RedCircle VERIFY_TOKEN_6f9d8ccc-3535-4a2c-86d1-b0587e9e1630 -- Rendered At Sat, 04 Apr 2026 18:40:20 +0000 Collaborative Inquiries Podcast https://redcircle.com/shows/collaborative-inquiries-podcast en-US All rights reserved. The official podcast of the Collaborative Inquiries in Christian Theological Anthropology project. Collaborative Inquiries in Christian Theological Anthropology This podcast comes to you as part of the “Collaborative Inquiries in Theological Anthropology” project funded by the John Templeton Foundation and Villanova University. The Collaborative Inquiries Project has assembled a community of research fellows, mentors, and scientific advisers who are working together over a three-year period. Our aim is to stimulate innovative scholarship within theology that engages with cutting-edge scientific research relevant to topics and debates within contemporary theology. Our hope is that this scholarship will have a lasting effect on the contemporary theological landscape. This podcast series will introduce you the listeners to the Collaborative Inquiries project fellows and mentors as well as other established scholars whose research deals with topics such as human nature, virtues and vices, economics, race, disability, memory, human psychology, sin, and grace. We hope that they will be illuminating! 6f9d8ccc-3535-4a2c-86d1-b0587e9e1630 This podcast comes to you as part of the “Collaborative Inquiries in Theological Anthropology” project funded by the John Templeton Foundation and Villanova University. The Collaborative Inquiries Project has assembled a community of research fellows, mentors, and scientific advisers who are working together over a three-year period. Our aim is to stimulate innovative scholarship within theology that engages with cutting-edge scientific research relevant to topics and debates within contemporary theology. Our hope is that this scholarship will have a lasting effect on the contemporary theological landscape.  

This podcast series will introduce you the listeners to the Collaborative Inquiries project fellows and mentors as well as other established scholars whose research deals with topics such as human nature, virtues and vices, economics, race, disability, memory, human psychology, sin, and grace. We hope that they will be illuminating!


]]> episodic no Collaborative Inquiries in Christian Theological Anthropology cneyhart@villanova.edu no full Ep 6 (Season 2!) - Zenner Ep 6 (Season 2!) - Zenner 1 2 Collaborative Inquiries in Christian Theological Anthropology The Collaborative Inquiries Podcast is back! In this episode, Dr Christiana Zenner discusses the "Anthropocene" - what that term denotes in the environmental humanities, and how the language we use to understand humanity's relationship with the natural world continues to evolve. Specifically, Dr Zenner's work explores how fresh water is a nexus of human activity's impact on the planet, human rights, our day-to-day experience of life, and the Catholic theological tradition.

]]> <p>The Collaborative Inquiries Podcast is back! In this episode, Dr Christiana Zenner discusses the &#34;Anthropocene&#34; - what that term denotes in the environmental humanities, and how the language we use to understand humanity&#39;s relationship with the natural world continues to evolve. Specifically, Dr Zenner&#39;s work explores how fresh water is a nexus of human activity&#39;s impact on the planet, human rights, our day-to-day experience of life, and the Catholic theological tradition.</p> 377ccdf7-8b75-475d-a1e3-169e1f382e4f https://redcircle.com/shows/6f9d8ccc-3535-4a2c-86d1-b0587e9e1630/episodes/781e979d-2da9-4a42-94b1-94db959d5e3e Sat, 24 Jun 2023 14:00:00 +0000 2801 no full Ep 5 - SCHERZ Ep 5 - SCHERZ 5 1 Collaborative Inquiries in Christian Theological Anthropology Many scholars ask questions about compatibility between scientific findings and religious doctrines ... but what about the actual day-to-day practice of doing science in a lab? In this episode, Paul Scherz describes his work in genetics, why he switched fields to study moral theology, and how trends in entrepreneurial science and probabilistic risk analysis should be addressed by theologians.

]]> <p>Many scholars ask questions about compatibility between scientific findings and religious doctrines ... but what about the actual day-to-day practice of doing science in a lab? In this episode, Paul Scherz describes his work in genetics, why he switched fields to study moral theology, and how trends in entrepreneurial science and probabilistic risk analysis should be addressed by theologians.</p> 8fe6c3c8-55ab-4eb3-84e3-8fb9b5de50c8 https://redcircle.com/shows/6f9d8ccc-3535-4a2c-86d1-b0587e9e1630/episodes/820bfaff-6bbb-42c8-8dd5-1005ac545ce7 Wed, 01 Jun 2022 13:00:00 +0000 3656 no full Ep 4 - CARPENTER Ep 4 - CARPENTER 4 1 Collaborative Inquiries in Christian Theological Anthropology In this episode, Angela Carpenter shares her work in Christian ethics and the life context behind it. She explains how studying the psychological and moral development of children illuminates the role that God's love for us plays in our moral lives at any age, as well as how she situates the role of the sciences in theological scholarship.

