Academic biography

Dr Peter Admirand's most recently published book is The Last of Us: Violence, Ethics, Redemption?, published in June 2024 as part of the Bloomsbury series, 'Theology, Religion, and Pop Culture'. His previous book, Destruction, Ethics, and Intergalactic Love:  Exploring Y: The Last Man and Saga, was published in 2023 by Routledge in their book series, Routledge Advances in Comics Studies. In 2021, Seeking Common Ground: A Theist/Atheist Dialogue, co-written with philosopher Andrew Fiala, was published by Cascade Books. Humbling Faith: Brokenness, Doubt, Dialogue—What Unites Atheists, Theists, and Nontheists, published in 2019, is also available as an audiobook. Amidst Mass Atrocity and the Rubble of  Theology (2012) is his book on theodicy and witness testimony. He is also the editor of Loss  and Hope: Global, Interreligious, and Interdisciplinary Perspectives (2014; paperback 2015) and the special reprint issue of The Future of Liberation Theologies co-edited with Thia Cooper (2025). 

Dr Admirand is Deputy Head of School in the School of Theology, Philosophy and Music, Associate Professor of Theology, and the Director of the  Centre  for Interreligious Dialogue. He also serves as the Christian Co-Chair of the  Irish Council of Christians and Jews. 

He has a Ph.D. from Trinity College Dublin; a M.A.  in Theology (Ethics) from Boston College; a M.A. in British and  American  Literature from Georgetown University; and a B.A. in English from The  Catholic  University of America. 

His publications and research interests are in  the areas of interreligious dialogue (especially Jewish-Christian dialogue and atheist-theist dialogue); post-Shoah Christianity;  religion and literature (including comics studies, pop culture, and science fiction);  testimonies of  mass atrocity;  liberation theology; forgiveness, justice, and the unforgivable; and theodicy. 

Originally from New York, he moved to Ireland with  his family in 2004. Aside from work and enjoying life with his wife and 5 kids,  Dr Admirand likes playing soccer and basketball, travelling, jogging with his German Shorthaired pointers, Sally and Neo (while listening to audiobooks), and collect