Justin Barrett
Author
Justin L. Barrett (PhD Cornell University) is President of Blueprint 1543 and honorary Professor of Theology and the Sciences at St Andrews University School of Divinity. Prior to founding BP1543, he was at Fuller Theological Seminary, where he led the Thrive Center for Human Development and then the Office for Science, Theology, and Religion (STAR). He came to Fuller from the University of Oxford, where he taught and served as senior researcher for Oxford’s Centre for Anthropology and Mind. He has also taught at the University of Michigan and Calvin College, and served as co-area director for Young Life in Lawrence, Kansas. His book Thriving with Stone Age Minds: Evolutionary Psychology, Christian Faith, and the Quest for Human Flourishing, co-authored with Pamela Ebstyne King, is out now as part of the BioLogos series of books on science and Christianity. Some of his other publications include Psychology of Religion (ed., 2010), Why Would Anyone Believe in God? (2004), Cognitive Science, Religion, and Theology: From Human Minds to Divine Minds (2011), and Born Believers: The Science of Children’s Religious Belief (2012).
Justin Barrett | A Psychology of Human Thriving
A discussion of what it means to be human in light of the truths of Christian faith and evolutionary psychology.
Justin Barrett | Why Theology Needs Psychology
Justin Barrett joins Jim Stump in this episode to discuss why he believes psychology and theology can help each other.
- By Tyler Greenway
- and Justin Barrett
Mind the Gap: Evolutionary Psychological Perspectives on Thriving
Evolutionary psychology can contribute to conversations on human thriving by noting both the strengths that are largely characteristic of the human species and, also, the unique gap humans have created between their natural properties and their ecological niche.

Making Sense of Evolutionary Psychology
Author of "Thriving with Stone Age Minds," Justin Barrett responds to the reaction some people have to the idea of evolutionary psychology.
Justin Barrett | A Psychology of Human Thriving
A discussion of what it means to be human in light of the truths of Christian faith and evolutionary psychology.
Justin Barrett | Why Theology Needs Psychology
Justin Barrett joins Jim Stump in this episode to discuss why he believes psychology and theology can help each other.
- By Tyler Greenway
- and Justin Barrett
Mind the Gap: Evolutionary Psychological Perspectives on Thriving
Evolutionary psychology can contribute to conversations on human thriving by noting both the strengths that are largely characteristic of the human species and, also, the unique gap humans have created between their natural properties and their ecological niche.

Making Sense of Evolutionary Psychology
Author of "Thriving with Stone Age Minds," Justin Barrett responds to the reaction some people have to the idea of evolutionary psychology.
Justin Barrett | A Psychology of Human Thriving
A discussion of what it means to be human in light of the truths of Christian faith and evolutionary psychology.
Justin Barrett | Why Theology Needs Psychology
Justin Barrett joins Jim Stump in this episode to discuss why he believes psychology and theology can help each other.
- By Tyler Greenway
- and Justin Barrett
Mind the Gap: Evolutionary Psychological Perspectives on Thriving
Evolutionary psychology can contribute to conversations on human thriving by noting both the strengths that are largely characteristic of the human species and, also, the unique gap humans have created between their natural properties and their ecological niche.