]]> <p>In this episode, Angela Carpenter shares her work in Christian ethics and the life context behind it. She explains how studying the psychological and moral development of children illuminates the role that God&#39;s love for us plays in our moral lives at any age, as well as how she situates the role of the sciences in theological scholarship. </p> cf91fd29-9bd1-4ae7-ae9b-8db422ea136b https://redcircle.com/shows/6f9d8ccc-3535-4a2c-86d1-b0587e9e1630/episodes/bd80ec8d-bd4e-458a-a6a5-0bf6009cf339 Fri, 01 Apr 2022 11:00:00 +0000 3991 no full Ep 3 - HIRSCHFELD Ep 3 - HIRSCHFELD 3 1 Collaborative Inquiries in Christian Theological Anthropology What can a theologian contribute to economics? In this episode, Dr Mary Hirschfeld tells her academic story which starts with a PhD in economics at Harvard, takes a major turn through a conversion to Catholicism, and arrives at an anthropological critique of traditional economics from a Christian perspective. Dr Hirschfeld explains how the unspoken assumptions about human rationality made by economists can be critiqued, resulting in an economic vision which is both more compatible with Christianity and more accurate in its approach towards economic success.

]]> <p>What can a theologian contribute to economics? In this episode, Dr Mary Hirschfeld tells her academic story which starts with a PhD in economics at Harvard, takes a major turn through a conversion to Catholicism, and arrives at an anthropological critique of traditional economics from a Christian perspective. Dr Hirschfeld explains how the unspoken assumptions about human rationality made by economists can be critiqued, resulting in an economic vision which is both more compatible with Christianity and more accurate in its approach towards economic success.</p> b48dc4df-94cb-4ab7-a9e6-c521a6ced9f9 https://redcircle.com/shows/6f9d8ccc-3535-4a2c-86d1-b0587e9e1630/episodes/5a742799-5e0b-4d5e-af61-9ce6b68ae711 Tue, 01 Mar 2022 14:00:00 +0000 3089 no full Ep 2 - MILLER Ep 2 - MILLER 2 1 Collaborative Inquiries in Christian Theological Anthropology How good are people, actually? In this episode, Dr Christian Miller of Wake Forest University discusses his work at the crossroads of psychology and ethics: what do experiments in psychology show us about human character, how do those findings impact virtue ethics, and how does all of this square with Christian religiosity?

]]> <p>How good are people, actually? In this episode, Dr Christian Miller of Wake Forest University discusses his work at the crossroads of psychology and ethics: what do experiments in psychology show us about human character, how do those findings impact virtue ethics, and how does all of this square with Christian religiosity?</p> 00b05971-ebdb-44b2-9412-d2c3f28c6d62 https://redcircle.com/shows/6f9d8ccc-3535-4a2c-86d1-b0587e9e1630/episodes/2ee6e43f-b6cd-4771-bb08-b2495976388a Tue, 01 Feb 2022 14:00:00 +0000 3544 no full Ep 1 - FUENTES Ep 1 - FUENTES 1 1 Collaborative Inquiries in Christian Theological Anthropology Beginning with beginnings - what are the origins of humanity? Dr Agustín Fuentes discusses the state of anthropology in the contemporary academy, what it reveals about religious belief, and why anthropologists and theologians need more conversations with each other.

]]> <p>Beginning with beginnings - what are the origins of humanity? Dr Agustín Fuentes discusses the state of anthropology in the contemporary academy, what it reveals about religious belief, and why anthropologists and theologians need more conversations with each other.</p> e817f82e-6643-4f68-9c0e-33f95edc7235 https://redcircle.com/shows/6f9d8ccc-3535-4a2c-86d1-b0587e9e1630/episodes/af886511-9558-4fbe-b2a7-31faabde43a3 Sat, 01 Jan 2022 14:05:00 +0000 3296 no trailer Ep 0 - INTRODUCTION Ep 0 - INTRODUCTION 1 1 Collaborative Inquiries in Christian Theological Anthropology Introduction, Explanation, and Prologue

]]> <p>Introduction, Explanation, and Prologue</p> 55d159d8-ee4f-4def-b26e-1bf23c8ae7b7 https://redcircle.com/shows/6f9d8ccc-3535-4a2c-86d1-b0587e9e1630/episodes/123f1315-a800-4ee4-b986-b5e6aba0c867 Sat, 01 Jan 2022 14:00:00 +0000 247 no