Healing, faith and fear: church opening in the United States during COVID-19 restrictions

This article examines how resistance to stay-at-home orders was framed to congregants through sermons and in statements to media outlets. Using an approach informed by grounded theory, we analysed news articles of church behaviour and the YouTube videos of sermons from pastors that protested against...

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Authors: Smith, Naomi (Author) ; Snider, Anne-Marie (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Carfax Publ. 2023
In: Journal of contemporary religion
Year: 2023, Volume: 38, Issue: 2, Pages: 283-304
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B USA / Free church / COVID-19 (Disease) / Measure / Opposition / Public health
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AG Religious life; material religion
CA Christianity
KBQ North America
KDG Free church
TK Recent history
ZB Sociology
Further subjects:B Resistance
B Covid-19
B Evangelical
B Faith
B Public health
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