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