I’m an Episcopal priest and biblical scholar working at the intersection of theology, ancient Near Eastern studies, and the church’s public life.
My book, A Human-Shaped God: Theology of an Embodied God (Westminster John Knox, 2021), argued for a biblically grounded, embodied understanding of God against the classical theological tradition — and it won the 2024 Grawemeyer Award in Religion, one of the most prestigious prizes in the field. I am currently writing a book exploring how divine personhood is constituted through genuine relation with creation.
I serve as Associate Rector at Christ Church Cathedral in Lexington, Kentucky, and have a PhD in Bible and the Ancient Near East from Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion.
If you’d like me to speak at your university, conference, congregation, or book club, or if you simply want to be in conversation, I’d welcome the message: charleshalton [at] mac [dot] com
