Religion, Law, and COVID-19 in Europe investigates how the pandemic and the subsequent legal restrictions influenced religious life in the region. The volume is based on 19 in-depth country case studies that combine legal and sociological analyses. By reflecting the plurality of religious and secular contexts, the volume details how the pandemic affected religious communities and challenged both religions and societies and how this was influenced by varying religious landscapes, political histories and legal cultures. More broadly, this edited volume reveals the importance of sudden, large-scale events in understanding religious change in the modern world.
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