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COVID-19 Blog Project

Read some of our student blogs from the COVID-19 blog project of the Dark times and the principle of hope series, together with an introduction from Dr Anna Rowlands. They are thoughts about the pandemic, words of hope, consolation, food for thought and more.

 

Dark times and the principle of hope: introduction

by Dr Anna Rowlands, St Hilda Associate Professor of Catholic Social Thought and Practice at Durham University, where she teaches a third year module in Political Theology. She is also Editor of Dark Times and the Principle of Hope
Candles burning on an old oak table

A spectrum of meanings: who owns the colours of the rainbow?

by Emma Wilkinson, third year undergraduate at Durham University and, from September 2020, an ordinand for the Church of England
Autumn leaves outside Abbey House in Durham

Counter-narratives in grassroots movements

by Rachel Bedek, Diploma student at Durham University and will begin an integrated PhD programme in Autumn 2020
Shelf of books

COVID-19 and the politicisation of data

by Barbara Pressendo, third year undergraduate at Durham University, and will be starting a Master’s programme at LSE in Autumn 2020
Student working on a laptop, with support from tutor

COVID-19: What can Simone Weil teach us?

by George Batchelor, third year undergraduate at Durham University
Students sitting in the library, listening to a talk

Domestic Violence: A Double Pandemic?

by Olivia Barnard, third year undergraduate at Durham University and will begin a Master’s programme at Durham in Autumn 2020
Looking up at Abbey House in Durham

Racial inequality and COVID-19: Why things can't go back to normal after the coronavirus

by Didier Muller, third year undergraduate at Durham University
Students having a hot drink and chatting round a table

Rooting the Cross in its soil: the danger of sanitising grassroots movements during COVID-19

by Florence O’Taylor, PhD student in the Dept of Theology and Religion at Durham University and is a political theologian researching with women recovering from substance addictions
A pile of two books, with rosary beads and a cross

The failed saviour

by Sarah Cotes, Diploma student at Durham University
Pile of books from the Department of Theology and Religion