Open AccessRethinking ‘active participation’ after a pandemic
Author(s) -
Matthew H. Salisbury
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
theology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.12
H-Index - 7
eISSN - 2044-2696
pISSN - 0040-571X
DOI - 10.1177/0040571x211056792
Subject(s) - worship , pandemic , covid-19 , sociology , point (geometry) , aesthetics , political science , philosophy , law , medicine , virology , geometry , mathematics , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , outbreak
This article argues that the reimagining of Christian worship during the coronavirus pandemic beginning in 2020 calls for a consequent repositioning of the term ‘active participation’ in worship. It argues that the various gifts and capacities of a dispersed worshipping community point to kinds of participation in typical ‘in-person’ worship that are often overlooked. Reference is made to Paul’s theology of the members of the body of Christ and to the practice of music.