Document Type
Article
Abstract
This research sought to identify how Pentecostals and charismatics responded to the Coronavirus pandemic. Specifically, what role did eschatology play in provoking hope, and how did theologies on healing influence responses? Data revealed that Pentecostals were generally not casting their responses to the pandemic as a millennial expectation of a better future but were grieving their losses and seeking to provoke hope amidst suffering. While minimal miraculous healings were reported, healing was cast primarily as the ongoing presence of defiant hope amidst trauma, grief and suffering. We propose that grief and grieving is an eschatological response to loss and death.
Recommended Citation
Althouse, P., & McCormick, A. (2024). Pentecostal hope in the age of COVID-19. Salubritas, 3, 79-94. https://doi.org/10.31380/2771-1242.1039
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