In this episode, Mika, Rayne, and friend of the podcast Mary Hutchinson chat with theologian Dr. Bethany Sollereder. Bethany is a lecturer in science and religion at the University of Edinburgh, and specialises in theology concerning evolution and the problem of suffering. We chat with Bethany about the intersections between science and religion, the morality of pain, and various theologies of suffering within the Christian tradition. Bethany offers us profound thoughts about suffering and the hope that God’s kingdom continues to come on earth as in heaven.

Show notes

• The Territories of Science and Religion, Peter Harrison (2015)
• Answers in Genesis (Creationist apologetics organisation)
• Evolutionary Creation: A Christian Approach to Evolution, Denis O. Lamoureux (2008)
• ‘Mistakes Were Made’, This American Life (18 April 2008)
• Wandering in Darkness: Narrative and the Problem of Suffering, Eleonore Stump (2010)
• ‘All Things Bright and Beautiful’ – hymn lyrics
• The Third Peacock: The Problem of God and Evil, Robert Farrar Capon (1986)
• The Parables of Grace, Robert Farrar Capon (1988)
• The Supper of the Lamb: A Culinary Reflection, Robert Farrar Capon (1989)
• Perfectly Human: Nine Months with Cerian, Sarah C. Williams (2005)