2020: Ten Theological Theses on the COVID-19 Pandemic

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TEN THEOLOGICAL THESES ON THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
All Africa Conference of Churches  AACC

Preamble
Theology is God-talk. How we speak about God in relation to every aspect of life determines whether or not we live and act according to our faith. The integrity and relevance of our faith therefore rests on how we speak about God in every situation. In these difficult times of the global covid-19 pandemic, we have a task to provide theological reflections (i.e. God-talk) to guide the thinking and actions of the church. We begin by acknowledging that God allows both bad and good things to happen in the world.

On 11 March 2020 the WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic, which had originated from Wuhan, China only 3 months earlier. Within three months the disease reached pandemic status, and by 30 April 3,267,184 cases and 229,971 deaths were reported. The disease spreads through respiratory aerosols; with neither treatment nor vaccination available, control measures are hinging on respiratory and hand hygiene, physical distancing and travel restrictions. The most extreme intervention called “lockdown” is being adopted in many countries whereby all gatherings are banned and people asked to stay indoors for extended periods – with severe socio-economic consequences like loss of employment, collapse of businesses, and general loss of livelihood.

Since its outbreak in December 2019, the world is battling COVOD-19. Nothing has brought the world together in fight against a common enemy more than COVID-19, since the 1918 influenza pandemic. COVID-19 and its impact is unprecedented in our living memory and has thus attracted conspiracy theories, speculations and diverse theological interpretations. We acknowledge that God lets both bad and good things in the world happen. Particularly in difficult times like these, we have a task to provide theological reflections to guide the thinking and actions of the church. The All Africa Conference of Churches proposes the following guidelines ....

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