Dr. Janet Soskice is Professor Emeritus of Philosophical Theology Emerita at the University of Cambridge and William K. Warren Distinguished Research Professor of Catholic Theology in Duke Divinity School North Carolina. Her most recent book is ‘Naming God: addressing the Divine in theology, philosophy and Scripture’ (Cambridge University Press, 2024).

Dr. Soskice was guest and keynote speaker at the Loyola Institute, Trinity College, Dublin biennial congress of the European Society for Catholic Theology. The event was entitled ‘Ad Theologiam Promovendam: The tasks of theology in Europe today’. It took place from 20 – 23 August 2025.

In this podcast Pat Coyle Director of Communications speaks with Dr. Soskice on some of the themes and questions raised during the event, such as “Have we forgotten God the creator?”, The theological doctrine creation ex nihilo and the big bang, God the creator as redeemer and finally creation and suffering.