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,...
Published in: | Religious education |
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
2021
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In: |
Religious education
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Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
COVID-19 (Disease)
/ Pandemic
/ Religious development
/ Faith development
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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. |
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ISSN: | 1547-3201 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Religious education
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/00344087.2021.1871999 |