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Essay: Can churches be protectors of public health?

Coronavirus church door

US scholar of Christianity ANDREW GARDNER – in an article first published on The Conversation – looks at how churches have navigated past health crises and how that might help us better understand the present…

Old church records shed new light on US smallpox outbreaks in 1700s

US Digitised records Rev Ebenezer Storer

Boston, USAP A highly contagious disease originating far from America’s shores triggers deadly outbreaks that spread rapidly, infecting the masses. Shots are available, but a divided public agonises over getting jabbed. Sound familiar? In this image provided by the American Ancestors & New England Historic Genealogical Society, a digitized copy of a page from a […]