Leslie Dorrough Smith

  • Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Director of the Women's and Gender Studies Program, Avila University
Anti-mask protesters at a rally in Orem, Utah. AP Photo/Rick Bowmer

Why masks are a religious issue

Are masks a religious matter, or is religion being used to suit people’s political agendas? A scholar of Christian conservatism and culture argues both can be true.

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