Lessons Learned about Faith Formation in the Midst of a Pandemic

The way faith is formed depends upon the zeitgeist, the spirit of the age. Faith formation cannot happen in a vacuum. It is shaped and informed by all that is happening. In our time, the COVID-19 pandemic is happening. In this essay I reflect on faith formation amid the zeitgeist of the Coronavirus,...

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Published in:Religious education
Main Author: Nishioka, Rodger (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2021
In: Religious education
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B COVID-19 (Disease) / Pandemic / Religious development / Faith development
RelBib Classification:AH Religious education
CB Christian life; spirituality
RF Christian education; catechetics
Further subjects:B faith formation
B Covid-19
B Pandemic
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Summary:The way faith is formed depends upon the zeitgeist, the spirit of the age. Faith formation cannot happen in a vacuum. It is shaped and informed by all that is happening. In our time, the COVID-19 pandemic is happening. In this essay I reflect on faith formation amid the zeitgeist of the Coronavirus, considering ways that the pandemic requires religious educators to seek new methods and practices for educational ministry that forms people in faith.
ISSN:1547-3201
Contains:Enthalten in: Religious education
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/00344087.2021.1871999