COVID-19

COVID-19

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The COVID-19 crisis presents faith communities around the world with unique challenges and opportunities to engage in contemporary debates on global health policy, bioethics, religious freedom, and social welfare. These resources consider how religion both impacts and is impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. For university COVID-19 guidance and updates, visit georgetown.edu/coronavirus.

Our Experts

Paul Elie

Senior Fellow

David Hollenbach

Senior Fellow
Walsh School of Foreign Service and Department of Theology and Religious Studies

Katherine Marshall

Senior Fellow
Walsh School of Foreign Service, Executive Director of the World Faiths Development Dialogue

COVID-19 A-Z Subtopics

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Current and Past Projects

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Religious Responses to COVID-19

This project has been a collaborative effort to explore the responses of religious actors to the COVID-19 pandemic and organize information so that it could be quickly found and used by development policymakers and practitioners and religious actors who seek to work together in the COVID-19 response.

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Events

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Jun
7

2022

The Second Interreligious Forum of the Americas

Off Campus

Apr
29

2022

Listening to the Stories of Local Faith Actors on COVID-19 Responses

Apr
1

2022

National and Regional Faith Actor Responses to COVID-19

Mar
15

2022

Religious Leaders Contending with the Common Enemy of COVID-19

Mar
11

2022

Faith and the COVID-19 Pandemic at Two Years: A Retrospective

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Publications

Article December 13, 2022

COVID-19 and Religion: Pandemic Lessons and Legacies

This article draws on the multiyear work of the Religious Responses to COVID-19 project to assess how religious communities worldwide experienced the COVID-19 pandemic and how they have in turn shaped responses to the pandemic.