images, norms, ideas, and goods, via global and digital networks—in addition to fueling fear—created connectedness and a felt proximity, wherein far-away hot-spots and phenomena were made real and near as threats to people’s livelihood and religious worldviews
2019-20 coronavirus outbreak · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) · Criminology · Environmental ethics · Interpretation (philosophy) · Judgement · Livelihood · Pandemic · Political science · Punishment (psychology) · Social connectedness · Sociology · African history and culture analysis · Anthropological Studies and Insights · History · Law · Medicine · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion, Society, and Development · Social Psychology · Virology
Engaging with Social Media to Spread the Gospel in Pandemic Times
Faith in Immunity and Structures of Trust
Researching Religion and the Covid-19 Pandemic in Africa
Productive Comparison
YouTube and Religion during Covid-19
“We Are Not Lazy (Rather We Persevere) But Please…”
The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church as Religious Other in Contemporary Ethiopia
Virality
Religious construction of disease
New Directions in the Study of Religious Responses to the Black Death 1
Islamic Attitudes to Disasters in the Middle Ages
Cosmopolitan Youth Religious Movements in Ethiopia
Religion and the ‘Secular shadow’
The Second Plague Pandemic and Its Recurrences in the Middle East
The Pandemic Perhaps
Resisting Rights to Renounce Imperialism
Magic and Politics
Globalization and Identity
The Question of Becoming
Secular shadows
| Obras citantes distintas | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citações por ano | 3,5 |
| Intervalo de citações | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Velocidade de citação | current |
| Altamente citado | Não |
| Tipos de citação | Neutras: 4 |