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Joshua Cockayne is a young theologian and minister, and Gideon Salter is an early career developmental psychologist--and together they make a great team. They've partnered together for projects on liturgy, the Lord's Supper, and gratitude, hoping to help the church have a richer understanding of these things using psychology as a tool.

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Dr. Ian Church does fascinating work in philosophy of religion. He is championing the *experimental* philosophy of religion, wherein experiments in the psychological sciences are being designed to test premises within philosophy of religion arguments. We also talk about his own anxiety around cognitive biases and what to do about them when you're trying to track down Truth.

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Dr. Joanna Leidenhag (University of Leeds) is a theological rockstar. She is a master of science-integrated theology, and our conversation zig-zagged through her experiences *teaching* religion and science courses, to what the church can learn by centering neurodiverse folks, to ideas around what it means that humans are made in the image of God.

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Theologian, philosopher, and all-around good guy, Jonathan Rutledge is great at connecting the dots in between ideas. We had a frank conversation about what drives his research, strengths and weaknesses of the analytic theology movement, how he's drawing on the science of forgiveness for his theological projects.

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Dr. Scott Harrower is an Australian theologian, who spent a large part of his youth in South America. Getting an undergraduate degree in the sciences, and being keenly aware of how trauma affects the human person, Scott knew engaging the sciences in his pastoral and theological work was a necessary component. The result is a sensitive and thoughtful integrated approach that considers the unique contribution Christian theology has for survivors. tw: trauma, example of traumatic events

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Drs. Edman and Penner are both interested in big questions... questions so big you need at least 3 disciplines to work on answers. If you're interested in cross-disciplinary collaborations, this is an excellent conversation to listen to how it can be done, and why!

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The second half of a conversation with theologian and psychological scientist, Kutter Callaway, on what implications the salient features of human cognition have for understanding God and the world.

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Kutter Callaway is a theology professor with a passion for how theological ideas interact with the arts and culture. He found himself frequently consulting the psychological sciences to find exactly what is happening when humans interact with art and the world--so he went and got himself a second PhD (as one does). In this conversation, we explore how the 5 E's of human cognition might connect with ideas from Christianity, theology, and the church at large. kuttercallaway.com

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Dr. Michael Burdett (University of Nottingham) digging in on issues around technology and human nature from a theological perspective. Learn more about some of his research at www.christianflourishing.com.

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What if psychology helped theologians conceive of anxiety different? What if psychological ideas like, attachment theory, helped us understand God's love better? Theologians Timothy Baylor and Natalia Marandiuc hash out these ideas and more on this episodes. Hosted by Sarey Martin Concepcion.

What new insights concerning human nature may be discovered when theology and psychological science are brought together? This series was born out of our project called TheoPsych, an initiative that supports science-engaged theology to discover how psychological science could help serve our theological research. blueprint1543.org