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STS 380 - Religion, Anti-Science, Public Health & Pandemic

Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
(Same as RELI 380 ) How have religious people both embraced and resisted public health directives during the Covid-19 pandemic? How do religious people understand the meaning of health, sickness, and suffering in the midst of a global health crisis? How do religious people think about the ethical issues involved in confronting illness on such a large scale – how do they (for example) ponder complicated decisions about healthcare rationing, disease mitigation, economic lockdowns, and social inequality?  This course examines these questions and tries to understand better conservative religious attitudes in particular. It surveys how conservative groups (Christian and Jewish) have resisted public health guidelines during the last century, insisted on their freedom to worship without restrictions, juxtaposed divine healing and medical treatment, sometimes eschewed vaccination, and organized channels of dissent and protest online and via social media platforms. Christopher White.

One 2-hour period.

Course Format: CLS



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