Dr. Nina Käsehage spoke for OrionTalks about the misuse of pandemics by fundamentalist and extremist groups to galvanize their base. You will listen more about their approach to government mandates for shutdowns, social distancing, vaccine, and mask requirements and her insights on potential counter-strategies and how religious communities can be helpful to realize these efforts.
Dr. Nina Käsehage is a Senior Lecturer at the Department for Religious Studies and Intercultural Theology at the University of Rostock in Germany. Dr. Kaseage recently published a book titled “Religious Fundamentalism in the Age of Pandemic” It’s a collection of scholarly articles on the pandemic and its impact on religious extremism worldwide.
The book can be accessed here: “Religious Fundamentalism in the Age of Pandemic”
The transcript of the podcast will be released soon.
