A MISSIOLOGIC COMPREHENSION OF COVID-19

Authors

  • Marcelo Dias Unasp
  • Johnny Ramirez-Johnson Seminário Teológico Fuller

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19141/1809-2454.kerygma.v15.n1.p73-85

Keywords:

missiology, interseccionality, intersectionality, ecclesiology, seventh-day adventist

Abstract

The novel coronavirus pandemic forced Christian church around the world to revisit their fundamental self-understanding and activities. Through ethnographic lenses, the researchers analyze reactions and adaptations in face of Covid-19 by religious leaders from Southern California, USA. Having one of the authors as an observant-participant, the article includes a case study of the Seventh-day Adventist Glendale City Church (GCC). Based on the concept of intersectionality, a theoretical framework to understand how one’s identities and experiences combined produce advantages and disadvantages, the article proposes the primacy of the epistemic logic of love, according to 1 Corinthians 13. As per this scenario, what would be an appropriate missiological understanding of Covid-19?

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Author Biography

Johnny Ramirez-Johnson, Seminário Teológico Fuller

Doutor em Educação (Psicologia Cultural e Desenvolvimento Humano) pela Universidade Harvard, Massachussets, Estados Unidos. Professor de Antropologia e do Centro Latino da Escola de Estudos Interculturais do Seminário Teológico Fuller, Califórnia, Estados Unidos

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Published

2020-09-30

How to Cite

DIAS, M.; RAMIREZ-JOHNSON, J. A MISSIOLOGIC COMPREHENSION OF COVID-19. Kerygma, Engenheiro Coelho, SP, v. 15, n. 1, p. 73–85, 2020. DOI: 10.19141/1809-2454.kerygma.v15.n1.p73-85. Disponível em: https://unasp.emnuvens.com.br/kerygma/article/view/1310. Acesso em: 1 feb. 2026.

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Vol. 15 No. 1 (2020): Revista Kerygma

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