Really enjoying being at Divine Disasters (virtually) today and loved this panel on Dark Ecologies! Lots to think about already 🌊 #DivineDisasters2024

Cody Crawshaw is starting off "Panel 2B: Divine Disasters and Religious Practice"! Cody's paper is titled: "I’ve... opted out of climate anxiety”: A theological consideration of responses to climate change in those with anxiety disorders. #DivineDisasters2024

Up next in Panel 2B, Corinne Nelson speaks on "Cultural Trauma and Communal Healing: How COVID-19 Has Revealed a Crucial Sociological Phenomenon" Head over there now to check it out! #DivineDisasters2024

Over in Room A, we have our next paper on "Deep Ecology, Divinity and Disaster: The Eco-Philosophy of Eco-tainment animations" from Lauren Hamilton. Here, Lauren explores the deification of nature in four animated features 🎥 #DivineDisasters2024

Francesca Bihet continues the film theme in Panel 2A with a paper titled: “At the end of the world where lions weep”: Deluge and Devotion in Steven Spielberg’s A.I. 🤖 #DivineDisasters2024

Rounding up Panel 2B, we have Fardun Ali Middya! Fardun's paper is titled: "When God Shatters Temples: An Interrogative Analysis of Judeo-Christian and Islamic: Theology Regarding the Broken Sacred Sites of Turkey in 2023 Earthquakes" #DivineDisasters2024

After those fantastic parallel panels, we're heading straight into Workshop B ✍️ We're joined by Catherine Greenwood from the University of Sheffield to explore "Creating Responses to Divine Disasters" #DivineDisasters2024

This was another great panel! And I really enjoyed the first paper from Ebrahim Barzegar and the discussion about asking difficult theological questions in the face of ecological disaster & whether we should be observer or active participant in our landscapes #DivineDisasters2024

It was a great pleasure to present at such a wonderful conference!

After a great second workshop, we're pausing for a quick break ☕️ We'll see everyone back for our final panels at 15:15! #DivineDisasters2024

We're already at the final panels of the day 😱 Panel 3A, "Remembering Disaster in Art and Culture", starts with Derek R. Davenport's paper. It's titled: "Inventions of Apocalypse: John Martin’s Response to Disasters in Literature" #DivineDisasters2024

Another fantastic panel at #DivineDisasters2024 kicks off with Rev. Derek R. Davenport’s take on John Martin’s relationship with disaster — a visually as well as intellectually engaging presentation!

Alastair Lockhart continues Panel 3B with their paper on "Finding Meaning in the Nagasaki Wasteland: Takashi Nagai’s The Bells of Nagasaki". Head over to Room B to find out more! #DivineDisasters2024

Over in Panel 3A, we have our next paper. Abdul Basith K speaks on "Configuring Faith amid Environmental Disasters: Cultural Memories of the Ecological Past and Arabimalayalam Flood Songs" #DivineDisasters2024

And last but by no means least, we have Nicholes Nicholes in Panel 3B to finish up the conference! Nicholes offers an investigation into "On the Complete Deed: Benjamin and Theweleit on the Moral and Mythic Violence of Climate Disasters" #DivineDisasters2024

Nataliya Pratsovyta is starting "Panel 3B: Extractions, Wastelands, and Human-made Disasters" Nataliya's paper discusses "Faith and Disaster Response in Svetlana Alexievich’s Chernobyl Prayer: A Chronicle of the Future" #DivineDisasters2024

Superb organisation and great sessions! Thank you!

Had the best time organizing Divine Disasters Conference 2024 conference with the brilliant Ruth-Anne (kudos to their organization, tech and research skills!). Thanks to @HRCWarwick for making this possible, and to our wonderful panellists & volunteers. 😃

A huge, HUGE thank you to everyone who made Divine Disasters Conference 2024 such a lovely conference yesterday- you’re all wonderful! A special shout out to my co-organiser, Ambika Raja for everything and to @HRCWarwick for supporting us. We did it! ✨ #DivineDisasters2024