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Emily Qureshi-Hurst

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Philosopher of Religion and Science, University of Cambridge. Pre-order 'Decoding the Cosmos' - https://wipfandstock.com/9781666785654/decoding-the-cosmos/ https://www.emilyqureshihurst.com/

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Emily Qureshi-Hurst @emilyqureshihurst.bsky.social · Aug 19

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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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

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Emily Qureshi-Hurst @emilyqureshihurst.bsky.social · 1d

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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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...

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Emily Qureshi-Hurst @emilyqureshihurst.bsky.social · 1d

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

Emily Qureshi-Hurst @emilyqureshihurst.bsky.social · 9d

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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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...

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Tim Howles @timhowles.bsky.social · 11d

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

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Philip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 14d

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...

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Emily Qureshi-Hurst @emilyqureshihurst.bsky.social · 15d

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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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...

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Emily Qureshi-Hurst @emilyqureshihurst.bsky.social · 25d

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New Release: Decoding the Cosmos

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Emily Qureshi-Hurst @emilyqureshihurst.bsky.social · 26d

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

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Duncan Robinson @duncanrobinson.bsky.social · 27d

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

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · Sep 9

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

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Emily Qureshi-Hurst @emilyqureshihurst.bsky.social · Sep 9

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!

Emily Qureshi-Hurst @emilyqureshihurst.bsky.social · Sep 5

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

Emily Qureshi-Hurst @emilyqureshihurst.bsky.social · Sep 5

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!

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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...

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Emily Qureshi-Hurst @emilyqureshihurst.bsky.social · Sep 4

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.

Emily Qureshi-Hurst @emilyqureshihurst.bsky.social · Aug 29

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

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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...

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Emily Qureshi-Hurst @emilyqureshihurst.bsky.social · Aug 26

Great selection of topics!

Emily Qureshi-Hurst @emilyqureshihurst.bsky.social · Aug 20

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Warmest congratulations to Emily Qureshi-Hurst, whose CUP book Salvation in the Block Universe: Time, Tillich, and Transformation (2024) has just been awarded the 2025 prize for an academic book by th...

Emily's book, as the ISSR says, "investigates a particularly challenging and under-explored issue on the interface of science and theology, i.e. how the “block universe” theory of time can be reconcil...

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Emily Qureshi-Hurst @emilyqureshihurst.bsky.social · Aug 19

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

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Emily Qureshi-Hurst @emilyqureshihurst.bsky.social · Aug 19

Thank you!

Emily Qureshi-Hurst @emilyqureshihurst.bsky.social · Aug 19

That's so wonderful to hear! Thank you

Emily Qureshi-Hurst @emilyqureshihurst.bsky.social · Aug 19

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

www.issr.org.uk

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Sydney Bauer @sydney-bauer.com · Aug 12

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.

Jo Yurcaba @joyurcaba.bsky.social · Aug 12

Minnesota teen says server forced her to prove her gender in restaurant bathroom

The 18-year-old high school student alleged the server would not let her exit the Buffalo Wild Wings restroom until she unzipped her hoodie and showed she had breasts.

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Minnesota teen says server forced her to prove her gender in restaurant bathroom

The 18-year-old high school student alleged the server would not let her exit the Buffalo Wild Wings restroom until she unzipped her hoodie and showed she had breasts.

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Emily Qureshi-Hurst @emilyqureshihurst.bsky.social · Jul 23

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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Salvation in the Block Universe

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

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · Jul 1

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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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

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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · Jun 30

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.

flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · Jun 29

This looks completely deranged - and it is - but it’s a product of 2018-19, the late Brexit/Corbyn Labour era. Short version: it finally dawned on the lads that they are holding the microphones, so *they decide what the story is*, and how intense it should get. It’s worked very well for them so far.

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