The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Lockdown Protocols of Social Distancing: Insights into the Church's Role during Bereavements in Zimbabwe
The COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown protocols of social distancing disrupted mourning and grieving processes across the African landscape forcing the Church to devise mechanisms to ensure that it remained contextually relevant in this highly restrictive environment. This disruption plunged Christ...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Creighton University
2024
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The journal of religion & society
Year: 2024, Volume: 26, Pages: 28-42 |
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Grieving and Bereaved Families
B Christian Churches B Social Distancing B Zimbabwe B Covid-19 Pandemic |
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| Summary: | The COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown protocols of social distancing disrupted mourning and grieving processes across the African landscape forcing the Church to devise mechanisms to ensure that it remained contextually relevant in this highly restrictive environment. This disruption plunged Christian communities, and bereaving families into a state of cognitive dissonance. Christian communities in Southern African countries such as Zimbabwe faced serious challenges relating to the effective execution of the important role of supporting and consoling the bereaved. This paper reflects on the efforts and strategies that most Christian communities adopted to support bereaved families through engaging Old Testament texts that shed light on social distancing and quarantining. It sheds light on how Christian communities demonstrated resilience and adaptability in the wake of the highly disruptive environment created by the pandemic through the use of social media platforms such as WhatsApp and Facebook and other digital communication platforms such as Zoom, television, and radio. |
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| ISSN: | 1522-5658 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of religion & society
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