COVID-19 and Christian Faith-Based Organizations in Great Britain: A Research and Resource Review of Organizational, Financial and Human Contributions and Impacts in the Context of a Wider “Christian Ecology”
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Authors | Weller, P. |
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Abstract | The COVID-19 pandemic presented what, on both global and national levels, has arguably so far been the most extensive health, economic and social challenge of the 21st century. Responding to this challenge, it soon became clear that, while having a vital role in the contextual provision of necessary services, public authorities also needed to engage with organizations in the voluntary, community sector, including Faith-Based Organizations (FBOs). This article presents and discusses and analyzes a digest of research and resource evidence from the beginning of 2020–to the end of 2023 concerning the organizational, financial and human contributions of and impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on, in particular, Christian FBOs in Great Britain. It goes on to analyze these contributions and impacts within the analytical framework of what it calls a wider “Christian ecology” as the context within which such FBOs live, to which they contribute, and, as argued by this review, apart from which they cannot be properly understood. Finally, in exploring some of the lessons to be learned from the evidence and analysis presented, the article identifies and considers some key opportunities and issues that arise at the interface between the work of (especially, but not only, Christian) FBOs and the structures and processes of the governmental powers-that-be. |
Keywords | Christian; faith-based organizations; services; COVID-19; pandemic; human consequences |
Year | 2024 |
Journal | Religions |
Journal citation | 15 (3), pp. 1-29 |
Publisher | MDPI |
ISSN | 2077-1444 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.3390/rel15030315 |
Web address (URL) | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/15/3/315 |
Publisher's version | License File Access Level Open |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 03 Mar 2024 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 13 Mar 2024 |
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