A Theology of Faces

A young left-leaning priest I know had this to say recently on his Facebook page:

The other night (my wife) and I went to a restaurant (only the second time since the pandemic began), we entered wearing our masks and we removed them once seated in order to eat. As we prepared to leave we put our masks back on and a guy at the table next to us, thankfully appropriately distanced, began to loudly voice his disgust at the fact that we were putting masks on. Apparently it offended his delicate sensibilities and his fragile grasps of what rights are and how masks do not dismantle any American rights.

Don't be that guy.

Actually, do be that guy. 

A Theology of Faces: Notes on the Costs of Masking, Anglican theologian Joshua Farris at Mere Orthodoxy

Stealing Our Faces: The Deeper Effects of the Mask Movement, Mo Woltering (Roman Catholic) at The Imaginative Conservative

Face masks turn us into voiceless submissives - and it’s not science forcing us to wear them, it’s politics, Peter Hitchens (Anglican) at the Daily Mail

Mask-wearing fanaticism sure looks a lot like a religion, Steve Deace (Evangelical) at The Blaze

Till We Have Faces Covered, Devin O'Donnell at Touchstone

The Church Unmasked, Aaron Ames at Touchstone

Against Masks: Not Hindering Our Personal and Relational Connection With Others, Jim Fitzgerald (Presbyterian) at The Aquila Report

Why the Left is pro-mask, Dennis Prager (Jewish) at the North State Journal

The Freedom Not to Wear a Mask, John Tammy at the Brownstone Institute

The Covid Cult, Lecture by Tom Woods (Roman Catholic).  Spend the 20 minutes to watch this video.