Religion, Race, and COVID-19: Confronting White Supremacy in the Pandemic (Religion and Social Transformation) by Floyd-Thomas, Stacey M. [Editor] - 2022-02-15

Paperback / softback. New. 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… Read More

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New York Univ Pr, 2022. Paperback. New. 320 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.10 inches.