COVID-19 and Christianity

Wild‐Wood, Emma; Chow, Alexander

doi:10.1080/00358533.2020.1790773

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“…While some of these decreases were already in motion, the global pandemic induced many church closures, as social distancing became a method of slowing the transmission of the virus (Freudenberger, 2020). Thus, traditional church attendance and other ways of engaging in organized religion were affected (Brien, 2020; Bryson et al, 2020; Martyr, 2022; Pillay, 2020; Wildman et al, 2020; Wild-Wood & Chow, 2020). Like individuals in society at-large, several of my participants also described how, in some ways, the global pandemic and church closures influenced their engagement with organized religion and subsequent development of personal religious and spiritual practices.…”

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“…While there have been positive associations for individuals who engage in spiritual and religious activities, how and to what degree individuals engage may vary. Even prior to the global pandemic, also commonly referred to as COVID-19 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2020), which resulted in federal mandates closing the physical doors of many religious institutions beginning in March 2020 (Brien, 2020; Bryson et al, 2020; Martyr, 2022; Pillay, 2020; Wildman et al, 2020; Wild-Wood & Chow, 2020), shifts in attendance at religious services were being felt in the United States (Chaves & Stephens, 2003; Hout & Greeley, 1998; Lipka, 2015).…”

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“I get to make my own decisions”: Understanding Black Christian students’ spiritual development journeys.

Hall

2024

Journal of Diversity in Higher Education

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While existing scholarship has illuminated benefits that individuals gain from their religious and spiritual engagement, how and to what degree individuals engage may vary. Although student development theory compels us to attend to students' salient identities (Jones & Abes, 2013), religion and spirituality remain underresearched in higher education (Chae et al., 2004;Donahoo & Caffey, 2010;Park, 2017). Despite the salience of religion and spirituality among many Black communities (Bacchus & Holley, 2004;McRae et al., 1999;Taylor & Chatters, 2010), and Christianity being the dominant religion for Black Americans (Diamant et al., 2022), scholarship that centers the intersections of race, religion, and spirituality remains limited. Thus, there are opportunities to understand Black Christian students' spiritual development journeys and what influences Black Christian college students' formation of religious and spiritual practices. Data for this inquiry is drawn from a larger critical constructivist narrative study where semistructured interviews and visual data with 13 Black and spiritual students provided insight into Black students' spiritual development journeys. Findings indicate three themes: Black Christian students' early religious socialization through family, church, and religious-affiliated K-12 schools; the presence of religious and spiritual practices prior to their college-going years; and the development of new religious and spiritual practices during their college-going years. Baxter Magolda's ( 2009) concept of meaning-making was utilized to understand Black Christian students' early reliance upon external formulas, crossroad moments, and ultimate journeys to self-authorship. Implications for research and practice are provided to institutions and institutional personnel who seek to holistically support Black Christian students.

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“I get to make my own decisions”: Understanding Black Christian students’ spiritual development journeys.

Hall

2024

Journal of Diversity in Higher Education

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“…This was done seeing that no place of worship had the capacity to protect the worshippers from coming into close contact. A study by Wild-Wood and Chow (2020) shows that places of worship, the world over, were shut and religious leaders encouraged the faithful to stay home as a consequence of COVID-19 pandemic. c) The political and cultural gatherings in form of rallies, meetings, and elections were suspended for a period of forty-two days.…”

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Consequence of Covid-19 lockdown on household food security: Voices from Hoima City, Uganda

Mwesigwa

2021

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Purpose: To investigate the consequence covid-19 lockdown on food security among a cohort of peri-urban households in Hoima city. Research methodology: A descriptive survey was employed targeting 186 respondents. Data were collected using a researcher-designed self-administered questionnaire and analysed using quantitative statistics. Specifically, chi-square was employed to establish whether the hypothesis held sway; also, regression analysis was employed with a view of forecasting the degree of change in household food security due to covid-19 lockdown. Results: The period of lockdown announced and implemented by the government had a positive consequence on food security. Nonetheless, the economic hardships overturned the successes otherwise achieved as a number of households sold off much of the food so as acquire other household items. Recommendations: While the government is credited for instituting a lockdown as a means to reduce the spread of covid-19 virus, it is recommended that city authorities are encouraged to boost urban farming by distributing agri-inputs to households in the peri-urban seeing that their daily incomes are already constrained. Contribution: The findings of this study may be useful to city authorities in Uganda in evolving a guide on integration of food security as a cross-cutting issue in the overall strategic disaster management plan. This article makes an input to the budding field of understanding by underlining inroads that can generate more sustainable urban community livelihoods through food security.

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COVID-19 and Christianity

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“I get to make my own decisions”: Understanding Black Christian students’ spiritual development journeys.

“I get to make my own decisions”: Understanding Black Christian students’ spiritual development journeys.

Consequence of Covid-19 lockdown on household food security: Voices from Hoima City, Uganda

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