Pandemic: 14th-Century Style Bishop John Bauerschmidt August 11, 2020 Commentary, Ecclesiology, The Episcopal Church By John Bauerschmidt As the church continues to respond to the coronavirus and the disruption that has resulted, the historical memory of an earlier pandemic lurks in the back of the mind, ready to be brough... Read More...
Reading Boccaccio’s Decameron in the Time of Corona John Mason Lock July 24, 2020 Books, Commentary, The Episcopal Church By John Mason Lock A friend recently posted on social media that he had gone to the bookstore, and they were out of Boccaccio's The Decameron. This admittedly English-major-type joke is that Boccaccio's clas... Read More...
The Plague and the Pandemic Neil Dhingra July 9, 2020 Books, Commentary, Roman Catholic Church By Neil Dhingra Unsurprisingly, amidst this ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Albert Camus’ The Plague has again become popular. According to the writer Samuel Earle, in Japan more copies sold in March than during the previous 31 years, and in France “it has somet... Read More...
Ten Theological Theses on COVID-19 and the Providence of God Cole Hartin July 3, 2020 Anglican Church of Canada, Commentary By Cole Hartin At the risk of adding to the influx of handwringing and punditry on all things coronavirus, I want stake out ten theological theses that might orient the way Christians think through the times... Read More...
On Viruses and Judgment Joey Royal July 2, 2020 Anglican Church of Canada, Commentary By Joey Royal Given how much attention the Scriptures give to divine judgment, it’s remarkable how little attention we give it. The creed tells us that Jesus “will come to judge the quick and dead,” but prea... Read More...
Religious Groups’ Response to COVID-19 in Rural Western Kenya Joseph Wandera June 12, 2020 Anglican Church of Kenya, Commentary, Ministry By Joseph Wandera “Those who died earlier were lucky.” COVID-19 has fundamentally disrupted life, perhaps especially so in rural Kenya! This statement above, from an aging grandmother in Mumias, Western Kenya, captures this disruption. And where spiritual su... Read More...
Five Suggestions for Reopening Your Church Zac Koons June 2, 2020 Commentary, Liturgy, Ministry, The Episcopal Church By Zac Koons It is a fascinating time to be planning worship. We have no pandemic playbook. We have been forced instead into improv mode, each of us walking backward into an uncertain future, trying to keep... Read More...
Ascension and Anglicanism: Pandemic in the Church of England Guest Contributor May 21, 2020 Church of England, Commentary, Ecclesiology, Ministry By Simon Cuff Today we celebrate a feast in the Church’s year that often struggles to find a place in our theologies, though it is secure in our creed: the Ascension. Jesus is taken up out of the apostles’ s... Read More...
