Pope hails healthcare workers as heroes for COVID service
Vatican CityAP Pope Francis on Sunday hailed healthcare workers as heroes for their service every day, not just during the pandemic, asking the public in St Peter’s Square to join with him in applause. Francis clapped his hands in what he said was a “great thank you” for health workers, including volunteers, who care for the […]
Essay: The difference between heroes and martyrs
RUSSELL P JOHNSON, a teaching fellow at the University of Chicago Divinity School, explains why it’s wrong to confuse “the memorialisation of victims with the commendation of heroes”…
HEROES, MARK II
Previously I said society’s heroes used to be marked by values like hard work, sacrifice, suffering and selflessness. HERO?. PICTURE: Ems van Goth/www.freeimages.com After a few decades of film and TV, our heroes are now known by their wealth, good looks, brand names and selfishness. Even the church hasn’t escaped this cultural shift. Once […]
HEROES
In his book, Grace V Self-Esteem, Aussie author Brett Glover analyses how heroes have changed with the advent of film and television. WHAT SORT OF SUPERHERO DO WE WANT? PICTURE: Laura Glover/www.freeimages.com Before ‘screen culture’, heroes were marked by the sacrifices they had made for the community. The years of hard work and suffering they […]