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dc.contributor.authorStoddart, Eric
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-13T23:34:29Z
dc.date.available2022-08-13T23:34:29Z
dc.date.issued2021-05-01
dc.identifier.citationStoddart , E 2021 , ' Retreat, rebuke, recite : outliers in church responses to the COVID-19 pandemic ' , Practical Theology , vol. 14 , no. 1-2 , pp. 8-21 . https://doi.org/10.1080/1756073X.2020.1860549en
dc.identifier.issn1756-073X
dc.identifier.otherPURE: 269030730
dc.identifier.otherPURE UUID: c267e0ac-5ee7-41fb-a47d-2d17ed8aea3c
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0002-1261-6510/work/89178834
dc.identifier.otherScopus: 85101460067
dc.identifier.otherWOS: 000617980100001
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10023/25847
dc.description.abstractThe article considers atypical responses to the COVID-19 pandemic by Christian leaders. In a three-fold classification it first identifies a retreat from civic life in resistance to lock-down restrictions on places of worship, demanding reopening on extreme readings of rights of religious freedom, and refusal of mandatory mask-wearing. A second classification groups as ‘rebuke’ spiritual warfare approaches within the prosperity gospel tradition that take the virus to be demonic, from which there is a promise to be claimed of God’s protection and healing. A third classification gathers a range of conspiracy theories recited by Christian preachers. In evaluating the responses, a parallel classification of entombing conspiracies, endorsing public health measures, and engaging in civic life is proposed. Drawing upon the common good as a theological critique it is concluded that extremist Christian views present a danger to global public health.
dc.format.extent14
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofPractical Theologyen
dc.rightsCopyright © Contact Pastoral Trust 2021. This work has been made available online in accordance with publisher policies or with permission. Permission for further reuse of this content should be sought from the publisher or the rights holder. This is the author created accepted manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at https://doi.org/10.1080/1756073X.2020.1860549en
dc.subjectCOVID-19en
dc.subjectPublic healthen
dc.subjectChurchesen
dc.subjectProsperity gospelen
dc.subjectLock-downen
dc.subjectPandemicen
dc.subjectFreedom of religionen
dc.subjectBL Religionen
dc.subjectRA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicineen
dc.subjectT-NDASen
dc.subjectSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-beingen
dc.subject.lccBLen
dc.subject.lccRA0421en
dc.titleRetreat, rebuke, recite : outliers in church responses to the COVID-19 pandemicen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.description.versionPostprinten
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Divinityen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Centre for the Study of Religion and Politicsen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/1756073X.2020.1860549
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.date.embargoedUntil2022-08-14
dc.identifier.urlhttps://www.tandfonline.com/loi/yprt20en


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