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What literature can tell us about people's struggle with their faith during a pandemic

  • Written by Agnes Mueller, Professor of German and Comparative Literature, University of South Carolina
imageA scene from Giovanni Boccaccio's 'The Decameron' – sales of which have reportedly risen during the pandemic.John Waterhouse/Lady Lever Art Gallery

A recent Pew Research poll found that religious faith had deepened for a quarter of Americans because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Some might indeed take solace in religion at a time of...

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