Science Centrism in the Time of Pandemic

Science-centrists, who are convinced of the success of science in modelling the world, view all faith-centric responses to COVID-19 as antithetical to ‘common-sense approaches’ to public health. Pandemics often subject religion to intense scrutiny. Since the outbreak of COVID-19, questions that challenge the entire idea of religion and its transcendental claims have begun to circulate specifically among the ‘religion-critical communities’ in Nigeria. Such communities include atheists

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