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Yes, you can access CoronAsur by Emily Zoe Hertzman, Natalie Lang, Erica M. Larson, Carola E. Lorea, Emily Zoe Hertzman,Natalie Lang,Erica M. Larson,Carola E. Lorea in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & Cultural & Social Anthropology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

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Publisher

University of Hawaii Press

Year

2023

eBook ISBN

9780824894931

Edition

Topic

Social Sciences

Subtopic

Cultural & Social Anthropology

Index

Social Sciences

Contents
Acknowledgments
Note on Online Content
Introduction—Asian Religions in the Covidian Age
Section I—Corona Etiologies: How Zoonoses Fit into Theologies, Cosmologies, and Myths
1. Reshaping Traditional Culture in Bangladesh:The Folklore of Corona Times
2. Monster for Covid Struggle: The Life of a Japanese Yōkaifrom Prophecy to Expression
3. “Three Cs” and the Three Mysteries: How Esoteric Buddhism Contributed to the Containment of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan
4. New Diseases, Old Deities: Revisiting Sitala Maa during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Bengal
5. Turmeric and Neem: Sacred Plants, Disease Goddesses, and Epidemics in Popular Hinduism
6. Saint Corona, Coronasur, and Corona Devi: Embodied Relationships between Religion and Disease
7. Why Was Thousand-Hand Guanyin Late for the Meeting?:Implications of Religious Humor during COVID-19
8. Cosmologies, Cartoons, Commentaries: COVID-19,Humor, and the Seventh Lunar Month Festival in 2020 Singapore
Section II—Ritual Innovation and New Media: Pandemic Negotiations of Efficacy and Virtuality
9. Puppets Wearing Masks: Fighting with Batara Corona in Javanese Wayang Kulit
10. Catholic Televisuality in the Time of Pandemic:A Philippine Perspective
11. “Burden Us Not with That Which We Have No Ability to Bear”:Cultivating Endurance through Digital Connection in Ramadan
12. Cyber Dharma: Celebrating E-Vesak in Singapore
13. Ritual Adaptations on Telok Ayer: Liturgical Negotiations in a Chinese Temple and a Methodist Church
14. Parsis and Ritual Innovation: Zoroastrian Funerary Practices in Mumbai during the Pandemic
Section III—Viral Sensorium: Embodiment at a Time of Social Distancing
15. “We Knew It!”: Caribbean Hindu Responses to Restrictions of Touch during COVID-19
16. A Bread and Wine Issue: “Losing” the Eucharist during the Pandemic
17. Touchless Technology, Untouchability,and the COVID-19 Pandemic
18. The Sonic and the Somatic: Matua Healing Practices during COVID-19
19. De-sensorializing and Disembodying Chinese Religions in Singapore amid the COVID-19 Pandemic
20. Gods Have Eyes: Praying Online in Singapore
Section IV—Spatial Sacred Reconfigurations: The “Place” of Religion in the Covidian Age
21. The Disruption of Charisma in Southeast Asian Megachurches
22. #Minimosque: Cov-Eid as Image, Event, and Archive
23. “All of Singapore Is Now a Zawiya”: Shadhili Sufism and Sensorial Challenges to Worshiping from Home
24. To Go or Not to Go?: Mazu’s Annual Procession in Taiwan 2020
25. COVID-19 and Dao Mau’s Ritual Practitioners: Shaping the Notion of Social Responsibility
Section V—Old Tensions, New Solidarities: Collisions of Faith and Politics
26. Sonic Fields of Protection in Sri Lanka’s COVID-19 Pandemic
27. Seeking Solidarity: Rethinking the Muslim Community in the Pandemic Era
28. Serving the Other during the Pandemic: Hindu Nationalist Groups and Covid Relief in India
29. Moral Challenges at the Intersection of Religion, Politics,and COVID-19 in Pakistan
30. Miracle Cure for COVID-19 in Sri Lanka: Kali and the Politics behind Dhammika Paniya
31. COVID-19 and the Rohingyas: Islamic Solidarity and Bottom-Up Initiatives in Aceh
Section VI—Religiopolitical Economies of COVID-19: Between Aid and Loss
32. Delivering from Suffering in the Final Era: Yiguandao’s Response from Aid to Salvation
33. The Performance of Hoa Hao Buddhists’ Charity Kitchens in Responding to the Coronavirus Pandemic in Vietnam
34.The Cap Go Meh That Never Happened
35. The Pandemic and Its Effect on the Performance of Hajj Pilgrimage in Malaysia
36. Buddhist Temples as Shelters for Vietnamese Migrants in Japan
37.Who Owns the Temple Gold?
38.COVID-19 and Shifting Practices of Islamic Charity
Epilogue
References
Contributors
Index

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