Judgement and Victim-Blaming in America: Misguided Responses to COVID-19

By Timothy Han, SM ‘22. Timothy is majoring in Comparative Literature.

It is important for us in the Church to reflect on how some of our leaders have responded to the pain and suffering of the pandemic. Many members of the Church have reached out in loving-kindness to their grieving neighbors, extending God’s message of comfort and love for those who weep. Unfortunately, there are some prominent Christian voices who have instead offered hurtful interpretations of what we are now experiencing.