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  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Foreword
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Introduction
  9. Part I: Religious Groups Confront the Pandemic
    1. 1. Satan and a Virus Won’t Stop Us: The Prosperity Gospel of Coronavirus Response
    2. 2. Are Religious Adherents More Likely to Buy Into COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories?
    3. 3. Religion and Gun Purchasing amid a Pandemic, Civil Unrest, and an Election
    4. 4. Christian Nationalism and the COVID-19 Pandemic
    5. 5. Syndemics during a Pandemic: Racial Inequity, Poverty, and COVID-19
    6. 6. Is the Effect of Religion “Raced” on Pandemic Attitudes and Behaviors?
  10. Part II: Elite Actions and Messaging
    1. 7. Precedent, Performance, and Polarization: The Christian Legal Movement and Religious Freedom Politics during the Coronavirus Pandemic
    2. 8. A Tale of Two Burdens: COVID-19 and the Question of Religious Free Exercise
    3. 9. High Stakes: Christian Right Politics in 2020
    4. 10. Faith, Source Credibility, and Trust in Pandemic Information
  11. Part III: Pandemic Effects on Religious Groups and Individuals
    1. 11. Women as Religious Leaders: The Gendered Politics of Shutting Down
    2. 12. Racialized Responses to COVID-19
    3. 13. In God “Z” Trusts? Generation Z’s Attitudes about Religion and COVID-19
    4. 14. Who’s Allowed in Your Lifeboat? How Religious Identity Altered Life-Saving Priorities in Response to COVID-19
    5. 15. How the Early Stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic Affected Religious Practices in the United States
    6. 16. Patterns of In-Person Worship Service Attendance during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Importance of Political and Religious Context
  12. Conclusion
  13. Notes
  14. References
  15. Contributors
  16. Index

TEMPLE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122

tupress.temple.edu

Copyright © 2023 by Temple University—Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education

All rights reserved

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

Printed in the United States of America

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