02498nam 22004693a 450 991077475140332120240912160413.097814399234121439923418(CKB)5580000000512390(BIP)083859372(ScCtBLL)75ea5c9e-a028-4bcd-b6f4-0718fe71f0cd(MiAaPQ)EBC30364199(Perlego)3836613(EXLCZ)99558000000051239020231108i20232023 uu enguru||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAn Epidemic among My People Religion, Politics, and COVID-19 in the United States /Amanda Friesen, Paul Djupe[s.l.] :Temple University Press,2023.1 online resource (292 pages) illustrations9781439923399 1439923396 <p>The pandemic presented religion as a paradox: faith is often crucial for helping people weather life's troubles and make difficult decisions, but how can religion continue to deliver these benefits and provide societal structure without social contact?  The topical volume, <i>An Epidemic among My People</i> explains how the COVID-19 pandemic stress tested American religious communities and created a new politics of religion centered on public health.</p> <p>The editors and contributorsconsider how the virus and government policy affected religion in America. Chapters examine the link between the prosperity gospel and conspiracy theories, the increased purchase of firearms by evangelicals, the politics of challenging public health orders as religious freedom claims, and the reactions of Christian nationalists, racial groups, and female clergy to the pandemic (and pandemic politics). As sharp lines were drawn between people and their governments during this uncertain time, <i>An Epidemic among My People</i> provides a comprehensive portrait of religion in American public life.  </p>ReligionPolitical scienceReligionReligion.Political science.Religion.362.1962/4144Friesen AmandaDjupe Paul A.ScCtBLLScCtBLLBOOK9910774751403321An epidemic among my people3364102UNINA