Remembering (and forgetting) COVID-19 in Britain’s religious-secular landscape
Tollerton, D
Date: 7 March 2023
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Journal
CrossCurrents
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University of North Carolina Press
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Abstract
As in many nations around the globe, the COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact in
the United Kingdom, and numerous efforts have been made to begin memorialising the lives
lost to the virus. This article focuses on how such initiatives relate to the interplay of
religiosity and secularity in contemporary Britain, arguing that ...
As in many nations around the globe, the COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact in
the United Kingdom, and numerous efforts have been made to begin memorialising the lives
lost to the virus. This article focuses on how such initiatives relate to the interplay of
religiosity and secularity in contemporary Britain, arguing that the marked decline in
affiliation with Christianity has impacted memorialisation of the pandemic in important ways.
Looking at four remembrance initiatives perceived to hold national significance, I argue that
religious-secular plurality has fed into a varied and creative memory culture, but that an
absence of clear centre-ground in the processes of remembering may also contribute to
powerful forces of societal forgetting.
Classics, Ancient History, Religion and Theology
Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
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