A Conversation about COVID-19 and the Ecumenical House
The COVID-19 pandemic, like other pandemics, has brought to light what is beneath the surface of our society. The impact of COVID-19 on the social, economic, political, and religious dimensions of society is unprecedented. While it has adversely affected people’s wellbeing, especially their physical...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2022
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The ecumenical review
Year: 2022, Volume: 74, Issue: 3, Pages: 463-474 |
| IxTheo Classification: | FD Contextual theology KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KDJ Ecumenism NCA Ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Covid-19
B hegemonic abuse B Churches B gender-based violence |
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| Summary: | The COVID-19 pandemic, like other pandemics, has brought to light what is beneath the surface of our society. The impact of COVID-19 on the social, economic, political, and religious dimensions of society is unprecedented. While it has adversely affected people’s wellbeing, especially their physical and mental health, there has also been a significant rise in child and teenage pregnancies and sexual and gender-based violence. This article looks at COVID-19 as a lens into the ecumenical house. I wish to explore the similarities between the death-dealing blow of COVID-19 and the virus of hegemonic abuse which continues to strangle humanity through different forms of neo-colonialism and ecclesiastic paternalism externally and within nations. I shall therefore liken the church’s missional trajectory to the new coronavirus by looking at strains of the hegemonic structures that have served to deny life in its fullness for all. |
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| ISSN: | 1758-6623 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The ecumenical review
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/erev.12718 |