"Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it languish, and also the beasts of the field and the birds of the heavens, and even the fish of the sea are taken away." (Hosea 4:3)

The Shadows of German Thought: Max Weber, Carl Schmitt, and Eric Voegelin in Hannah Arendt’s Political Philosophy voegelinview.com/the-shadows-...

Delighted to have the opportunity to respond to Dr Tim Middleton's important new book on 26 January at Regent's Park, University of Oxford: "Witnessing a Wounded World: A Theology of Ecological Trauma" www.ticketsource.co.uk/witnessing-a...

Here is my latest journal article on a novel by twentieth-century write William Golding: "Darkness Visible". academic.oup.com/eic/article/...

My favourite English cathedral:

One of the great films of all time:

An important new forthcoming translation:

Kierkegaard:

CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM The Story of Jewish-Muslim Relations Marc David Baer profilebooks.com/work/childre...

“Breakneck” by Dan Wang China's Quest to Engineer the Future www.penguin.co.uk/books/465161...

Reminder: applications open for a funded doctoral position (2026-2929) with me at Campion Hall, University of Oxford. For those working in the field of ECOTHEOLOGY via systematic, political or applied theology approaches. See here: lsri.campion.ox.ac.uk/news/applica...

"Phenomenologies of Incarnation in Michel Henry and Emmanuel Falque: Saving Flesh, Redeeming Body" Mark Novak Explores how Henry and Falque articulate a phenomenology of the body and flesh in relation to incarnation. bit.ly/4adESRI

'A World Not of this World' Is an image just an inferior copy of reality? Is imagination merely an escape? This book explores what images truly are and what imagination can achieve. bit.ly/4oQTGsZ

'Ethics in a Capitalist Economy' Miller applies neo-Aristotelian virtue ethics to business, arguing that free-market capitalism requires virtues to mitigate its flaws and to enhance its strengths. bit.ly/4q4xXyW

Currently reading:

How to Criticize with Kindness: Philosopher Daniel Dennett on the Four Steps to Arguing Intelligently www.themarginalian.org/2014/03/28/d...

'The Ethics of Behaviour Change Technologies' Investigates the broader societal and philosophical implications of these types of behaviour change technologies. bit.ly/4s0b0i7

"Phenomenologies of Incarnation in Michel Henry and Emmanuel Falque: Saving Flesh, Redeeming Body" Mark Novak Explores how Henry and Falque articulate a phenomenology of the body and flesh in relation to incarnation. bit.ly/4adESRI

The Home Alone house, then and now. Not even the wet bandits committed such a heinous crime!

"The Story of Nature: A Human History" Jeremy Mynot yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...

Delighted to announce we are hosting a two-day course next year: "Christian-Muslim Dialogues on Ecology" 12 & 13 February 2026 Location: Al-Mahdi Institute in Birmingham Register now: lsri.campion.ox.ac.uk/events/forma...

"Negative Ecologies: Fossil Fuels and the Discovery of the Environment" David Bond ucpress.edu/books/negati...

Really enjoyed this: "These Survivals: Autobiography of an Extinction" Lynne Huffer dukeupress.edu/these-surviv...

Important new book: "Political Theology Reimagined" edited: Alex Dubilet, Vincent W. Lloyd dukeupress.edu/political-th...

"Democratic Elitism: The Founding Myth of American Political Science” Natasha Piano hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...

"Kant: A Revolution in Thinking" Marcus Willaschek trans. by Peter Lewis www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...

Fr Fergus Kerr OP, RIP. english.op.org/latest-news/... Former regent of Blackfriars, Oxford. A great theologian. Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine, et lux peretua luceat eis

“Politics and the Economy” Lisa Herzog cup.org/4rpVlrW

"The loggers and ranchers are closing in but still Brazil’s Kawahiva people wait for protection" www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

“Friends of God and Slaves of Men: Religion and Slavery, Past and Present” Kevin Bales and Michael Rota cup.org/4pMEEpg

"Captive Gods: Religion and the Rise of Social Science" Kwame Anthony Appiah thebukukupress.com/products/cap...

I'm delighted to announce a funded doctoral position (2026-2929) with me at Campion Hall, University of Oxford. Designed for those working in the field of ECOTHEOLOGY via systematic, political or applied theology approaches. For more information: lsri.campion.ox.ac.uk/news/applica...

Huge congratulations to the wonderful Donna Haraway for winning the 2025 Erasmus Prize: erasmusprijs.org/en/laureates...

New webinar series: "Down to Earth Dialogues: Strategy and Mission under Ecological Crisis" Explore how faith-based leaders have used strategic thinking inresponse to socio-ecological crises. 11 December 1:30 – 3:00 pm GMT Online Seminar iern.org/event/downto...

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec "Seated Dancer in Pink Tights", 1890

Join our online panel as several members of staff who are working with the Jesuits across the Globe to discuss faith, advocacy, and the urgent call for social and environmental justice after this year’s climate summit! 🗓️ This Thursday, 4 December 🕒 3-4pm Register 🔗 buff.ly/50YOQqT

"Inhabitants of the Deep" by Jonathan Howard: a black ecocritical study of the deep (oceans, rivers, lakes) in African American literature. buff.ly/ejHedv7

“The First Right: Self-determination and the Transformation of International Order, 1941-2000” Bradley R Simpson academic.oup.com/book/60825

A very important forthcoming book: “Kant Machine: Critical Philosophy after AI” Yuk Hui www.bloomsbury.com/uk/kant-mach...

Tom Stoppard, RIP www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/n...

“Moses and Political Philosophy” Ronald Beiner and Harrison Fluss utppublishing.com/doi/book/10....

The 2025-26 Pembroke Publics Lecture Judith Butler www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-Cv...

“The Physics of Capitalism: How a New Political Ecology Can Change the World” Erald Kolasi blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...

"Tigers are Our Brothers: Anthropology of Wildlife Conservation in Northeast India" Ambika Aiyadurai global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Love this book: "Gnosticism and the History of Religions" David G. Robertson www.bloomsbury.com/uk/gnosticis...

"To Die of Not Writing: Doing Philosophy of Religion with Emmanuel Falque" Ed. Pablo Irizar, Donald Boyce & Martin Koci Foreword by Cyril O'Regan wipfandstock.com/979838520314...

"In Search of Speech: Talking, Reading and Praying in an Age of Words" Jean-Yves Lacoste www.bloomsbury.com/uk/in-search...

Gilles and Émilie Deleuze, Rue de Bizerte, 1972

“Engaging Nicene Trinitarianism: Historical Analysis, Theological Exploration, and Contemporary Relevance” www.bloomsbury.com/uk/engaging-...