LSRI Director Celia Deane-Drummond guest on BBC radio broadcast “Beyond Belief”

The episode explores one of the most fundamental questions of the Christian faith, namely, how and where God might be found in the experience of suffering. This was addressed through the work of twentieth-century German theologian Jürgen Moltmann, who passed way in June of this year, whose books (including among others The Theology of Hope, The Crucified God and God in Creation) have had far-reaching influence, both in Christian thinking and further afield.  

Celia began her own theological career with a study of Moltmann’s ecological thought (Ecology in Jurgen Moltmann’s Theology) and has argued strongly for its relevance to the socio-ecological crisis we are facing. The questions raised by Moltmann have remained important to her subsequent work in theology, ethics and anthropology, and have informed her approach to integral ecology. In the broadcast, Celia even speaks of her personal encounter with Moltmann.  

Hosted by Giles Fraser, Celia was joined in this episode by Professor Miroslav Volf (Yale Centre for Faith and Culture) and Professor Candida Moss (University of Birmingham).  

You can listen to the full broadcast on BBC Sounds.