Today we welcome The Rev. Dr. Danielle Tumminio Hansen. Dr. Tumminio Hansen joined the Candler School of Theology in 2021. Prior to arriving at Candler, she was assistant professor of pastoral theology and served as director of field education at Seminary of the Southwest in Austin, Texas, where she taught courses on trauma, practical theology, and pastoral theology, with a feminist, intersectional, and anti-racist lens. Tumminio Hansen has been a lecturer at Yale and Tufts universities, in addition to serving as chaplain at Groton School and as a parish priest in Lexington, Lincoln, and Quincy, Massachusetts.
She is the author of several works in practical theology, namely Conceiving Family: A Practical Theology of Surrogacy and Self, as well as  God and Harry Potter at Yale. In addition to her books Tumminio Hansen has written extensively for publications including Huffington Post and The Guardian about the intersection of popular culture and faith.

This podcast was recorded on January 19th, 2022.