The Maze Runner, the pandemic, and the Gospel

The Maze Runner book series and movie trilogy is set in the future, when ecological disaster and a global pandemic strike. Many children and young adults are immune to the disease and are therefore quarantined, studied, and used to develop a cure for the “flare.” This article examines some of the et...

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Main Author: Hamilton, Nick (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2022
In: Review and expositor
Year: 2022, Volume: 119, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 132-137
IxTheo Classification:CD Christianity and Culture
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
NCH Medical ethics
Further subjects:B utilitarian ethics
B Church
B Covid-19
B Culture Wars
B Maze Runner
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Summary:The Maze Runner book series and movie trilogy is set in the future, when ecological disaster and a global pandemic strike. Many children and young adults are immune to the disease and are therefore quarantined, studied, and used to develop a cure for the “flare.” This article examines some of the ethical frameworks experienced in the COVID-19 pandemic using the Maze Runner movies as illustrations. It also examines contemporary culture and proposes that a more robust gospel witness is needed to better deal with future global pandemics.
ISSN:2052-9449
Contains:Enthalten in: Review and expositor
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/00346373221137054