Bethany Sollereder

Research Fellow

Academic Summary

PhD, Theology, University of Exeter

MCS, Interdisciplinary Studies, Regent College

Bethany Sollereder is a Postdoctoral Fellow in Science and Religion. She specialises in theology concerning evolution and the problem of suffering. Her first book, God, Evolution, and Animal Suffering: Theodicy without a Fall was recently released by Routledge. Bethany received her PhD in theology from the University of Exeter and an MCS in interdisciplinary studies from Regent College, Vancouver.

Research Interests

Theodicy
Animal Theology
Genesis 1-3
Divine Action
19th century History
History of Science
Practical Theology

Affiliations

Senior member, Regent’s Park College, Oxford
Fellow of the International Society for Science and Religion (ISSR)
American Academy of Religion, Steering Committee for the Open & Relational Theology
Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA)
Canadian Scientific & Christian Affiliation (CSCA)
Christians in Science UK
Science and Religion Forum

Publications

God, Evolution, and Animal Suffering: Theodicy without a Fall
“Exploring Old and New Paths in Theodicy” Zygon (September 2018): 727-738.
“On Principles and Standards in Ecological Restoration.” Journal of Ecological Restoration (February 2018): 1-5. Co-Authors: Eric Higgs, Jim Harris, Steve Murphy, Keith Bowers, Richard Hobbs, Willis Jenkins, Jeremy Kidwell, Nik Lopoukhine, Katie Suding, Allen Thompson, and Steve Whisenant.
“God and Natural Disasters.” In A Teacher’s Guide to Science and Religion in the Classroom, eds. Berry Billingsley, Manzoorul Abedin and Keith Chappell (London: Routledge, 2018): 105-113.
“Evolution, Suffering, and the Creative Love of God,” Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith 68:2 (June 2016): 99-109.
“When Humans are Not Unique: Perspectives on Suffering and Redemption,” The Expository Times 127:1 (October 2015): 17-22.
“A Modest Objection: Neo-Thomism and God as a Cause Among Causes,” Theology and Science 13:3 (2015): 345-353.

“From Survival to Love: Evolution and the Problem of Suffering.” The Christian Century 131:19 (Sep 2014). Available online at: http://www.christiancentury.org/article/2014-08/survival-love.
“The Lions Roar for Prey, Seeking their Food from God’: Divine Action and Evolutionary Suffering.” in Chance or Providence? Religious Perspectives on Divine Action, ed. Louise Hickman. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing (2014): 61-78.
“The Purpose of Dinosaurs: Evolutionary Extinction and the Goodness of God.” The Christian Century 130:20 (Oct 2013). Available online at: http://www.christiancentury.org/article/2013-09/purpose-dinosaurs.
“The Darwin-Gray Exchange.” Theology and Science 8 (November, 2010): 417-432.