To be or not to be? A missional and practical theological perspective on being Church without walls amidst coronavirus disease 2019: A challenge or an opportunity?

Beukes, Jacques W.

doi:10.4102/hts.v76i1.6115

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“…It is the very same question that the practical theologian Jacques Beukes addresses, in which he challenges the traditional discourse and believers' current understanding and praxis of being church. 25 In his article, Pityana addresses a much wider scope in relation to the challenges (public health, socio-economic livelihoods) faced by faith communities, and the (broken, suffering) contexts in which they find themselves. He pays special attention to the God question, the meaning of the divine and on how God manifests the Good during dark times as well as the moral life of the Christian community given the challenges.…”

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Sanitation, vaccination, and sanctification: A South‐African theological engagement with COVID‐19

Veldsman

2021

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In critical self-reflection from an African context on the pandemic, COVID-19 is first semantically re-baptized as Christianity-On-Verges: Inciting Discussion, with a subsequent discussion in broad outlines of the thematic foci of the most recent South African publications on the pandemic. Next, the identified thematic foci are then related to an important Northern discourse on theologies of disaster as explored by the Danish theologian Niels Henrik Gregersen. From the discussion in its insightful emphasis on disruptive communities and religious paradigm of resilience, the argumentative focus moves to a tentative formulation and prioritization of theological directives for academic scholarly engagement with the pandemic. Finally, theological directives are carefully and tentatively explored with sanctification as the chosen framework to integrate the identified challenges for disruptive communities and for the scholarly engagement with COVID-19.

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confidence: 99%