Emily Qureshi-Hurst

I am consistently inspired by science communicators like Brian Cox and @seanmcarroll.bsky.social - it is so important (now more than ever) to share the wonders of science with the world. Other academic disciplines should learn from this - keeping ideas locked away in the ivory tower helps no one!

YouTube video by Alex O'Connor Does God Know What Time It Is? - Emily Qureshi-Hurst

Really enjoyed sitting down with @cosmicskeptic.bsky.social to discuss my new book 'Decoding the Cosmos: God, Physics, and the Search for Deeper Explanation' - an atheist's take on the relationship between God and modern physics.

You can pre-order the book now!

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26 - Religion & Homophobia by Lesbian Supper Club *Content Warning* The use of homophobic slurs is used within this episode to give context to the abhorrent views and actions by the extremist anti - homosexual religious groups.In this episode, we sit...

Its been two years since I recorded an episode of The Lesbian Supper Club, a brilliant podcast for queer women hosted by my oldest friend. We discussed religion (mainly Christianity) and homophobia

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First day back at Cambridge after the summer. Looking forward to kicking off this year's course on Theology and Natural Science!

Decoding the Cosmos- Wipf and Stock Publishers In Decoding the Cosmos, Dr. Emily Qureshi-Hurst (University of Cambridge) takes five of Christianity's most important ideas--creation, design, providence, in...

One month until publication day!

'Decoding the Cosmos' is an atheist's take on the relationship between Christian theology and physics. The difference is, I'm not trying to use science to disprove religion. See an extract below.

PRE-ORDER AVAILABLE NOW

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A new book responding to Pope Francis’ social teaching on ecology and climate crisis is now available as a free digital download:
lsri.campion.ox.ac.uk/node/1882
From the Laudato Si' Research Institute, Campion Hall, University of Oxford

I'm often surprised at how much researchers are using LLMs for intellectual work. It's not that I disapprove, or at least not on principle. It's more that I'm surprised at the trust being placed in the process. And by that I don't just mean LLMs can give wrong information...

Faces of the Peaceable God: Religious Imaginaries and the Challenge of Peace in Colombia After more than fifty years of civil conflict and nearly a quarter million casualties, Colombia finally signed a peace agreement in 2016. Subsequently, a Truth Commission was tasked with producing a r...

Last year I ran a workshop 'Religion and Contemporary Crises', bringing together 10 early career researchers whose work focuses on various global crises that interact with - are exacerbated or ameliorated by - religion.

The first paper is out now! More to come

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New Release: Decoding the Cosmos

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YouTube video by The Human Podcast Meet The Philosopher of Quantum Physics, Time & Christianity | The Human Podcast #2 (New Series)

I really enjoyed recording this episode of The Human Podcast. We talked about my research and my journey through academia so far. You can check it out below!

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Shot, chaser

Young men more likely to vote Green than Reform. Young men second most progressive group of any demographic. Combined right-wing vote barely bigger than Green vote alone for young men

The stuff Jeffrey Epstein’s friends felt comfortable saying and drawing in grotesque detail with their names attached knowing they would not face consequences is the kind of thing I think of when I think about rape culture and how sexual violence against girls and young women is actually glorified

For various reasons I've not had the most productive summer, but as the new term fast approaches I feel myself getting back into the swing of things and gearing up for the year ahead!

Here's more information about the book for those who are interested :)

Decoding the Cosmos- Wipf and Stock Publishers In Decoding the Cosmos, Dr. Emily Qureshi-Hurst (University of Cambridge) takes five of Christianity's most important ideas--creation, design, providence, in...

It is a delight to share that my new book 'Decoding the Cosmos: God, Physics, and the Search for Deeper Explanation' is now available for pre-order!

wipfandstock.com/978166678565...

I find it very disheartening that however hard you try to create pockets of joy, supportiveness, and collaboration, the competitive and toxic nature of academia sometimes finds a way to seep through. I wish there was a way to fundamentally change this ugly aspect of academic life.

Witnessing a Wounded World - Timothy Middleton A crucial intervention at the intersection of ecotheology and trauma theology We are in the midst of a global ecological crisis. At times, the scale of the suffering involved can be hard to fully comp...

Just pre-ordered my copy of
Tim Middleton's 'Witnessing a Wounded World' - can't wait to read it!

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Great selection of topics!

www.divinity.cam.ac.uk/news/warmest...

Huge congratulations to you as well 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Thank you!

That's so wonderful to hear! Thank you

ISSR 2025 Book Prize - International Society for Science & Religion (ISSR) ISSR 2025 Book Prize Professor Fraser Watts, Executive Secretary of the International Society for Science and Religion This is the sixth year of the Book

Its an honour to have been awarded the International Society for Science and Religion's 2025 Book Prize for my book 'Salvation in the Block Universe'

I am so grateful to the ISSR and to everyone who supported me as I wrote the book!

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It’s important to remember cisgender women getting hurt by this is a feature not a bug as it both makes trans women fearful of existing in public and signals to cis women how they must act to be protected by the state.

Salvation in the Block Universe Cambridge Core - Philosophy of Religion - Salvation in the Block Universe

It's been six months since the publication of my book 'Salvation in the Block Universe' - although it's a tad pricey, anyone with institutional access can download it for free

If you've read it, I'd love to hear your thoughts!

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Welcome to Britain 2025: where a musician's words cause more outrage than the murder and horror in Gaza | Owen Jones The issue of what happened at Glastonbury is obscuring the outrage about real bombs and actual death, and I think that is deliberate, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

There's a national firestorm over Bob Vylan's chants about a genocidal army.

Rather than about the mass butchery of innocent people.

It is depraved, it is grotesque, it is beyond shameful.

New column about the world turned on its head 👇

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What's astonishing about this is that "violence against a military force currently shelling civilians at food distribution points in the occupied territory they have been starving out" becomes equivalent to "calling for a genocide". It's just an insane moral reversal of the actual situation.

Cambridge in the summer is absolutely beautiful

In 1975, when Animal Liberation was published, I thought that simply telling people about the cruelty of factory farming would lead to meaningful change. But 50 years on, I’ve had to reckon with a difficult truth: facts alone are rarely enough.

Last week I spoke at a conference for sixth formers on the question 'Is God Dead in the 21st Century?' - I argued for atheism, of course. It was such a pleasure to meet so many bright, engaged, teenagers who are hoping to study philosophy and/or theology and religion at university!