ABSTRACT
In contemporary times, health issues have dominated the African studies on religion. Apparently, an understanding of religion and health has been shaped by a global crisis of Coronavirus. To this end, the study examines the interface of religion and science as a response tool to COVID-19 pandemic in Zimbabwe. The COVID-19 pandemic has reignited a long-standing debate on the relationship between religion and science. This is in part precipitated by blurring boundaries between science and religion in health matters especially in the modern society of Zimbabwe. Science questions the religious methodological legacy and vice versa. The twin controversies cast doubt on prevailing ways of Coronavirus deliberations in Zimbabwe because the criticisms raise questions about what counts as a panacea to the pandemic, how religious or scientific is the coronavirus. Using interviews and observations, the study explores a pluralist alternative that focuses on the contextual strategies produced by the Zimbabwean communities as they confront the COVID-19 crisis.
