In part two of our reflections on living during a pandemic, we look at how churches in Cape Town and South Africa broadly have been responding to the situation. Through a retrospective that looks at past plagues, we learn some of the positives and negatives that people lean into during times such as these. We also delve into how governments have coped during this time, speaking into issues such as corruption over PPE and repression of democratic freedoms. There is much to rejoice over in the responses of individuals and organisations to the Covid-19 crisis; however, there is also much for us to be lamenting over. Personally and collectively, there is much contemplation and action for us to engage in.
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Links to resources:
Blog post by Vinoth Ramachandra - https://vinothramachandra.wordpress.com/2020/03/
Blogpost on how the Church dealt with plagues in the past - https://www.biola.edu/blogs/good-book-blog/2020/how-did-early-christians-respond-to-plagues
On Christian responses to the bubonic plague - https://www.christianitytoday.com/history/issues/issue-49/black-death-christian-response-third-world-died.html
On Beyonce's "Black is King" - https://www.essence.com/entertainment/only-essence/beyonces-black-is-king-criticism/
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Special thanks to Stevener