A review by adammuly
God and the Pandemic: A Christian Reflection on the Coronavirus and Its Aftermath by N.T. Wright

4.0

A quick and insightful look at the COVID-19 pandemic from a Christian perspective. Wright largely emphasizes the role of humanity in caring for the world, especially its poor, weak, and marginalized groups, in such a crisis as the coronavirus pandemic. He does not attempt to confront the problem of evil (theodicy). He asks what we are to do in the face of these uncertain and sometimes tragic times rather than why these unfortunate times have come about in the first place. Some may consider this an avoidance, but I see it as a self-aware undertaking—one that acknowledges a human’s inability to satisfactorily answer the questions of why a pandemic came upon the earth. Therefore, Wright sticks to the question of “what?,” the question that Christian leaders have focused on in times of crisis even as early as the events of the book of Acts.