LEADER 04416nam 2200301zu 450 001 9910842873203321 005 20240912144258.0 010 $a9780824894931 035 $a(CKB)31364851400041 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31465751 035 $a(Exl-AI)31465751 035 $a(EXLCZ)9931364851400041 100 $a20240408|2023uuuu || | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 200 10$aCoronAsur: Asian Religions in the Covidian Age 210 $cUniversity of Hawai'i Press$d2023 311 08$a9780824894924 327 $aContents -- 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 Y?kaifrom 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$7Generated by AI. 330 $aThis book, 'Asian Religions in the Covidian Age', edited by Emily Zoe Hertzman, Natalie Lang, Erica M. Larson, and Carola E. Lorea, explores the intersection of religion and the COVID-19 pandemic across various Asian cultures. It delves into how religious practices, beliefs, and communities have adapted to the challenges posed by the pandemic. The volume is structured into sections that discuss topics such as the integration of zoonotic diseases into religious cosmologies, ritual innovations in the digital age, and the impact of social distancing on religious embodiment. Additionally, it examines spatial and political dynamics within religious practices during the pandemic. The book is aimed at scholars, students, and general readers interested in religious studies, Asian cultures, and the social impacts of the pandemic. It provides a comprehensive analysis of the transformations within Asian religious landscapes, using a combination of scholarly essays and multimedia content.$7Generated by AI. 606 $aPandemics$7Generated by AI 606 $aReligion and culture$7Generated by AI 615 0$aPandemics 615 0$aReligion and culture 700 $aLang$b Natalie;Sánchez, Louie Jon A.;Othman, Muhammad Lutfi Bin;Lorea, Carola E.;Chew, Lim Peng;Shiozaki, Yuki;Deliana, N$01733390 912 $a9910842873203321 996 $aCoronAsur: Asian Religions in the Covidian Age$94149207 997 $aUNINA