David Wilkinson is Principal of St John’s College and lecturer in the Department of Theology and Religion. He holds PhDs in both theoretical astrophysics and systematic theology. Before turning to theology his research was in theoretical astrophysics, where he studied star formation, the chemical evolution of galaxies and terrestrial mass extinctions such as the event… Read more about David Wilkinson: an astrophysicist talks science & religion

Keith Ward is a British philosopher, theologian, priest and scholar. He is a fellow of the British Academy and a priest of the Church of England. He was a canon of Christ Church, Oxford until 2003. Comparative theology and the relationship between science and religion are two of his main topics of interest. He was Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Oxford from 1991 to 2004.… Read more about Keith Ward: Religion in the Modern World

This is a zesty LIVE episode, recorded live in Nashville. I am joined by two friends, Stan Mitchell and Dr. Robyn Henderson-Espinoza. I get to ask them each 5 questions before we take questions from the people gathered for the fun. If you are wise you will get inspired to check out Robyn’s new book.… Read more about From Southern Religion to Activist Theology: Stan Mitchell + Dr. Robyn Henderson-Espinoza

This is a zesty LIVE episode, recorded live in Nashville. I am joined by two friends, Stan Mitchell and Dr. Robyn Henderson-Espinoza. I get to ask them each 5 questions before we take questions from the people gathered for the fun.

If you are wise you will get inspired to check out Robyn's new book. If you do... we got a bunch of goodies from Robyn to send you when you pre-order their new book Activist Theology. That's right, when you pre-order the book just forward the receipt to goactivistheology [at] gmail [dot] com and we will send you our class Theologies of Resistance and Robyn's lecture from Theology Beer Camp. 

SEPTEMBER 27-28 - Cary, NC -  Called to Be Prophets

I can't wait for this event. It is not only going to be my last in the USA before my family's move to the UK, but so many of my friends will be there. If you want to come to use the discount code TRIPP for 15% off.

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Guess what theology nerds?

This is a special announcement.

I have just accepted a position as Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Edinburgh. There I will be part of a John Templeton Foundation project, God and the Book of Nature: Building a Science-Engaged Theology of Nature. It is hard to exaggerate how excited I am about this position and the opportunity to work in theological education. On top of that I will be able to interact and connect with a host of new voices for the podcast, across the pond.

It really is a dream come true for this theology nerd.

Here's where I would absolutely love your help.

Taking an entry level academic position at a prestigious university will open doors in the long run, so we want to take the venture as a family. The transition over seas will have a pretty significant hit in our monthly income, but being frugal isn't the biggest concern, it is the rather daunting costs of moving over seas. That's why we setup a GoFundMe where you can make a tax-deductible donation to the process.

For over 11 years Homebrewed Christianity has been bringing you online theological resources. With 70k regular listeners and having crossed over 3 million downloads already this year, I know many of you enjoy it almost as much as I do. Your support not only makes the podcast possible, but has enabled me to continue to pursue my dream.

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Michael Reiss is a British bioethicist, educator, and journalist. He is also an Anglican priest. Reiss is professor of science education at the Institute of Education, University College London, where he is assistant director, research and development. We had a fun conversation about his recent Boyle lecture (you can watch it here). We discuss a number of topics:

• how is ethics framed and formed by our evolutionary heritage?
• Dawkins and the genes eye view
• the role of language and rituals in the formation of the self reflection
• how human fictions shape our living
• the emergence of religion within humanity and the social brain
• how religious practice preceded ethics and belief
• how ethics evolved among our species
• the nature of humanity's expanding in-group
• a shout out to Peter Singer

You can find out more about the Religion and the Social Brian project here.

He also has a number of articles available for download here.

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Get ready for a bunch of nerdy fun. Sarah Lane Ritchie is Lecturer in Theology and Science at the University of Edinburgh. She has a PhD in Science and Religion from the University of Edinburgh, where her doctoral work focused on the question of divine action in the human mind. A Michigander by birth, Sarah also… Read more about Sarah Lane Ritchie: an Integrated Physicality and the Sacred

This episode is amazing. It is just super-duper spectacular. Oh, it is also packed with awesome sauce. I can’t wait for all of you in helping professions to hear this and get yourself the book – Caring for Souls in a Neoliberal Age. Dr. Bruce Rogers-Vaughn is Associate Professor of the Practice of Pastoral Theology… Read more about Bruce Rogers-Vaughn: the Neo-Liberal Attack on the Soul

Dr. Michael J. Murray is the President of the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations and former Arthur and Katherine Shadek Chair in Philosophy and the Humanities at Franklin & Marshall College and Senior Vice President of Programs at the John Templeton Foundation.

He received his BA from Franklin and Marshall and his MA and Ph.D from the University of Notre Dame. His research focuses on two primary areas. The first is seventeenth century history of philosophy and theology, with a particular focus on the work of Gottfried Leibniz. The second is contemporary philosophy of religion. His most recent work focuses on the problem of evil and animal suffering, and cognitive and evolutionary accounts of the origin and persistence of religious belief and practice. In our wide-ranging conversation we discuss...

• fine-tuning
• gene-editing
• climate change
• the theological significance of science
• cognitive science of religion
• evolutionary psychology
• cultivating vocations in science among the church
• the origins of religion (thorough and clear description of the different options)
• revelation's relationship to history and religions
• situated knowledge and contextual for religious truth
• the historical Adam
• the pain and suffering within nature
• Extraterrestrial and Artificial Intelligence

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John D. Caputo is a hybrid philosopher/theologian who works in the area of radical theology. Prof. Caputo has spearheaded a notion he calls “weak theology,” by which he means a “poetics” of the “event” that is harbored in the name (of) God, or that “insists” in the name (of) “God,” a notion that depends upon a reworking of the notions of event in Derrida to theological ends.

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