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Professor Beverley Clack on philosophy of religion, failure, loss, neoliberalism, thinking about death and not freaking out, women, gender and good public conversations about difficult topics

1 tim 6 min•1 april 2026

What's the episode about?

In this episode, hear Professor Beverley Clack on philosophyof religion, failure, loss, neoliberalism, thinking about death and not freaking out, women, gender and good public conversations about difficult topics

 Who is Bev?

 Beverley Clack is Visiting Fellow at Harris Manchester College, Oxford. She is funded by the Westminster College Oxford Trust to research and create projects which enable flourishing in and outside the Methodist Church. Beverley taught for many yearsat Oxford Brookes University, where she is Professor Emerita in the Philosophy of Religion at Oxford Brookes University.  

Her publications include Feminism, Religion and Practical Reason (Cambridge 2021); How to be a Failure andStill Live Well (2020); Philosophy of Religion: A Critical Introduction, co-authored with Brian R Clack (3rd edition published in 2019); Freud on the Couch (2013); Sex and Death: A Reappraisal of Human Mortality (2002); and Misogyny in the Western Philosophical Tradition (1999). She is currently working on How to Think about Death (And Not Freak Out) for Bloomsbury. How do I cite the episode in my research and reading lists?To cite this episode, you can use the following citation:

Clack, B. (2026) Interview on The Death Studies Podcast hosted by Michael-Fox, B. and Visser, R. Published 1 April 2026. Available at: www.thedeathstudiespodcast.com, DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.31916916

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