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Kaunda Chammah (Chammah J.) |
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World Christianity and Covid-19 : looking back and looking forward / / Chammah J. Kaunda |
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Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer International Publishing, , [2022] |
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©2022 |
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9783031125706 |
9783031125690 |
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1 online resource (421 pages) |
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COVID-19 (Disease) - Religious aspects - Christianity |
Suffering - Religious aspects - Christianity |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- Chapter 1: Introduction: "See, Choose, Act" -- Introduction -- An Apocalyptic Pandemic -- "I Can't Breathe" -- Seeing, Choosing, Acting -- Conclusion and Chapter Outline -- Part I: Faith Trouble -- Chapter 2: A Test Case for the Theodicy Problem -- Introduction -- From Lisbon to Auschwitz -- Sources of Suffering -- Posing the Theodicy Problem -- Six Influential Responses to Theodicy Questions -- An Inconclusive Postscript -- Chapter 3: Lament in the City -- Introduction -- Christian Faith in New York -- Research Methodology -- Case Studies -- Crossroads Christian Center -- The Redeemed Christian Church of God, Chapel of Hope -- All Nations Church-House of Restoration -- Epiphany Mar Thoma Church -- Themes -- Pastoral Care -- Lament -- Community -- Technology -- Worship -- Finance -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4: Faith in the International Order -- Introduction -- COVID-19 and the Failure of the International Order -- The Populist and Neo-Fascist Ascendancy -- The Soul of Internationalism -- Chapter 5: Punisher, Healer, or Sufferer? -- Introduction -- On Being a Targeted Group -- Korean Immigrants in Argentina -- Chinos: What Is Behind the Name? -- COVID-19 and Racial Minorities -- God, the Pandemic, and the Others -- Korean Protestant Churches in Argentina -- Regardless of What |
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Happens in the World, We Keep Our Faith in God -- An Integrated Theological Response to Marginalization -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6: Disaster Socialism -- Introduction -- Introducing Disaster Capitalism -- Disaster Capitalism and COVID-19 -- Churches and Capitalism -- North American Mainline Church Responses to COVID-19 -- Making Connections Between Crisis, Needs and Chronic Inequalities -- Disaster Capitalism and Church Finance During COVID-19. |
Church Finance and COVID-19: Congregational Case Studies -- Conclusion -- Part II: Unveiling and Naming Distortions -- Chapter 7: Weaponization of Faith -- Introduction -- In Durham -- COVID-19 and White Christian Nationalism -- Indigenous Peoples of the United States: A Case Study -- Decolonizing Our Communities -- Toward Shalom: An Ethic of Care -- Care in the Time of COVID-19 -- Conclusion -- Chapter 8: Anti-black Racism -- Introduction -- What Is Black Faith? -- Black Faith and Irrationality -- Black Faith and Suffering -- Black Faith and the Presence of God in Suffering -- Conclusion -- Chapter 9: Anthropocentric and White Supremacist Notions of God -- Introduction -- COVID-19 and Systemic Inequalities -- Creation Renews Itself -- God in Human Terms -- Conclusion -- Chapter 10: Lockdown and Sexual Exploitation -- Introduction -- The Home, Love, and Safety -- The Home Turned into a Dungeon of Robbers -- The Home as an Unsafe Space -- Chapter 11: Online Sexualization -- Introduction -- The Philippines as the "Global Epicenter" of OSEC -- Children as Victims of Imperialism and Global Capitalism -- "Clothing the Naked" Children -- Part III: New Eyes for Rereading the Bible -- Chapter 12: A Reflection on Psalm 88 -- Introduction -- Psalm 88 and the Dimensions of Suffering -- Physical Suffering -- Psychological Suffering -- Spiritual Suffering -- Praying Psalm 88 in the Context of COVID-19 -- Conclusion: Making Sense of Suffering -- Chapter 13: Expression of Korean Han -- Introduction -- Toward Recovering Psalms of Lament -- Suffering and Resilience -- Lament and Han in Minjung Theology and Korean Traditional Music -- Lament and Han in Korean Psalm of Lament -- Concluding Summary -- Chapter 14: Ghanaian Prosperity Preaching -- Introduction -- Exegesis of Reality -- Exegesis of the Text -- Engagement: The Perlocutionary Effect -- Conclusion. |
