Biography

Claire K. Clement writes at the intersection of philosophy, religion, science, and economics. Her interests include what humans will do for meaning after robots take our jobs, and which new religions might emerge from our multicultural ferment. Her current project is the book "Human Believing: God, Science, and Philosophy Across Cultures", which explores the big questions of life with a broad comparative and thematic approach, integrating ideas as wide-ranging as Mormon afterlife, quantum theory, Jedi beliefs, personality types, and the major world religions.
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Her research at Cambridge focused on the spiritual, economic and social history of the late-medieval English Syon Abbey. (Title: “Processing Piety and the Materiality of Spiritual Mission at Syon Abbey, 1415-1539”). She further pursued her interests in the intersection of social sciences and religion by completing a master’s of urban planning with a focus on economic development, GIS, historic preservation, and women's mobility.