Catastrophes like global pandemics are very prone to generate different interpretations, also in the realm of religion and theology. It might be expected that the most common approach within the history of religion was to think of them as divine punishments for human sins. While this was the case in some instances, a closer look, however, reveals that ancient and medieval theologians were very reluctant to embark on that way of explanations and offered more theologically mature thoughts.
Enthalten in:
Evangelische Theologie; 2021/5 Zweimonatsschrift
(2021)
Serie / Reihe: Evangelische Theologie
Personen: Schmid, Konrad
Schmid, Konrad:
"... dann wird Gott dich mit großen Plagen und bösen Krankheiten heimsuchen" (Dtn 28,59) : eine kurze Religionsgeschichte der Seuchen / Konrad Schmid, 2021. - Seite 325-337 - (Evangelische Theologie) Pest und andere Plagen
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