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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
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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
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