Sharon Dirckx

Sharon Dirckx is a speaker and author whose work focuses on responding to the spiritual and faith-related questions that people ask today. Originally from a scientific background, she has a PhD in brain imaging from the University of Cambridge. Sharon is invited to speak and lecture across the UK and internationally, in workplaces, universities, schools, churches and conferences and also works in partnership with organisations such as OCCA The Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics where she is an adjunct lecturer. Current topics of interest include science and theology, human consciousness, and the problem of evil. Sharon has appeared on several BBC programmes in the UK including Radio 2 Good Morning Sunday and Radio 4 Beyond Belief, and has also written for The Times newspaper. She is author of an award-winning book on suffering, entitled Why?: Looking at God, evil and personal suffering (IVP 2013), as well as a book on human consciousness and identity, entitled, Am I just my brain? (The Good Book Company 2019). Sharon’s most recent book, Broken Planet, on natural disasters, was released in February 2023.