Kate Bowler

Associate Professor of the History of Christianity at Duke Divinity School. Award-winning author and podcast host (Everything Happens with Kate Bowler). Her memoir Everything Happens for a Reason (and Other Lies I've Loved) — written after a Stage IV cancer diagnosis at 35 — became a bestseller and a touchstone for how Americans think about suffering, faith, and the prosperity gospel. A clear-eyed, warmhearted voice on illness, mortality, and grace.

Connection

A good friend of Peter W. Marty, publisher of The Christian Century.

Why Herbert Would Be Delighted

Bowler's work on suffering and mortality sits at the heart of pastoral care — the very field Herbert has devoted his career to. Her voice is one that would feel deeply familiar to him in the best way.