Academic theologian/ethicist, mother, Quaker, more time for outrage than activism these days but try to do my bit.
May 3, 2021 • 15 tweets • 5 min read
Theologian's thoughts on that #LineofDuty#LineofDutyFinale. First: I'm gutted not to have the big happy ending & I'll say later why it might not have hurt for Mercurio to give it to us... but of course... it does make sense. We have a world where there's no 'big bad' because 1/n
...there doesn't need to be; evil flourishes because of mundane everyday greed, stupidity, vanity, pride, fear, anger (Ted betraying Corbett), even misdirected love. The devil/ the big H (Hunter) left ages ago and the little Hs went right on doing his work 2/n
May 26, 2020 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
Reading #DominicCummngs narrative as a work of fiction (which it is, even if it recounts true events) is interesting on a few counts, eg gender and agency 1/n
For most of the story the narrator stands alone, sole heroic agent. He alone is responsible for protecting "wife and child". "I decided" he says. 2/n
