Crisis, Kairos, and Kairotic Moments: A Consideration of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Light of Paul Tillich's Concept of Kairos
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Crisis, Kairos, and Kairotic Moments : A Consideration of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Light of Paul Tillich's Concept of Kairos. / Kristensen, Anne-Milla Wichmann.
In: International Yearbook for Tillich Research, Vol. 15, 2022, p. 37-52.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research
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T1 - Crisis, Kairos, and Kairotic Moments
T2 - A Consideration of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Light of Paul Tillich's Concept of Kairos
AU - Kristensen, Anne-Milla Wichmann
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Tillich interpreted the situation after the First and the Second World War through the concept of kairos, emphasizing the situations as kairotic moments. I consider whether his concept of kairos can illuminate the current COVID-19 pandemic, which has been described as a crisis reaching beyond a mere health crisis. The pandemic is both illuminated by the idea of a kairotic moment as “a new beginning” and “a vacuum”, which contain the idea of possible transformation and by the idea of the reaction to the kairotic moment as being prone to error and as a demonically distorted moment. Thus, I consider if the development of his concept of kairos can illuminate the possibilities of a crisis and the actuality of a crisis.
AB - Tillich interpreted the situation after the First and the Second World War through the concept of kairos, emphasizing the situations as kairotic moments. I consider whether his concept of kairos can illuminate the current COVID-19 pandemic, which has been described as a crisis reaching beyond a mere health crisis. The pandemic is both illuminated by the idea of a kairotic moment as “a new beginning” and “a vacuum”, which contain the idea of possible transformation and by the idea of the reaction to the kairotic moment as being prone to error and as a demonically distorted moment. Thus, I consider if the development of his concept of kairos can illuminate the possibilities of a crisis and the actuality of a crisis.
U2 - 10.1515/9783110984729
DO - 10.1515/9783110984729
M3 - Journal article
VL - 15
SP - 37
EP - 52
JO - International Yearbook for Tillich Research
JF - International Yearbook for Tillich Research
SN - 1990-4231
ER -
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