An epidemic among my people : : religion, politics, and COVID-19 in the United States / / edited by Paul A. Djupe and Amanda Friesen ; with a foreword by Robert P. Jones.

"A social science examination of the role of religion in American society in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, including its effects on attitudes and behaviors related to the state, experts, health policy, the First Amendment, cooperation, race, gender, generational differences, institution...

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Superior document:Religious engagement in democratic politics
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Place / Publishing House:Philadelphia : : Temple University Press,, 2023.
Year of Publication:2023
Language:English
Series:Religious engagement in democratic politics.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 306 pages) :; illustrations, map.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Paul A. Djupe and Amanda Friesen
  • Satan and a virus won't stop us : the prosperity gospel of Coronavirus response / Paul A. Djupe and Ryan P. Burge
  • Are religious adherents more likely to buy into COVID-19 conspiracy theories? / Diana Orcés, Ian Huff, and Natalie Jackson
  • Religion and gun purchasing amid a pandemic, civil unrest, and an election / Abigail Vegter and Donald Haider-Markel
  • Christian nationalism and the COVID-19 Pandemic / Andrew L. Whitehead, Samuel L. Perry, and Joshua B. Grubbs
  • Syndemics during a pandemic : racial inequity, poverty, and COVID-19 / Dilara K. Üsküp and Ryon J. Cobb
  • Is the effect of religion "raced" on pandemic attitudes and behaviors? / Angel Saavedra Cisneros, Natasha Altema McNeely, and Paul A. Djupe
  • Precedent, performance, and polarization : the Christian legal movement and religious freedom politics during the coronavirus pandemic / Andrew R. Lewis and Daniel Bennett
  • A tale of two burdens : COVID-19 and the question of religious free exercise / Jenna Reinbold
  • High Stakes : Christian right politics in 2020 / Angelia R. Wilson
  • Faith, source credibility and trust in pandemic information / Jianing Li, Amanda Friesen, and Michael W. Wagner
  • Women as religious leaders : the gendered politics of shutting down / Cammie Jo Bolin and Kelly Rolfes-Haase
  • Racialized responses to COVID-19 / Shayla F. Olson
  • In God 'Z' trusts? Generation Z's attitudes about religion and COVID-19 / Melissa Deckman and Stella M. Rouse
  • Who's allowed in your lifeboat? How religious identity altered life-saving priorities in response to COVID-19 / Matthew R. Miles and Justin A. Tucker
  • How the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic affected religious practices in the United States / Kraig Beyerlein and Jason Klocek
  • Patterns of in-person worship service attendance during the COVID-19 Pandemic : the importance of political and religious context / Benjamin R. Knoll
  • Conclusion / Amanda J. Friesen and Paul A. Djupe.