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- Title
Intimacy with God and Coronavirus in Pakistan.
- Authors
Malik, Nadeem
- Abstract
Intimacy with God is at the heart of Islamic practice through prayer. Intimacy with fellow congregants became central to the worship practices promoted by religious leaders during the holy month of Ramadan even when social distancing was required because of the pandemic. This was, by and large, an economic matter. Clerics and mosques rely significantly on the income generated through collective worship, especially during Ramadan. This article provides an account of people's sense of intimacy with God and fellow congregants during Ramadan and how it contributed to the spread of the coronavirus in Pakistan.
- Subjects
PAKISTAN; COVID-19; SOCIAL distancing; GOD; PANDEMICS; WORSHIP; RELIGIOUS leaders; RAMADAN
- Publication
Anthropology in Action, 2020, Vol 27, Issue 3, p78
- ISSN
0967-201X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3167/aia.2020.270316