As the USA weeps for its pandemic victims and angry protesters take to the streets demanding that the lockdown and institutional racism finally end, what do we make of it all? In this episode we try and understand the role of religion in a time of social distress and ask whether religious responses to the current crisis could make things better or worse.

Joined by Dr John Rees, Research Associate at the Institute for Ethics & Society at The University of Notre Dame Australia where he co-convenes the Religion & Global Ethics program.