CALCULATED RISKS: EXPLORING PLAGUE ETHICS WITH LUTHER AND BARTH
This article explores the way churches in the USA navigated risk in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. In particular, it examines the theological basis for reactions to restrictions affecting in-person worship services and for participation in the Black Lives Matter protests. The article ar...
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This article explores the way churches in the USA navigated risk in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. In particular, it examines the theological basis for reactions to restrictions affecting in-person worship services and for participation in the Black Lives Matter protests. The article argues that the ongoing conversation about health and risk in the American church would benefit from additional theological perspectives. Martin Luther’s 1527 treatise on plague ethics and Karl Barth’s treatment of the “will to health” in Church Dogmatics are discussed with attention to questions of health and risk. With these texts from Luther and Barth in view, the article returns to questions of risk, worship, and protest in the context of the pandemic, outlining six potential fruitful themes for ongoing conversation and discernment.
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| spelling | doaj-art-d11f5ceef3264772b9359436e7c097e92025-02-11T09:45:51ZengUniversity of the Free StateActa Theologica1015-87582309-90892020-12-0140210.38140/at.v40i2.4978CALCULATED RISKS: EXPLORING PLAGUE ETHICS WITH LUTHER AND BARTHA. Hancock0Pittsburgh Theological Seminary This article explores the way churches in the USA navigated risk in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. In particular, it examines the theological basis for reactions to restrictions affecting in-person worship services and for participation in the Black Lives Matter protests. The article argues that the ongoing conversation about health and risk in the American church would benefit from additional theological perspectives. Martin Luther’s 1527 treatise on plague ethics and Karl Barth’s treatment of the “will to health” in Church Dogmatics are discussed with attention to questions of health and risk. With these texts from Luther and Barth in view, the article returns to questions of risk, worship, and protest in the context of the pandemic, outlining six potential fruitful themes for ongoing conversation and discernment. https://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/at/article/view/4978Black Lives MatterCovid-19Karl BarthMartin Luther |
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| title_sort | calculated risks exploring plague ethics with luther and barth |
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