Charlene P. E. Burns

Burns is Professor, Department of Philosophy & Religious Studies, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. She earned the Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University (Religion; Religions, Cultures, and Persons), M.A. from Loyola University - New Orleans (Religious Studies), and B.S.(Nursing) from Armstrong State College. Her specialization is theology of culture, making use of psychology and Christian theology in exploring the ways theology and culture shape one another. She has written on the problem of evil and suffering, religious violence, issues in religion and science, theologies and representations of evil in popular culture, and how theologians might rethink classical Christian doctrines in light of new knowledge. As a theologian of culture, her work has addressed a variety of themes including cognitive science and the soul, C.G.Jung's engagement with theology and with quantum physics, theologies of the Incarnation.