Jeremy Kidwell

Jeremy Kidwell

Associate Professor in Theological Ethics

University of Birmingham

I am an interdisciplinary scholar, trained in ethics and constructive theology based in the School of Philosophy, Theology and Religion at the University of Birmingham. I give regular talks, workshops, and seminars on topics like climate change, data ethics, and design. I am passionate about building the commons - and am an advocate for open source, open data, and open educational resources.

In my research, I confront the ecological crisis by interrogating the ethical issues that lie at the intersection of “nature” and “culture” ranging from ecological ethics, activist studies, religious conceptions of labour and the philosophy of technology. I work in the mode of a field philosopher allowing an ethnographic and quantitatively generated understanding of grassroots problems and interests to illuminate my constructive ethical reflections.

Education

  • PhD in Theological Ethics, 2013

    University of Edinburgh

  • MA Theology, 2009

    Regent College (Vancouver, Canada)

  • BA in English and BA in Music, 2002

    Seattle Pacific University

News

Communicating online

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International Affairs Blog, 'Understanding religious environmentalism'

If you’re looking for some post-earth-day reading, just up on the International Affairs blog, an interview I did a few weeks ago on “Understanding religious environmentalism” (which covers some high points from recent journal article in IA)

Mapping Religious Environmental Politics article, just out in IA Journal

Out today in the journal International Affairs, my article on Mapping Religious Environmental Politics.

Talks

upcoming

Talks

recent

Birmingham OPEN (Open Pedagogy EUniWell Network) Webinar

In this brief presentation, I share a bit of the reasons I think that Open Education is awesome. Slides can be accessed here.

Why I Started Talking to White People in environmental groups About Race

I’m delighted to be invited to share current research as part of this really important symposium on how Muslims in Britain engage with sustainability in the UK. In my presentation, I share some reflection that has been underway for several years now about how the environmental sector has been the site of racialised privilege, and in turn, how I think work ought to be structured in adressing this, particuarly for white privileged folks like me. Slides can be accessed here.

'Mapping' Religious Communities in the Birmingham: Assessing the Options

This presentation, drawing on past research, outlined some options for a steering group which manages the Birmingham Faiths Map. Slides can be accessed here.

Recent Publications

Reconfiguring Deep Time

I explore the recent use and contestation of history, in light of its legacy as a Christian theological project and a potent political tool. I argue for a pluralising of deep time against forms of white supremacy, and point to work in Black philosophy of history as a resource for deep time scholarship.

The historical roots of the ecological crisis

In this chapter, I analyse the provenance and legacy of the influential journal article published in Science: “The historical roots of …