Faith and Pestilence

Paradigms and Historical, Theological, Hermeneutic Issues
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-3-8471-1475-8
Verlag: V & R Unipress GmbH

Buch, Englisch, Band 3, 228 Seiten, gebunden, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

Reihe: Fscire Research and Papers

This volume aims to take up the theme of the relationship between faith and pestilence, which, despite its topicality, is rooted in a long-term dimension that involves different areas of knowledge. A markedly disciplinary look brings together historical, theological, political, and juridical analyses and thus allows to understand this relationship through paradigms, turning points, continuities, and discontinuities. Such a wide perspective makes it possible to observe how the theme has crossed ages and religions, from the fathers of the church, to medicine in medieval Islam, up to contemporary times, with Ivan Illich’s harsh critique of forced medicalization and the issues that emerged during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Melloni, Alberto

Ruozzi, Federico

Cadeddu, Francesca

Weitere Mitwirkende

Campanini, Saverio

Belcastro, Mauro

Congourdeau, Marie-Hélène

Tilatti, Andrea

Rossi, Mariaclara

Arnold, Matthieu

Caliò, Tommaso

Hostert-Hack, Carolin

Fernàndez, Samuel

Straface, Antonella

Milana, Fabio

De Angelo, Carlo

Marshall, Katherine

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Geschichte: Seuchen, Krankheiten
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religiöse Fragen und Debatten

Über Autor(innen)

Melloni, Alberto
Alberto Melloni is Full Professor of History of Christianity at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Secretary of FSCIRE – Fondazione per le scienze religiose (Bologna and Palermo) and Chair holder of the UNESCO Chair on Religious Pluralism and Peace at the University of Bologna. Since 2020, he has been also one of the European Commission’s Chief Scientific Advisors.

Ruozzi, Federico
Federico Ruozzi is Associate Professor of History of Christianity at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Deputy Secretary of FSCIRE – Fondazione per le scienze religiose (Bologna and Palermo), and Secretary of the journal “Cristianesimo nella storia”.

Cadeddu, Francesca
Francesca Cadeddu is assistant professor of Contemporary History at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia and executive director of RESILIENCE, the European Research Infrastructure on Religious Studies.