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Religion, Race, and COVID-19 - Confronting White Supremacy in the Pandemic (Hardcover)
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Religion, Race, and COVID-19 - Confronting White Supremacy in the Pandemic (Hardcover)
Series: Religion and Social Transformation
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Examines how the dynamics emerging from the pandemic affect our
most vulnerable populations and shape a new religious landscape The
COVID-19 pandemic upset virtually every facet of society and, in
many cases, exposed gross inequality and dysfunction. The
particular dynamics emerging from the coronavirus pandemic have
been felt most intensely by America's most vulnerable populations,
who are disproportionately people of color and the working poor,
the people whom the Bible refers to as "the least of these." This
book makes the case that the pandemic was not just a medical
phenomenon, or an economic or social one, but also a religious one.
Religious practice has been altered in profound ways. Controversies
around religious freedom have been re-ignited over debates
concerning whether government can restrict church services.
Christian white supremacists not only defied shelter in place
orders, but found new ways to propagate racist attacks, with their
White Christian identity fueling their reactions to the pandemic.
Some religious leaders, including those in communities of color,
saw the virus as an indicator of God's wrath, or as a divine test,
and viewed altering their traditional practices to mitigate the
virus's spread as a weakening of faith. Religion, Race, and
COVID-19 argues that there is a religious hierarchy in US society
that puts "the least of these" last while prioritizing those who
benefit most from white privilege. Yet these vulnerable populations
draw on theological and religious resources to contend with these
existential threats. The volume shows how social transformation
occurs when faith is both formed and informed during crises,
offering compelling insight into the saliency and lasting impact of
religiosity within human culture.
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