Theology for Our Times

South African theologian Henco van der Westhuizen discusses his work on hope and AI, as well as his recent book, Letters to a Young Theologian.

Drawing on her background in analytic philosophy, Paula Sweeney discusses the various moral challenges that arise with artificial intelligence, including how the costs and benefits of AI are unevenly distributed.

Elise Edwards is a professor of religion at Baylor University, and a member of the Center of Theological Inquiry in Princeton. Here she is in conversation with CTI's Social Impact Fellow, Sarah Joo.

Laurie Zoloth is Margaret E. Burton Professor of Religion and Ethics at the University of Chicago. A leader in the field of religious studies with particular scholarly interest in bioethics and Jewish studies, Zoloth’s research explores religion and ethics, drawing from sources ranging from Biblical and Talmudic texts to postmodern Jewish philosophy, including the writings of Emmanuel Levinas, Han...

The Reverend Dr. William H. Willimon  is Professor of the Practice of Christian Ministry at the Divinity School, Duke University. He served eight years as Bishop of the North Alabama Conference of The United Methodist Church, where he led the 157,000 Methodists and 792 pastors in North Alabama. For twenty years prior to the episcopacy, he was Dean of the Chapel and Professor of Christian Ministry...

Willie James Jennings, the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Systematic Theology and Africana Studies at Yale Divinity School, joins Dr. Elise Edwards for a conversation about Dr. Jennings's Warfield Lectures at Princeton Theological Seminary, which he delivered in March 2026 on the topic: Only Then Will We Build: Forming a Real Doctrine of Creation.

Lauren Jackson, a deputy editorial director at The New York Times and the founder and host of Believing, delves into what she has learned in her reporting on religion, spirituality and artificial intelligence over the past two years. She discusses A.I. as a spiritual technology — and explains how people are engaging with religious apps and chatbot chaplains. She also explores how chatbots are chal...

Tom Greggs discusses the first volume of his three-volume account of the nature of the church, titled Dogmatic Ecclesiology. You can order the book here: https://www.amazon.com/Dogmatic-Ecclesiology-Priestly-Catholicity-Church/dp/0801097894

Peter Ochs and Joshua Mauldin demonstrate the practice of scriptural reasoning, before discussing its method and history.

Scriptural Reasoning is a form of interreligious engagement that emerged in the late 1990s, initially among Jewish and Christian scholars in the United Kingdom and soon expanding to include Muslim academics. Associated especially with luminaries such as Peter Ochs, David Ford, and CTI’s first director Daniel Hardy, the practice developed as a response to both the limits of purely theoretical dialo...

Theology for Our Times is produced by the Center of Theological Inquiry in Princeton, New Jersey. On this inaugural episode of the show, host Joshua Mauldin interviews CTI's new Director, Tom Greggs. They discuss Tom's background, his theological influences, his vision for CTI, and much more.