The Tragic Vision of Church in the Time of the Pandemic: Everything Is Going to Be Alright

Beverly Wallace

Article Type: Article

Publication Date: 4/5/2021

Paired Article (Face to Face): The Tragic Vision of Church in the Time of the Pandemic: Everything Is Going to Be Alright

Issue: Being Church In A Time Of Pandemic (Vol. 41, No 2, Spring, 2021)

One central experience of African American Christianity is the “tragic vision,” a response to the traumas of its existence, and a means of coping with and surviving them. The deep faith and trust in God that it holds offers a vision of Christian community that can, in the midst of struggle, proclaim that “everything is going to be alright.”

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