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Welcome back to our brand new Series Two! We have another exciting series ahead featuring an inspiring range of guests and conversations. To begin the series, we're delighted to welcome Scott Holland, Professor Emeritus of Theology and Culture at Bethany Theological Seminary. Previously the Slabaugh Professor of Theology and Culture, he also directed Bethany's Peace Studies programme for over two...

In this month’s podcast, we sit down and speak with Callid Keefe-Perry. Callid is an educator, consultant, theologian, improvisor, and minister within the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). He is Assistant Professor of Contextual Education and Public Theology at Boston College’s School of Theology and Ministry, where he also serves as Director of Field Education for the Master of Theology and...

In this episode, we speak with Olga Louchakova-Schwartz, President of the Society for the Phenomenology of Religious Experience and Professor Emerita at Sofia University. Trained in phenomenological philosophy, medicine, and neuroscience, her work brings together philosophy of religion, comparative metaphysics, and cognitive science (see olgalouchakova.com). Her research explores what makes experi...

In this month's episode, we speak with John D. Caputo as he reflects on his forthcoming book, A Radical God: Theopoetics, Phenomenology, and the Future of Religion. He is an American philosopher and the Thomas J. Watson Professor of Religion Emeritus at Syracuse University, as well as the David R. Cook Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Villanova  University. John is a major figure associated wit...

In this episode, we speak with Professor Felix Ó Murchadha, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Galway. Our conversation centres on his new book, The Fidelity of Reason: A Phenomenological Metaphysics of Self, Nature and Divinity (Springer, 2025). Felix speaks about the questions that have shaped this book and the wider concerns that have animated his work over many years. The conversatio...

This month, we are delighted to welcome Brian Robinette, Associate Professor of Theology at Boston College. In this episode, we speak with him about his 2024 book, The Difference Nothing Makes: Creation, Christ, Contemplation, in which he explores the significance of one of Christian theology's most enduring claims: creation from "nothing." He teaches and researches in the areas of philosophical a...

This month's episode features Professor Catherine Keller, a leading voice in constructive theology at Drew University. Her rich and far-reaching work spans ecofeminist, process, pluralist, political and philosophical dimensions of theology. Author of numerous influential monographs, Professor Keller brings depth and creativity to contemporary discussions of faith, theology and the world we share....

We are delighted to launch our new series! In our first episode we speak with Dr Kevin Hart - poet, philosopher and theologian. In this opening conversation, Dr. Hart shares his wisdom and offers rich insights into his life and work, inviting us into the depth of his thought and imagination. It is an honour to begin this series with him, and we hope you enjoy this conversation "updated feed refres...