Risk and Sacrament: Being Human in a Covid-19 World
In this article we examine the changing relationship to risk as revealed by the covid-19 pandemic and the ways this has, and may in future, alter sacramental practice, considering the radical effects this could have on traditional Christian practice. We consider the cultural trends that may lie behi...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2020]
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| In: |
Zygon
Year: 2020, Volume: 55, Issue: 3, Pages: 577-590 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
COVID-19 (Disease)
/ Pandemic
/ Risk
/ Christianity
/ Liturgy
/ Sacrament reception
/ Transhumanism
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| IxTheo Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion CB Christian life; spirituality CH Christianity and Society NBP Sacramentology; sacraments |
| Further subjects: | B
Transhumanism
B Covid-19 B Homo transhumanus B Pandemic B Risk B Sacrament |
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| Summary: | In this article we examine the changing relationship to risk as revealed by the covid-19 pandemic and the ways this has, and may in future, alter sacramental practice, considering the radical effects this could have on traditional Christian practice. We consider the cultural trends that may lie behind this developing approach to risk, examining this in the context of an emergent transhuman identity that is technologically moderated and seeks to overcome risks of human mortality. |
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| ISSN: | 1467-9744 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Zygon
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/zygo.12618 |