Child health and COVID-19: How Mark 10 can inform a Christian ethic
The COVID-19 pandemic created unprecedented challenges for children and families. While most of the public debate surrounding the pandemic naturally focused on mainstream concerns, vulnerable groups, including children, with unique concerns were pushed to the periphery. The fact that COVID-19 contin...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
2022
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| In: |
Review and expositor
Year: 2022, Volume: 119, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 76-85 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CH Christianity and Society KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history NCH Medical ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Kingdom of God
B Covid-19 B Vulnerability B Children B Mark 10 |
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| Summary: | The COVID-19 pandemic created unprecedented challenges for children and families. While most of the public debate surrounding the pandemic naturally focused on mainstream concerns, vulnerable groups, including children, with unique concerns were pushed to the periphery. The fact that COVID-19 continues to impact these vulnerable groups gives Christians an opportunity to right past wrongs. In this article, we first describe the biblical priority Jesus gives to children as members of God’s kingdom by exploring Mark 10:13–16. We then highlight specific ways in which the consequences of public responses to COVID-19 disproportionately burdened children. Finally, we present two case studies through which we reimagine how Christians can respond to the collateral impacts of COVID-19 on children in a more biblically faithful manner. |
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| ISSN: | 2052-9449 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Review and expositor
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/00346373221136219 |