| ID | 196644 |
| Title Proper | COVID-19, social distancing and theodicy |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Woodward, Mark ; Mark Woodward |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The papers included in this special issue and others published previously in this journal provide examples of some of the ways in which Muslim communities responded to the Covid-19 pandemic. In addition to introducing the individual papers, I will make one basic point in this introduction. This is that there were no distinctively Muslim responses. Muslims responded to it in much the same ways that adherents of other religions did. The variety of Muslim responses most closely resembled those of Christians and Jews because of their shared religious heritage.Footnote1 All were concerned with questions of theodicy that are inherent in monotheistic religions. Simply put, these concern the question of how to reconcile the existence of evil and misfortune (including pandemics) with the concept of an omnipotent and benevolent God. |
| `In' analytical Note | Contemporary Islam Vol. 18, No.3; Oct 2024: p.361–365 |
| Journal Source | Contemporary Islam Vol: 18 No 3 |
| Key Words | COVID-19 |