Contents
Foreword, Robert P. Jones, PRRI
Introduction | PAUL A. DJUPE AND AMANDA FRIESEN
PART IRELIGIOUS GROUPS CONFRONT THE PANDEMIC
1Satan and a Virus Won’t Stop Us: The Prosperity Gospel of Coronavirus Response | PAUL A. DJUPE AND RYAN P. BURGE
2Are Religious Adherents More Likely to Buy Into COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories? | DIANA ORCÉS, IAN HUFF, AND NATALIE JACKSON
3Religion and Gun Purchasing amid a Pandemic, Civil Unrest, and an Election | ABIGAIL VEGTER AND DONALD HAIDER-MARKEL
4Christian Nationalism and the COVID-19 Pandemic | ANDREW L. WHITEHEAD, SAMUEL L. PERRY, AND JOSHUA B. GRUBBS
5Syndemics during a Pandemic: Racial Inequity, Poverty, and COVID-19 | DILARA K. ÜSKÜP AND RYON J. COBB
6Is the Effect of Religion “Raced” on Pandemic Attitudes and Behaviors? | ANGEL SAAVEDRA CISNEROS, NATASHA ALTEMA MCNEELY, AND PAUL A. DJUPE
PART IIELITE ACTIONS AND MESSAGING
7Precedent, Performance, and Polarization: The Christian Legal Movement and Religious Freedom Politics during the Coronavirus Pandemic | ANDREW R. LEWIS AND DANIEL BENNETT
8A Tale of Two Burdens: COVID-19 and the Question of Religious Free Exercise | JENNA REINBOLD
9High Stakes: Christian Right Politics in 2020 | ANGELIA R. WILSON
10Faith, Source Credibility, and Trust in Pandemic Information | JIANING LI, AMANDA FRIESEN, AND MICHAEL W. WAGNER
PART IIIPANDEMIC EFFECTS ON RELIGIOUS GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS
11Women as Religious Leaders: The Gendered Politics of Shutting Down | CAMMIE JO BOLIN AND KELLY ROLFES-HAASE
12Racialized Responses to COVID-19 | SHAYLA F. OLSON
13In God “Z” Trusts? Generation Z’s Attitudes about Religion and COVID-19 | MELISSA DECKMAN AND STELLA M. ROUSE
14Who’s Allowed in Your Lifeboat? How Religious Identity Altered Life-Saving Priorities in Response to COVID-19 | MATTHEW R. MILES AND JUSTIN A. TUCKER
15How the Early Stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic Affected Religious Practices in the United States | KRAIG BEYERLEIN AND JASON KLOCEK
16Patterns of In-Person Worship Service Attendance during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Importance of Political and Religious Context | BENJAMIN R. KNOLL
Conclusion | AMANDA FRIESEN AND PAUL A. DJUPE
Online appendix can be found at https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataverse/epidemic_among_my_people