Theology for Our Times

Center of Theological Inquiry

The official podcast of the Center of Theological Inquiry, Princeton, NJ.

  1. 1d ago

    Sarah Joo on Cognitive Science, Theology, and her Journey to Harvard Divinity School

    Sarah Joo served as CTI's Social Impact Fellow, in partnership with Princeton University's Gradfutures program. Having completed a master's degree in Cognitive Science at Princeton, she begins a Master of Divinity at Harvard Divinity School in fall 2026.

  2. Jul 31

    Louis Kim on Technology, Theology, and Hospice Chaplaincy

    Louis Kim is an independent advisor at the intersection of AI, healthcare, and global technology operations. He recently served as Vice President at HP, Inc. (Hewlett-Packard), a Fortune 100 technology company, where he held P&L responsibility for businesses generating up to $1 billion in annual revenue and oversaw external partnerships, venture investing, and mergers & acquisitions in AI. His teams launched eight first-of-their-kind products in consumer, industrial, and medical markets— including AI-enabled wearable hardware integrating large language models, RAG, and agentic platforms. Louis now advises a small portfolio of AI and healthcare companies and is pursuing part-time graduate studies in theology and healthcare at Duke Divinity School. He joined Joshua Mauldin for this conversation hosted by the Center of Theological Inquiry in Princeton, New Jersey.

  3. Jul 7

    Henco van der Westhuizen on Letters to a Young Theologian

    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.

  4. Jul 7

    Paula Sweeney on the Moral Challenges of Artificial Intelligence

    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.

  5. Jun 3

    Elise Edwards on Architecture, Hope, and Artificial Intelligence

    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.

  6. May 26

    Laurie Zoloth on Hope, Despair, and Artificial Intelligence

    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, Hannah Arendt, and Margaret Susman. Her scholarship spans the ethics of genetic engineering, gene drives, stem cell research, synthetic biology, social justice in health care, and how science and medicine are taught. She also researches the practices of interreligious dialogue, exploring how religion plays a role in public discussion and policy.

  7. May 13

    Bishop Will Willimon on Theology and the Church

    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 at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina. He is a CTI Member taking part in the project, From Despair to Hope, made possible by funding from the John Templeton Foundation.

  8. Apr 8

    Willie James Jennings on the Doctrine of Creation

    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.

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The official podcast of the Center of Theological Inquiry, Princeton, NJ.

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  • Creator
    Center of Theological Inquiry
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    13
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    © Center of Theological Inquiry
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    Theology for Our Times

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