Christopher Carter

Rev. Dr. Christopher Carter’s research, teaching, and activist interests are in Black, Womanist, and Environmental ethics, with a particular focus on race, food, and ecology. His publications include “Race, Animals, and a New Vision of the Beloved Community” in Animals and Religion (Routledge, 2024), The Spirit of Soul Food (University of Illinois Press, December 2021), and “Blood in the Soil: The Racial, Racist, and Religious Dimensions of Environmentalism” in The Bloomsbury Handbook on Religion and Nature (Bloomsbury, 2018). In them, he explores the intersectional oppressions experienced by people of color, non-human nature, and animals.

Currently, he is an Associate Professor of Theology, Ecology, and Race at Methodist Theological School in Ohio, the Lead Pastor of The Loft at Westwood United Methodist Church, and the host of The Progressive Christians Podcast. He is married to Dr. Gabrielle Carter, a small animal veterinary oncologist, and while their son, Isaiah, is not a doctor of any sort, he definitely believes he is smarter than his parents.