Intro
Acknowledgments
Contents
Notes on Contributors
List of Figures
Chapter 1: Introduction: "See, Choose, Act"
Introduction
An Apocalyptic Pandemic
"I Can't Breathe"
Seeing, Choosing, Acting
Conclusion and Chapter Outline
Part I: Faith Trouble
Chapter 2: A Test Case for the Theodicy Problem
Introduction
From Lisbon to Auschwitz
Sources of Suffering
Posing the Theodicy Problem
Six Influential Responses to Theodicy Questions
An Inconclusive Postscript
Chapter 3: Lament in the City
Introduction
Christian Faith in New York

Research Methodology
Case Studies
Crossroads Christian Center
The Redeemed Christian Church of God, Chapel of Hope
All Nations Church-House of Restoration
Epiphany Mar Thoma Church
Themes
Pastoral Care
Lament
Community
Technology
Worship
Finance
Conclusion
Chapter 4: Faith in the International Order
Introduction
COVID-19 and the Failure of the International Order
The Populist and Neo-Fascist Ascendancy
The Soul of Internationalism
Chapter 5: Punisher, Healer, or Sufferer?
Introduction
On Being a Targeted Group

Korean Immigrants in Argentina
Chinos: What Is Behind the Name?
COVID-19 and Racial Minorities
God, the Pandemic, and the Others
Korean Protestant Churches in Argentina
Regardless of What Happens in the World, We Keep Our Faith in God
An Integrated Theological Response to Marginalization
Conclusion
Chapter 6: Disaster Socialism
Introduction
Introducing Disaster Capitalism
Disaster Capitalism and COVID-19
Churches and Capitalism
North American Mainline Church Responses to COVID-19
Making Connections Between Crisis, Needs and Chronic Inequalities

Disaster Capitalism and Church Finance During COVID-19
Church Finance and COVID-19: Congregational Case Studies
Conclusion
Part II: Unveiling and Naming Distortions
Chapter 7: Weaponization of Faith
Introduction
In Durham
COVID-19 and White Christian Nationalism
Indigenous Peoples of the United States: A Case Study
Decolonizing Our Communities
Toward Shalom: An Ethic of Care
Care in the Time of COVID-19
Conclusion
Chapter 8: Anti-black Racism
Introduction
What Is Black Faith?
Black Faith and Irrationality
Black Faith and Suffering

Black Faith and the Presence of God in Suffering
Conclusion
Chapter 9: Anthropocentric and White Supremacist Notions of God
Introduction
COVID-19 and Systemic Inequalities
Creation Renews Itself
God in Human Terms
Conclusion
Chapter 10: Lockdown and Sexual Exploitation
Introduction
The Home, Love, and Safety
The Home Turned into a Dungeon of Robbers
The Home as an Unsafe Space
Chapter 11: Online Sexualization
Introduction
The Philippines as the "Global Epicenter" of OSEC
Children as Victims of Imperialism and Global Capitalism