TEMPLE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122
Copyright © 2023 by Temple University—Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education
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Published 2023
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Djupe, Paul A., editor. | Friesen, Amanda, 1978– editor. | Jones, Robert P. (Robert Patrick), writer of foreword.
Title: 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.
Other titles: Religious engagement in democratic politics.
Description: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2023. | Series: Religious engagement in democratic politics | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Summary: “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, institutions, and legal issues”— Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2022029433 (print) | LCCN 2022029434 (ebook) | ISBN 9781439923399 (cloth) | ISBN 9781439923405 (paperback) | ISBN 9781439923412 (pdf)
Subjects: LCSH: COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020—Religious aspects—Christianity. | COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020—Political aspects—United States. | Christians—United States—Attitudes. | United States—Religion—21st century.
Classification: LCC BR526 .E65 2023 (print) | LCC BR526 (ebook) | DDC 362.1962/4144—dc23/eng/20221013
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022029433
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022029434
The paper used in this publication meets the requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1992
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