The Renaissance of "Disease Theology" and "Disease-Based Theology" in Post-Corona Christianity and Islam

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Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy of Religion, University of Religions and Denominations, Qom, Iran,

Abstract

In "New Disease Studies", different disciplines are combined with their own methods to provide a single framework for understanding and acting on disease. Disease studies are bilaterally related to various sciences. On the one hand, they express and critique the views of each science about the disease, and on the other hand, by trying to see from the perspective of the sick person, they propose new versions of different sciences. Following the creation and expansion of new disease studies, the re-reading of theology from the perspective of disease studies and the reproduction of disease-based theology becomes necessary. It is essential for theologians to first review and critique their theological understanding of disease in all theological fields, including Godology, anthropology, and eschatology (what I generally call "disease theology" in the article), and secondly, they need to introduce disease-based Godology, disease-based anthropology, and disease-based eschatology (what I generally call "disease-based theology" in the article). With the Corona epidemic, new disease studies need to pay more attention to the reproduction of disease theology and disease-based theology. Following the disease theology and disease-based theology in Christianity, this research has been done to eliminate this important shortcoming in Islamic theology.

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Religious Research
Volume 10, Issue 19
July 2022
Pages 152-177

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