Author Archive

Eric R. Severson

Eric Severson is Associate Professor of ethics and philosophy at Eastern Nazarene College. He is the editor of The Least of These: Selected Readings in Christian History and author of several articles and chapters on ethics, theology, and philosophy.

14: Death and Dying

Listening on the Day of Silence: Khora and Holy Saturday

Eric R. Severson
April 7, 2009 / Theology

Eric Severson explores the neglected day of Christianity’s Holy Saturday by way of Plato’s concept of khora, offering a perspective on Sabbath that includes the darkness and despair of the “middle day.”