Category: Theology
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On keeping hope alive: living symbolically in a many-bodied world
Shared by a colleague a few days ago, and been on my mind since. Not sure if I fully buy the first part… but the Right definitely do, and – given that – it feels important that the rest of us make sure that the ground of ideas is kept fertile and well-sown with good…
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God-like ‘most compelling radical theology text I have read’
Many thanks to Tripp Fuller for including God-Like in his top 20 reads for 2024. Thrilled to have that generous support for the book from someone who reads a LOT, and is an all round very smart thinker too. Some great other books on the list too – including my friend Tad Delay’s excellent exploration…
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Interview with Professor John Caputo
As part of the series I did with Tripp Fuller about the book, I interviewed some leading thinkers across tech, governance, and philosophy about how they saw AI, and the issues I talk about in God-Like. It was a huge delight and honour to interview Professor John Caputo. He remains one of the sharpest thinkers…
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Advent – invitation to a journey
Every year for the past few years I’ve hosted a series of Advent reflections through the rather quotidian medium of WhatsApp. The idea is simple: a short reflection is posted to the group each morning during Advent… but with the added feature that there’s no responses allowed. All signal, no noise. Read, digest. That’s it.…
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God-Like in Frome
Delighted to be invited to Frome on 22nd of November to give a talk about the book, as primer for a discussion on human flourishing in an age of ‘intelligent’ machines. If you’re around the West Country, be lovely to see you there! Ticket includes complimentary glass of something, and there’ll be other refreshments too.…
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Future of (a Climate) Denial
Last Thursday I was honoured to be asked to join a panel celebrating the publication of my great friend Professor Tad Delay’s book on psychoanalysis and the climate emergency, Future of Denial: This was part of the Historical Materialism conference at SOAS, and it was great to speak alongside Richard Seymour, whose own response to…