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ArticleJournal of religion and health2022

Rituals of Contagion in Closed Religious Communities: A Case Study of Amish and Mennonite Communities in the USA During the Beginning of the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Katie E Corcoran, Rachel E Stein, Corey J Colyer, Sara K Guthrie, Annette M Mackay

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Article in Journal of religion and health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Katie E CorcoranDepartment of Sociology and Anthropology, West Virginia University, PO Box 6326, Morgantown, WV, 26506-6326, USA. kecorcoran@mail.wvu.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7948-5877
Rachel E SteinDepartment of Sociology and Anthropology, West Virginia University, PO Box 6326, Morgantown, WV, 26506-6326, USA.
Corey J ColyerDepartment of Sociology and Anthropology, West Virginia University, PO Box 6326, Morgantown, WV, 26506-6326, USA.
Sara K GuthrieDepartment of Sociology and Anthropology, West Virginia University, PO Box 6326, Morgantown, WV, 26506-6326, USA.
Annette M MackayDepartment of Sociology and Anthropology, West Virginia University, PO Box 6326, Morgantown, WV, 26506-6326, USA.
West Virginia University · US

Funding

International Research Network for the Study of Science & Belief in Society SFSRG01/114National Science Foundation 2048683
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, government and medical guidelines emphasized social distancing to limit exposure. These guidelines significantly impacted closed religious communities, particularly those opposed to modern technologies, such as Amish and Mennonite communities. How did these religious communities respond to COVID-19 policies in the USA? We draw data from Ohio and Pennsylvania scribe entries published in an Amish/Mennonite correspondence newspaper. While some of these communities altered church rituals to comply with government directives, others maintained communal worship without disruption. Mennonite communities were more likely to conform to guidelines.

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AmishCOVID-19Ceremonial BehaviorHumansPandemicsPennsylvaniaClosed religious communitiesCOVID-19Public health mandatesReligious ritualsUnited States

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PMID35882764
PMCPMC9321298
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