Nourbakhsh, YounesYounesNourbakhshSahragard, KobraKobraSahragard2023-09-042023-09-042023978-3-86309-930-5https://fis.uni-bamberg.de/handle/uniba/90299The COVID-19 crisis is a multi-dimensional phenomenon whose effects and consequences can be investigated in various economic, social and cultural fields. The effect of this virus on women and their cultural and religious beliefs and actions is also one of the topics of sociology of religion and sociology of disasters. The current research has investigated the influence of COVID-19 on the religious beliefs and practices of women in Iran and their approach to the vaccine. This research is a descriptive-analytical qualitative one. The data were collected using in-depth interviews with Iranian women aged 25-60 and were analyzed using thematic analysis. The findings show that the Corona crisis is of high importance; the experience of anxiety and death, the feeling of sadness, religious feelings, religious upbringing, and religious rationality have led to the deepening of religious beliefs and the change of religious behavior in Iranian women. The power of religious feelings has played a prominent role in women's adaptation to the crisis. Regarding the attitude toward the COVID-19 vaccine, one can say that Iranian women had doubts and worries about the unknown consequences of receiving the vaccine. Some considered it ineffective and others preferred traditional medicine as more effective. However, others consider the vaccine the only way to deal with the virus and believe that modern science is more accurate and effective.engWomen in IranCoronadisasterreligious beliefsvaccine300bookpart