In this short piece, the Reverend Melissa Sexton discusses the importance of self-care during this outbreak and offers some suggestions for encouraging mindfulness and calm by drawing on spiritual practice.
In this piece written for the Religion and Global Society program at the London School of Economics, John Blevins, Director of the Interfaith Health Program, reflects on both the distinctive contributions of religious communities to the COVID-19 outbreak as well as the ways that religion can complicate a sound public health response.
This presentation surveys the various effects of religion as a social force on the COVID-19 response globally. Those effects are varied. Religion may hinder a sound public health response; for example, religious devotion has led some faith communities to continue meeting in person, contributing to the spread.
John Blevins, Director of the Interfaith Health Program, interviews the Reverend Kim Jackson. Reverend Jackson is the Rector at Church of the Common Ground, a spiritual community in downtown Atlanta that serves people who are experiencing homelessness.
In this reflection, John Blevins, Director of the Interfaith Health Program examines the COVID-19 outbreak in light a liberation theology perspective developed by Dr. Steve de Gruchy.