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Janet Soskice is the William K. Warren Foundation Research Professor of Catholic Theology and Research Professor at Duke University's Divinity School. Her work focuses on theological language, ethics, and the intersection of science and religion. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Oxford (1982). Soskice has authored influential works on divine attributes, religious metaphor, and the theology of creation. Her teaching includes courses on theology through visual art, love and desire, and the philosophical foundations of Christian thought. Notable publications include Creation and the God of Abraham and The Kindness of God.
- Affiliations: Duke Divinity School (2020–present), Visiting Professor (2020).
- Research Interests: Religious language, ethics, science-theology dialogue, patristic theology, and the theology of divine names.
Her scholarship emphasizes the role of metaphor in theological discourse and critiques reductionist approaches to divine attributes. Soskice has been recognized with a Doctor of Divinity, Honoris Causa from Heythrop College, University of London (2014). Her recent work explores virtue ethics, feminist theology, and the implications of evolutionary biology for moral philosophy.
Teaching highlights include interdisciplinary courses like Theology through Visual Art and the Theology of Art, blending theological inquiry with artistic expression. She actively engages in public scholarship, contributing to Duke's initiatives on religious ethics and science.