Chapter 15: Malawian Christian Suffering -- Introduction -- COVID-19 Pandemic Situation in Malawi -- The Purpose of the Book of Job -- Human Limitations in Probing Divine Justice -- Revealing the Sovereignty and Freedom of Yahweh -- Probing the Existential Nature of Divine-Human Relationship -- Implications of Job on Christian Suffering in Malawi amid COVID-19 -- Conclusion -- Chapter 16: Epidemics and Major Disasters -- Introduction -- Old Testament Epidemics and Disasters: What Does Recent History Have to Say? -- COVID-19, the Present-Day Major Crisis -- Historical Precedents -- Some of the Major Epidemics and Crises of the Old Testament -- Causes -- How the Different Crises Unfold -- Curbing and Diffusion of Major Crises -- Outcomes -- An Attempt to Define Humankind's Response to Suffering due to Epidemics -- Suffering due to Disasters and Pandemic-Scale Diseases -- Some Solutions in the Search for Closure -- Part IV: (Un)Rethinking Traditions -- Chapter 17: Zambian Pentecostalism and Traditional Healing -- Introduction -- Pentecostalism and African Traditional Medicine -- Pentecostalism and COVID-19 -- Research Approach -- Ukufutikila: Traditional Healing and Pentecostalism -- "Missionaries Deceived Us" -- COVID-19 as Revealer of the Truth -- God Is the Source and the Healing Energy in Creation -- Conclusion: Emerging Pentecostal Theology of Healing and Miracles -- Chapter 18: Kerala |
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Pentecostalism and Mental Health Crisis -- Introduction -- Kerala Pentecostalism, COVID-19, and Mental Distress -- Lament as Pentecostal Spirituality in Isolation -- Pentecostals and Lament -- Expressive Writing as a Practice of Lament in Isolation -- Scriptural Pointers for Expressive Writing -- Expressive Writing of Lament as a Pentecostal Spiritual Practice -- Conclusion -- Chapter 19: Marian Pentecostalism and Environmentalism -- Introduction. |
Sin and Indifference Towards the Suffering of the Other -- The Personhood of Mary -- Irenaeus' Theology of Creation and Redemption -- Eschatological Vision and an Ecological Concern -- Another Lesson from the Past -- The Way Forward -- Chapter 20: Death Rituals in Western Kenya -- Introduction -- Funeral Rites and Practices -- Luyia's Ways of Death -- Burial Preparations -- COVID-19 Safety Protocols -- Commercialization and Monetization of Funerals -- The Deceased in their Homesteads-Space and Memory -- Burial Sites and Types of Graves and their Preparation -- The Funeral Service and Dressing of the Deceased before Interment -- Funerals for Victims of Murder or Suicide-Non-public Funerals -- Celebration of the Deceased Using Food, Song and Dance -- Some Emerging Themes from the Above Narratives -- Concluding Remarks -- Part V: Mobilizing Subversive Spiritualities -- Chapter 21: Animal Suffering -- Introduction: Wake-Up Call -- The Need for a New Global Commitment -- Rereading Biblical Traditions -- Animals as Third Party in God's Covenant -- Biblical Dietary Regulations -- Eschatological Vision of Peace -- Rethinking and Widening our Sustainability Concepts -- Revising Bad Human Habits and Cultural Roots of Capturing and Eating Wild Animals -- Chapter 22: Possibilities of Resurrection -- Introduction -- Palm Sunday -- Tenebrae -- Maundy Thursday -- Holy Friday -- The Great Vigil of Easter -- Easter Sunday -- Conclusion -- Chapter 23: Imago Dei Ecclesiology -- Introduction -- The Americanized Inculturation of Imago Dei -- The Imago Dei and the Character of God -- Worship, Suffering, and Spirit-Empowered Life -- An Imago Dei Ecclesiology -- Chapter 24: Filipino Family Eucharist -- Introduction -- The Eucharist and Family in Domus Ecclesiae -- The Filipino Salo-Salo sa Hapag -- Filipino Family Eucharist in Time of COVID-19 Pandemic. |
Chapter 25: Spiritual Challenge -- Introduction -- Looking for a Relevant Construction of COVID-19 -- Christianity and the Anthropocentric Worldview -- Faulty Worldview and Human Alienation -- A Faulty Worldview Is the Foundation of Ecological Disaster -- Need for an Eco-Friendly Science and Religion -- The Indian Scene -- The Earth as a System in Balance -- Fulfilling Relationships in a Systemic Context -- Towards a Holistic Construction of Christian Faith -- Concluding Remarks: Coping with Sufferings -- Index. |
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