Brian D. McLaren is an author, speaker, activist, and public theologian. A former college English teacher and pastor, he is a passionate advocate for “a new kind of Christianity” – just, generous, and working with people of all faiths for the common good. He is a faculty member with the Center for Action and Contemplation. and a podcaster with the CAC’s podcast Learning How to See. He is a co-host of Southern Lights and supports a new progressive ecumenical campus ministry network called ZOE. He has written more than 20 books, including his newest, The Last Voyage (2025), the first installment in a science fiction trilogy. Other recent titles include  Faith After Doubt (2021), Do I Stay Christian? (2022), co-authored children’s book Cory and the Seventh Story (2023), and the Nautilus award-winning Life After Doom: Wisdom and Courage for a World Falling Apart(2024). His next non-fiction project, The Beautiful Logic of a Meaningful Life, is in process now, for release in 2027.