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Retreat, rebuke, recite : outliers in church responses to the COVID-19 pandemic
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dc.contributor.author | Stoddart, Eric | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-08-13T23:34:29Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-08-13T23:34:29Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021-05-01 | |
dc.identifier | 269030730 | |
dc.identifier | c267e0ac-5ee7-41fb-a47d-2d17ed8aea3c | |
dc.identifier | 85101460067 | |
dc.identifier | 000617980100001 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Stoddart , 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.2020.1860549 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1756-073X | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0002-1261-6510/work/89178834 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/25847 | |
dc.description.abstract | The 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.extent | 14 | |
dc.format.extent | 331164 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Practical Theology | en |
dc.subject | COVID-19 | en |
dc.subject | Public health | en |
dc.subject | Churches | en |
dc.subject | Prosperity gospel | en |
dc.subject | Lock-down | en |
dc.subject | Pandemic | en |
dc.subject | Freedom of religion | en |
dc.subject | BL Religion | en |
dc.subject | RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine | en |
dc.subject | T-NDAS | en |
dc.subject | SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being | en |
dc.subject.lcc | BL | en |
dc.subject.lcc | RA0421 | en |
dc.title | Retreat, rebuke, recite : outliers in church responses to the COVID-19 pandemic | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of Divinity | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Centre for the Study of Religion and Politics | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/1756073X.2020.1860549 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.date.embargoedUntil | 2022-08-14 | |
dc.identifier.url | https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/yprt20 | en |
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