Prayer in Pestilence
Prayer in Pestilence
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Author(s): Norman, Andrew
Rundle, Nicholas
Wellington, James F.
ISBN No.: 9780728305649
Pages: 40
Year: 202607
Format: Trade Paper
Price: $ 9.42
Dispatch delay: Dispatched between 7 to 15 days
Status: Available (Forthcoming)

Written during the Covid-19 pandemic, these four essays approach the crisis from strikingly different perspectives while sharing a common concern with the reality of God in a time of fear, illness, isolation, and uncertainty. James F. Wellington challenges interpretations of the pandemic as Divine punishment, arguing instead that Christians should look for God in acts of compassion, sacrifice, and care. Andrew Norman CJN reflects on mindfulness, stillness, Quaker practice, and the contemplative tradition, exploring how silence can deepen awareness of God's presence.Andrew Teal draws on the work of Mario Aguilar to consider poverty, vulnerability, and the discovery of God among those most exposed to suffering, while Nicholas Rundle reflects on prayer from the perspective of hospital chaplaincy, finding that people without faith nevertheless turn to prayer in times of crisis, illness, and uncertainty. Together these essays offer theological, pastoral, contemplative, and practical responses to a moment that tested assumptions about faith, community, suffering, and hope.


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