David Newheiser

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My research explores the role of religious traditions in debates over ethics, politics, and culture. To this end, I have written on topics such as neoliberalism, sexuality, atheism, and the arts. My first book - Hope in a Secular Age (Cambridge, 2019) - argues that an uncertain hope is required to sustain commitment of any kind, whether secular or religious.

Experience

  • 2025–present
    Associate professor, Religion Department, Florida State University
  • 2021–2024
    Senior research fellow, Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry, Australian Catholic University
  • 2015–2020
    Research fellow, Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry, Australian Catholic University

Education

  • 2012 
    University of Chicago, PhD in Religion
  • 2006 
    Oxford University, MPhil in the History of Christian Thought

Publications

  • 2025
    Art-Making as Spiritual Practice, Bloomsbury
  • 2022
    The Varieties of Atheism, University of Chicago Press
  • 2019
    Hope in a Secular Age, Cambridge University Press

Grants and Contracts

  • 2025
    Indigenous Spirituality and Human Meaning in the Amazon
    Role:
    Co-PI
    Funding Source:
    John Templeton Foundation
  • 2021
    Spiritual Understanding in a Secular Age: Engaging Art as Religious Ritual
    Role:
    Co-Director
    Funding Source:
    Templeton Religion Trust
  • 2016
    Atheism and Christianity: Moving Past Polemic
    Role:
    Project Leader
    Funding Source:
    Australian Catholic University

Professional Memberships

  • American Academy of Religion
  • Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy
  • Australasian Society for Continental Philosophy
  • Australasian Association for the Study of Religion

Research Areas

  • Religion And Religious Studies (2204)
  • Philosophy (2203)

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