Most of my research has been funded to help people navigate intercultural and religious diversity. My books on secularization (2015) and deliberative democracy (2022) respond to rising religious strife with models of more resilient communicative forums. Two more monographs on book history (2017, 2022) trace how religions interact with technological change. More recently, I’ve led a special issue journal on situating religious cognition, and published another book that fosters cognitive empathy in the study of religion (2025). Persistent throughout all my writing is a materialist interest in bridging philosophical rigor with practical relevanc…
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University of Newcastle, AustraliaSchool of Humanities, Creative Industries and Social SciencesAssociate Professor
The University Of Manchester
Alumnus, 2008
Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Areas of Specialization
| Philosophy of Religion |
| Religious Studies |
Areas of Interest
| Metaphysics |
| Deliberative Democracy |
| Philosophy of Technology |
| Religion and Society |
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