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Friday, 11 February 2022

62% of white Evangelicals have had at least 1 dose of COVID-19 vaccine: poll
(Ryan Foley, The Christian Post)

Wednesday, 2 February 2022

Ordinance limiting Oregon church meal services violates religious freedom, lawsuit says
(Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)

Streaming online has been a boon for churches, a godsend for isolated
(Bob Smietana and Elizabeth E. Evans, Religion News Service)

Faith in the metaverse: A VR quest for community, fellowship
(Luis Andres Henao, Religion News Service)

Wednesday, 26 January 2022

Groups raise concerns over 19 federal agencies’ plans to track religious objectors to COVID-19 vaccines
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)

Monday, 24 January 2022

Defeat the Mandates protesters: We're not 'anti-vaxxers,' this is about coercion
(Brandon Showalter, The Christian Post)

Monday, 17 January 2022

Protesters demonstrate against vaccine mandate in nation's capital: 'This is loving your neighbor'
(Ryan Foley, The Christian Post)

Wednesday, 15 December 2021

Survey: Americans concerned too many are seeking religious exemptions to vaccines
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)

Wednesday, 15 September 2021

Post-Trump, Christian nationalists preach a theology of vaccine resistance
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)

Wednesday, 1 September 2021

Nearly 60% of white evangelicals have gotten COVID vaccine: poll
(Ryan Foley, The Christian Post)

Wednesday, 28 July 2021

Survey: Vaccine hesitancy declines among faith groups, spurred partly by religious appeals
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)

Sparked by pandemic fallout, homeschooling surges across US
(David Crary, Religion News Service)

Friday, 16 July 2021

In many COVID hot spots, a pattern: High concentrations of white evangelicals
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)

Wednesday, 30 June 2021

Amish put faith in God’s will and herd immunity over vaccine
(John Seewer, Religion News Service)

Monday, 26 April 2021

Survey: Faith leaders key to combat vaccine hesitancy among religious — and QAnon believers
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)

Wednesday, 14 April 2021

Hasidic, devout, and mad as hell about COVID-19: Op-Ed
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)

Wednesday, 3 March 2021

US bishops discourage Catholics from getting Johnson & Johnson vaccine if given a choice
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)

USCCB: Moderna's and Pfizer's coronavirus vaccines ethically preferable to Johnson & Johnson's
(Catholic News Agency)

Wednesday, 3 February 2021

Churches in LA’s working-class neighborhoods urge: ‘bring the vaccine to the people’
(Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)

Friday, 29 January 2021

How highly religious women are redefining feminism
(Naomi Schaefer Riley, Deseret Magazine)

Monday, 18 January 2021

How do you foster Catholic community in quarantine?
(Jonah McKeown, Catholic News Agency)

Friday, 1 January 2021

Top news articles of 2020 Christians should know about
(Kayla Koslosky, Christian Headlines)

Wednesday, 18 November 2020

The ethics of Moderna's coronavirus vaccine
(Catholic News Agency)

Friday, 13 November 2020

Stressed by COVID, online seekers discover Buddhism’s calming practice
(Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil, Religion News Service)

Friday, 23 October 2020

Yom Kippur Zoom reunites Holocaust survivors 71 years later
(Luis Andres Henao and Jessie Wardarski, Religion News Service)

Wednesday, 14 October 2020

Judge rules DC COVID restrictions 'substantially burden' religious freedom
(Catholic News Agency)

Friday, 25 September 2020

Normally a refuge on campus, college Muslim groups fight students’ isolation in a pandemic
(Hira Qureshi, Religion News Service)

Wednesday, 2 September 2020

This new 600-page book contains Jewish laws of coronavirus, from hand-washing to drug trials
(Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt, Forward)

Friday, 1 May 2020

Headlines about COVID-19
(International Center for Law and Religion Studies, ICLRS Headlines)

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the United States
(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

CDC Coronavirus Interactive: Current data by state
(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, US Government)

COVIDView: A Weekly Surveillance of U.S. COVID-19 Activity
(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, US Government)

COVID-19: Cases, Data, and Surveillance
(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, US Government)

Coronavirus WorldOMeter
(updating demographics for COVID-19 worldwide)

Religious Responses to COVID-19
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Joint Learning Initiative on Faith & Local Communities, World Faiths Development Dialogue)

COVID-19 Special Coverage from Jurist (with University of Pittsburgh)
(Timeline of US legal events, Jurist)

Religion, Law and COVID-19 Emergency
(Law and Religion in Multicultural Societies/多元文化社会中的法律与宗教/ القانون والدين في المجتمعات متعددة الثقافات)

Berkley Center Faith and COVID-19: Resource Repository (Landing Page)
(Katherine Marshall, Olivia Wilkinson, David Robinson, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Joint Learning Initiative on Faith & Local Communities, World Faiths Development Dialogue)

COVID-19: Exploring Faith Dimension [Subscription Link]: Daily Highlight from the Berkley Center at Georgetown University

Daily Highlight #50: Guidance Directed Specifically to Religious Communities and Leaders
(COVID-19: Exploring Faith Dimensions, Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)

COVID-19 guidance for religious communities and leaders
(Katherine Marshall and Olivia Wilkinson, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Religious action on COVID-19: Efforts in the field
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

COVID-19, from the Adventist News Network
(Adventist News Network)

COVID 19 and States of Emergency: Introduction & List of (52) Country Reports
(Joelle Grogan, Verfassungsblog on Matters Constitutional)

Debate (texts): COVID 19 and States of Emergency
(Hosted by Verfassungblog and Democracy Reporting International under the reconstitution program, coordinated by Joelle Grogan., Verfassungsblog on Matters Constitutional)

Gender, Faith and COVID-19 Resources
(Side by Side: Faith Movemet for Gender Justice)

Corornavirus: Complete coverage on Religion News Service
(Religion News Service)

Coronavirus Resources: The Washington Post
(The Washington Post)

What you need to know about the coronavirus: The Atlantic's guide to understanding COVID-19
(The Atlantic)

Coronavirus live news from The Guardian
(The Guardian)

BBC News Coronavirus Resources
(BBC News)

How to stay well prevention resource center (Scientology)
(Scientology)

Five books to help us understand global health problems [reading list]
(OUPblog)

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