![Aif24 Bowler Kate](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/ddad0d08-a77b-4351-ae77-1cd381fb4af8/AIF24_Bowler_Kate.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=2553%2C881%2C1343%2C1343&w=290)
Kate Bowler
Author; Podcaster; Associate Professor of American Religious History, Duke University
Bio coming soon.
Previously
![Ancient Faiths, Modern Lives](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/f0953a07-71be-4caa-90ae-5798d1dc7508/53007364285_3ee8350c13_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=225&q=80&rect=1986%2C691%2C6270%2C3529&w=400)
The 21st century is throwing a lot at us. How do ancient texts and traditions ground us, and what do they have to tell us about living a good life in today’s world?
![On Being in a Body: Krista Tippett with Kate Bowler (live taping)](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/2fc03833-3f58-409d-9aec-bb9a03871a5b/53002141307_8041234e30_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=225&q=80&rect=0%2C6%2C3936%2C2209&w=400)
The “On Being” podcast is acclaimed for its “mind- and heart-expanding” exploration of “theology, ethics, science, the soul, and what it means to be a human” (The New York Tim...
![Closing Session](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/e2ae40ae-7c31-4abc-a20f-f50361ab7f37/230624_closing_036.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=225&q=80&rect=0%2C416%2C4000%2C2251&w=400)
Featuring three one-on-one conversations, our tenth anniversary closing session is not to be missed! We begin with comedian Iliza Shlesinger, who opens up to bestselling autho...
![Evangelical-splaining](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null12324834-74dc-465f-880d-5fdc4045641b/48170826082_8a05bd016e_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=225&q=80&rect=0%2C30%2C1600%2C900&w=400)
The Pew Trust’s 2014 study of Evangelicals notes that roughly 25 percent of adults in the United States identify with evangelical Protestantism, the largest Christian followin...
![Life Will Break Your Heart](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null29ebafa8-b092-425d-aa52-a5edf2c5df1d/48153048597_a690fa35c9_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=225&q=80&rect=0%2C67%2C4000%2C2252&w=400)
Kate Bowler, a young scholar of Christianity, had just written a book called Blessed, about the Christian idea that good things happen to good people, when she was diagnosed w...
![When Breath Becomes Air: A Conversation About Life, Death, and Humanity in Health Care](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/f3882ac9-4727-427e-896d-33827c3ef61d/42068319325_7969f725ac_o1.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=225&q=80&rect=0%2C858%2C8256%2C4646&w=400)
Illness and death are universal challenges, but not something we anticipate in our 30s. Kate Bowler and Lucy Kalanithi understand that any of us can confront these harsh reali...