Overview

So many lives have been lost now and the death toll still continues to rise because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The poor and the marginalized, not surprisingly, have been disproportionately affected. The pandemic has exposed the fault lines not only in our healthcare but also in our political and economic system, a system driven by the pursuit of the bottom line--profits. If we are not only to survive but also thrive as a global society, the challenge of the coronavirus pandemic must lead us to explore ways of thinking, being, and dwelling that promote our shared flourishing. It is time to take personal stock about ourselves: who we are, where we have been, and where we are heading. What can the pandemic teach us about ourselves? What is it revealing about us and our situation? How shall we dwell together? Do we want to wake up to a new and better tomorrow after this nighttime of pandemic? That will largely depend on the way we respond now. Who are we becoming in this time of pandemic? What daily practices are we doing as embodiments of the new world we are anticipating?

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"""As we long for life beyond the pandemic, Eleazar Fernandez and a select group of colleagues make a much-needed, fourfold contribution. This text informs with interdisciplinary perspectives; it challenges with fresh thinking outside the box; it inspires with hope-filled insights; and it shows the way forward to envision and work toward an alternative, life-giving future."" --Daniel S. Schipani, Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, emeritus ""The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc in the lives of billions of people throughout the entire world. Within a short period of time, Eleazer Fernandez has gathered an amazing, global group of scholars across theological disciplines and practical ministries to reflect on the pandemic. The result is an incredibly valuable resource to help people of faith grapple with issues of theology and ministry in and beyond our pandemic world."" --Jeffrey Kuan, Claremont School of Theology ""An anthology that addresses itself to a world torn by COVID-19 and to a world yet to emerge from COVID-19. Theodicy, theological anthropology, Christian history, biblical interpretation, social ethics, pastoral care, spirituality, missiology, ecclesiology, and worship are each addressed with the pandemic in mind. The volume begins with realistic recognition of a dire global situation, and it concludes with hope voiced for the continued struggle for a just, green, and peaceful world--a world where 'hope and history rhyme.'"" --Joseph Bush, Wesley Theological Seminary"

As we long for life beyond the pandemic, Eleazar Fernandez and a select group of colleagues make a much-needed, fourfold contribution. This text informs with interdisciplinary perspectives; it challenges with fresh thinking outside the box; it inspires with hope-filled insights; and it shows the way forward to envision and work toward an alternative, life-giving future. --Daniel S. Schipani, Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, emeritus The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc in the lives of billions of people throughout the entire world. Within a short period of time, Eleazer Fernandez has gathered an amazing, global group of scholars across theological disciplines and practical ministries to reflect on the pandemic. The result is an incredibly valuable resource to help people of faith grapple with issues of theology and ministry in and beyond our pandemic world. --Jeffrey Kuan, Claremont School of Theology An anthology that addresses itself to a world torn by COVID-19 and to a world yet to emerge from COVID-19. Theodicy, theological anthropology, Christian history, biblical interpretation, social ethics, pastoral care, spirituality, missiology, ecclesiology, and worship are each addressed with the pandemic in mind. The volume begins with realistic recognition of a dire global situation, and it concludes with hope voiced for the continued struggle for a just, green, and peaceful world--a world where 'hope and history rhyme.' --Joseph Bush, Wesley Theological Seminary

"""""As we long for life beyond the pandemic, Eleazar Fernandez and a select group of colleagues make a much-needed, fourfold contribution. This text informs with interdisciplinary perspectives; it challenges with fresh thinking outside the box; it inspires with hope-filled insights; and it shows the way forward to envision and work toward an alternative, life-giving future."""" --Daniel S. Schipani, Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, emeritus """"The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc in the lives of billions of people throughout the entire world. Within a short period of time, Eleazer Fernandez has gathered an amazing, global group of scholars across theological disciplines and practical ministries to reflect on the pandemic. The result is an incredibly valuable resource to help people of faith grapple with issues of theology and ministry in and beyond our pandemic world."""" --Jeffrey Kuan, Claremont School of Theology """"An anthology that addresses itself to a world torn by COVID-19 and to a world yet to emerge from COVID-19. Theodicy, theological anthropology, Christian history, biblical interpretation, social ethics, pastoral care, spirituality, missiology, ecclesiology, and worship are each addressed with the pandemic in mind. The volume begins with realistic recognition of a dire global situation, and it concludes with hope voiced for the continued struggle for a just, green, and peaceful world--a world where 'hope and history rhyme.'"""" --Joseph Bush, Wesley Theological Seminary"

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Eleazar S. Fernandez is Professor of Constructive Theology at United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities. Some of his most recent works include Teaching in a World of Violent Extremism (editor, Pickwick Publications, 2021), Teaching for a Multifaith World (editor, Pickwick Publications, 2017), and Burning Center, Porous Borders (Wipf & Stock, 2011). He is also President of Union Theological Seminary in the Philippines.

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