Birch, J. C.P. (2021) Review essay: When the dancing turned to mourning: Theological responses to the pandemic. Theology in Scotland, 28(1), pp. 62-80. (doi: 10.15664/tis.v28i1.2186)
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Abstract
This review essay considers four books published within the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic. It guides us through how each of these texts offers a timely Christian response to, and not explanation for, the challenges that we face: innumerable deaths, the inability to worship together, deserted streets and shut-up businesses, the place of viruses in the Earth’s ecology, and the apparent absence of God as the innovations of modern science seem to be our only salvation.
Item Type: | Articles |
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Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Birch, Dr Jonathan |
Authors: | Birch, J. C.P. |
College/School: | College of Arts & Humanities > School of Critical Studies > Theology and Religious Studies |
Journal Name: | Theology in Scotland |
Publisher: | St Mary's College |
ISSN: | 1465-2862 |
ISSN (Online): | 1465-2862 |
Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2021 The Author |
First Published: | First published in Theology in Scotland 28(1):62-80 |
Publisher Policy: | Reproduced under a Creative Commons licence |
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