Karen O’Donnell
“Earthy, funny, tender, and frank” Rambo
Feminist theologian working on bodies, theologies, trauma, liturgy, Song of Songs, and smashing the patriarchy.
Westcott House & Cambridge University (views my own etc etc)
- Reposted by Karen O’DonnellA little while ago we announced a joint project with Practical Theology Hub. The first article has been released into the wild! Silence and Survival: Re-Reading Bathsheba Through Womanist and Feminist Lenses Anne Marie Foster practicaltheologyhub.com?p=2057 (ALT text in the first reply box)
- Reposted by Karen O’DonnellJust published my first piece for the Conversation! It’s on Thecla and her reception within Christianity. theconversation.com/thecla-the-b...
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- Reposted by Karen O’DonnellLast one from me today, promise. We have been asked to post our upcoming events calendar on here, so your wish is my command... To quote the Lego Movie, "Everything is awesome..." - I genuinely can't pick my favourite, so just come to everything!
- Reposted by Karen O’DonnellBack by popular demand, the FTN SUAW Writing Room will be back up and running from Monday.
- Reposted by Karen O’DonnellAnd the countdown is on... FTN expert panel on publishing is next week, so add Tuesday night to your diary.
- Reposted by Karen O’DonnellRenée Nicole Good's famous last words. (I drew this early this morning.)
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- So much good stuff coming up in @feministtheology.bsky.social over the next few months kicking off with our first event on 20th Jan which is our panel on publishing in feminist and womanist theologies. Get the dates in your diary & join the mailing list for online links feministtheologynetwork.org
- Just when you thought you couldn’t love @themerl.bsky.social even more…. Turns out they have an adorable under 5s group!
- Reposted by Karen O’DonnellAlternative headline: humiliating and abusing women on X by digitally undressing them is now a privilege reserved to paying users.
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- Reposted by Karen O’DonnellAre you a postgraduate student or early career researcher interested in Christian ethics? Would you like to join a reading group with asynchronous opportunities and a supportive environment? Reply here or send me a message, and I’ll share the details! ⚓
- Very pleased to start the year off with the publication of a new article in Feminist Theology (which started life as a presentation at a women’s voices conference!) Dismantling the Patriarchy: The Ongoing Work of Feminist Theology
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- Reposted by Karen O’DonnellWhat would really be the implications of taking Santa Claus seriously? It's the time of the year to review the current state of the physics of Santa Claus 1/12
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- Reposted by Karen O’DonnellCome and become my new colleague: Two fully funded PhD positions (3yrs, start 9/2026) advertised at the Faculty of Theology (all disciplines) at #UniversityofCopenhagen, deadline: 16 March 2026 employment.ku.dk/phd?show=154...
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- Reposted by Karen O’DonnellThrilled about this new grant we are offering for under-represented early career scholars. The first cycle is for scholars in history and area studies. Please spread the word widely. @universitypress.cambridge.org ********************************* Read more here: 🔗 cup.org/4pF5xvr
- Reposted by Karen O’DonnellA new 3-year JRF in Theology and Religion at Oxford, based at Trinity College. Applications due 21 January! www.trinity.ox.ac.uk/vacancies
- Reposted by Karen O’Donnell"I'm not in denial, I'm in open rebellion" damn that quote goes hard
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- Reposted by Karen O’Donnell“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas” Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
- Reposted by Karen O’DonnellThe winner of the #WolfsonHistoryPrize 2025 is… Hannah Durkin for 'Survivors: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the Atlantic Slave Trade'. @wmcollinsbooks.bsky.social A big congratulations to Hannah!
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📣 Calling all recently graduated or final year PhD students: applications for EISA's Postdoctoral Bridge Grants are now open! 💸 Up to 5 grants of €3,500 each 🗓️ Deadline: 19 March 2026 🔗 More information on eligibility and application details: buff.ly/9giEdNr - If you weren’t able to get along to my talk earlier this month on unforgiveness and trauma, you can watch it here brookes.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Page... #trauma #theology #forgivness #spirituality #unforgiveness
- Reposted by Karen O’Donnell"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
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- Reposted by Karen O’DonnellIT'S TOMORROW!!!!! Ok, so I know I shouted, but it's going to be so awesome that I thought you'd want me to get your attention...
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- Just a month left to submit your paper proposals for #SST26 including to the Sacramentality, Liturgy, and Theology stream that I co-chair! www.theologysociety.org.uk/information/...
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- Reposted by Karen O’DonnellI love this.
- Reposted by Karen O’DonnellFTN advent reading group! Asynchronous, i.e. whenever in the day/week you like, so we can join together over different time zones without me messing up the clock... Totally shouting out to our members across the various oceans 😊
- Reposted by Karen O’DonnellI’m honoured to be a guest on the fantastic Dr Selina Stone’s #podcast ‘Sunday School for Misfits’ this week. This season of the podcast is on power, and we had a lot to talk about when it comes to #disability, #neurodivergence and power in churches and #theology. open.spotify.com/episode/3DM2...
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- On Wednesday I’m speaking at Oxford Brookes in a public lecture. All are welcome and it will be recorded #forgiveness #trauma #theology www.brookes.ac.uk/about-brooke...
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- Reposted by Karen O’DonnellLooking for a #PhD in #ClimateExtremes? We are advertising a project attributing causes of recent #droughts using counter-factual storylines. Based in #Edinburgh, working with Andrew Schurer, me, @gabihegerl.bsky.social, & @edhawkins.org tinyurl.com/5n7b52fr
- Reposted by Karen O’DonnellHi, I'm v new to bsky. I'm a PhD student focusing on harm in UK mental health services, & I would like to hear about your experiences of harm in services between 2010-2025. (Mental health services includes NHS, charities, companies, private therapists & other orgs) 1/7 tinyurl.com/yt2ydvxx
- Reposted by Karen O’Donnell🚨 We are looking for 3 new colleagues to join the GreenFrontier team as Postdoctoral Researchers! Deadline for applications: 25 Nov 2025 Each of the 3 openings will involve extended ethnographic fieldwork + plenty of opportunities to consolidate research & leadership skills! Please share widely!
