Togarasei, LovemoreLovemoreTogarasei2024-01-092024-01-092023978-3-86309-911-4https://fis.uni-bamberg.de/handle/uniba/92497Every society has its own death related rituals. The advent of Christianity among the people of Zimbabwe saw certain changes in the way death-re- lated rituals were practiced traditionally. The advent of COVID-19 beginning March 2020 saw the introduction of measures that seriously affected the practice of death-related rituals. This paper will investigate the impact of COVID-19 on Christians’ handling of death, burial rituals and the whole process of grieving among the Shona people of Zimbabwe. This paper investigates the impact of COVID-19 on Christians’ handling of death, burial rituals and the whole process of grieving among the Karanga people of southern Zimbabwe. The paper is based on an ethnographic study of one family that I studied closely from the time of the death of their beloved one up to about a year later during which time most of the death-related rituals would ordinarily have been undertaken. This data is complemented by findings from literature and other observations and informal discussions I had with various people during the time of study. Christians generally want to be informed by the Bible in their practice of their religion. The paper investigates how the Karanga Christians interpreted certain biblical texts in their own cultural context as they either violated or observed the COVID-19 protocols.engCOVID-19deathritualsgrievingShonaZimbabwe390bookpart