About me

Welcome to my site!

I’m a theologian interested in how Christian doctrine speaks to the complexities of modern life—and in how our complex lives pressure new ways of interpreting the Christian faith.

I’ve published three books: Beauty, Image and Presence, and Motherhood: A Confession. My fourth, which describes a way forward for feminist theology, is called Attunement: The Art and Politics of Feminist Theology. It comes out June 2024 with Oxford University Press.

One of my current projects is a co-authored book with Matthew Whelan that asks how Christian justify making, supporting, and enjoying art in a world where people die of unmet need. The other my project focuses on creativity, and it is leading me two new kind of work, including founding the Baylor Initiative in Christianity and the Arts. More information on that soon!

I trained at Harvard, University of Chicago, and Duke before coming to Baylor, where I am currently Professor of Theology in the Religion Department, an affiliated faculty member of Women’s and Gender Studies, and the Director of the Baylor Initiative in Christianity and the Arts.