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David Newheiser

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Senior Research Fellow in the Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry, Australian Catholic University

My research explores the role of religious traditions in debates over ethics, politics, and culture. To this end, I have written on topics such as neoliberalism, sexuality, atheism, and the arts. My first book - Hope in a Secular Age (Cambridge, 2019) - argues that an uncertain hope is required to sustain commitment of any kind, whether secular or religious.

Experience

  • 2021–present
    Senior research fellow, Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry, Australian Catholic University
  • 2015–2020
    Research fellow, Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry, Australian Catholic University

Education

  • 2012 
    University of Chicago, PhD in Religion
  • 2006 
    Oxford University, MPhil in the History of Christian Thought

Publications

  • 2022
    The Varieties of Atheism, University of Chicago Press
  • 2019
    Hope in a Secular Age, Cambridge University Press

Grants and Contracts

  • 2021
    Spiritual Understanding in a Secular Age: Engaging Art as Religious Ritual
    Role:
    Co-Director
    Funding Source:
    Templeton Religion Trust
  • 2016
    Atheism and Christianity: Moving Past Polemic
    Role:
    Project Leader
    Funding Source:
    Australian Catholic University

Professional Memberships

  • American Academy of Religion
  • Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy
  • Australasian Society for Continental Philosophy
  • Australasian Association for the Study of Religion

Research Areas

  • Religion And Religious Studies (2204)
  • Philosophy (2203)