Faith and Pestilence: Paradigms and Historical, Theological, Hermeneutic Issues

Alberto Melloni · Federico Ruozzi · Francesca Cadeddu

Dec 2024 · Fscire Research and Papers Book 3 · V&R Unipress

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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.

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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.

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”.

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.

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