Regent College Podcast
Faith, life, and theology come together in this bi-weekly look into the people and ideas that shape Regent College.
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Dr. Karen Swallow Prior: The Mysterious Manner of Flannery O'Connor
In this episode, Dr. Karen Swallow Prior returns to the podcast to dive into the complex world of Flannery O'Connor, master of the short story. Exploring how O'Connor's Catholic faith, love of satire, and experience with suffering shape her dep...
Kara Martin and Dr. Paul Oslington: Faith, Work and Economics
Join us as we explore the intersection of faith, work, and economics with Claire's fellow Aussies: faith-work expert Kara Martin and theologian-economist Dr. Paul Oslington. We talk together about how we can transform our understanding of work,...
Dr. Elizabeth (Lisa) Sung: The Good Life and Christ
Summer Programs 2026 is coming!In this catch-up and course preview conversation, Claire and Rachel reconnect with Dr. Elizabeth Sung, who shares her journey through systematic theology to moral theology and questions of spiritual formati...
Strathcona Vineyard: Faithful Incarnational Presence in the Downtown Eastside
In this conversation, we catch up with our friends at Strathcona Vineyard, a small, vibrant, multi-ethnic, mixed-socio-economic congregation in the heart of Vancouver's DTES, Canada’s poorest urban postcode. Dawn Humphreys, Jamie Hellawell, and...
Dr. Ruth Padilla DeBorst: Bridging Cultures, Seeking Peace and Justice
In this wide-ranging, holistic conversation, we catch up with theologian and practitioner, Dr. Ruth Padilla-DeBorst, who discusses her experiences living between cultures and her understanding of justice and peace from a biblical perspective. S...
Dr. Meghan Sullivan: 5 Keys to Navigating AI – Dignity, Embodiment, Love, Transcendence, and Agency
Join us for a lively conversation as we meet the 2026 Laing Lecturer, Dr. Meghan Sullivan, who explores how Christian faith provides a profound framework for navigating AI's ethical challenges. Though a serious topic with deep philosophical und...
Dr. Jerry Hwang: Language, Culture, and Calling – A Conversation with Regent’s New Academic Dean
In this conversation, we introduce our new Academic Dean, Dr. Jerry Hwang, who shares his journey to Regent College and discusses his diverse background in IT, pastoral work, and academia. He emphasizes the importance of cultural context in edu...
Dr. Barnabas Aspray: Christianity and Immigration Policy
This week, we're talking with Regent alum and professor of systematic theology, Dr Barnabas Aspray, about his new book On the Significance of Religion in Immigration Policy, co-written with Dr David Elcott. Barney shares insightfully a...
The Saint John's Bible Heritage Edition at Regent and Beyond
The Saint John's Bible is a work of sacred scripture and art, including more than 160 hand illuminations. A team of scribes used ancient natural inks, hand-ground pigments, and gold and silver leaf gild to create the original, which was complet...
Regent on Tour at AAR/SBL 2025
In this first episode of 2026, picture yourself in Boston in late November. It’s chilly, a little rainy, and there are scholars everywhere. Rachel is on the road, meeting Regent alums and early career researchers at the American Academy of Reli...
Dr. Quentin Genuis: Addiction, Personhood and Christian Communities
We're finishing the year by squaring the circle and chatting again to Dr. Quentin Genuis ahead of his J-Term class at Regent on Addiction, Personhood and Christian Communities. Quentin has just released a book, Recovering People: Add...
Dr. Carolyn Watts: Discovering God's Gentleness by Risking Rest
In this episode, Regent grad and spiritual director Carolyn Watts shares about her life and learnings from serving as an obstetrician in Afghanistan until a debilitating chronic illness (POTS) ended her medical career. Reflecting on her memoir,...
Dr. Carmen Joy Imes: Becoming God's Family – Why the Church Still Matters
What is the biblical vision of the church, and what does it mean to be a family in Christ, adopted as brothers and sisters? Especially when family is messy. In this conversation with Dr. Carmen Imes, we broach a biblical theology of the church ...
Dr. Shelly Rambo: Twenty Years at the Intersection of Trauma and Theology
Claire and Rachel caught up with Dr. Shelly Rambo, a theologian at Boston University, working in the areas of trauma, spiritual care and chaplaincy. Shelly’s book Spirit and Trauma is a seminal work in the field of trauma and theology,...
Dr. Aubrey Buster: The Book of Daniel
Do you have questions about the Book of Daniel? What’s going on with the Daniel diet? What about linguistic issues like the use of Hebrew and Aramaic in Daniel, and what it communicates about living as exiles in an oppressive empire? How do we ...
Rev. Dr. Ray Aldred: Becoming Relatives through Reconciliation
Rev. Dr. Ray Aldred joins Claire and Rachel to share his journey of faith and ministry, the spiritual work of healing and reconciliation, and the significance of Truth and Reconciliation Day/Orange Shirt Day in Canada. Ray’s generous pastoral h...
An Interview with President Dr. Paul Spilsbury: Rooted and Growing, A New Season at Regent
Welcome back to the Regent podcast after our summer hiatus! We are kicking off Season 7 with our new President, Dr. Paul Spilsbury. In this conversation, we take some time to learn about Paul’s connections to Regent, his holistic vision for the...
Dr. James Smoker: Imagining Being Human with Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Claire and Rachel are joined today by Dr. James Smoker, the Registrar at Regent College and the original instigator of the Regent College Podcast. We talk about his PhD research, which focused on the thought and theology of the Romantic poet Sa...
Dr. Karen Swallow Prior: You Have a Calling – Beyond Following Your Passions
Today we are joined by a favourite past (and future) summer professor who teaches in the Literary Arts, Dr. Karen Swallow Prior. We are focusing on her new book, You Have a Calling: Finding Your Vocation in the True, Good, and Beautiful
Dr. David Robinson and Students: MA in Leadership, Theology and Society (MALTS)
What is the Masters of Arts in Leadership, Theology and Society (MALTS)? What might it involve, how does theology integrate with the workplace, and what’s it like to study while continuing to work in a leadership context? In this episode, we ca...
Dr. George Kalantzis: The First Christian Centuries
What was it like to be a Christian in the earliest centuries after the resurrection of Christ? How did theological thinking and the understandings of authority develop? Dr. George Kalantzis help...
Dr. John M. Owen IV: Christian Political Engagement – Past, Present and Future
How do we thoughtfully engage with the political realms in which we find ourselves, and what might we learn from our forebears in how they tackled the division of church and state? In this conversation, we learn from Dr. John M. Owen IV about t...
Dr. Susan Currie: A Rule of Life for a Way of Life
Today Claire and Rachel have a wonderfully rich conversation with Dr. Susan Currie, a Spiritual Director and Minister of Spiritual Formation at Leadership Transformations, Inc. Susan bring...
Dr. Jeff Greenman: Looking Back – 10 Years As President of Regent College
Claire and Rachel take some time with outgoing Regent President and resident penguin fanatic, Dr. Jeff Greenman to look back on his tenure since 2015. They hear about Jeff’s student experience at Regent, the joys and challenges of leadership, w...
Dr. Everett Hamner: Climate Theology and Storytelling
What does climate have to do with theology and where does storytelling come in? Today, we sat down with Dr. Everett Hamner to talk about his interdisciplinary journey at Regent, and how it has shaped his interests in ecotheology, climate litera...