Mainstage Speakers

Andy Crouch is Partner for Theology and Culture at Praxis and a Teaching Fellow with Practicing the Way. His work explores the intersection of faith, technology, culture, power, leadership, and the image of God. He is the author of several widely read books, including The Life We’re Looking For, The Tech-Wise Family, Strong and Weak, Playing God, and Culture Making. Before joining Praxis, he spent more than a decade at Christianity Today, including serving as executive editor. Andy brings a deeply thoughtful and practical voice to questions of how technology shapes human life, relationships, and Christian formation.

Meghan Sullivan is the Wilsey Family College Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame and the founding director of its Institute for Ethics and the Common Good. She also directs Notre Dame’s university-wide Ethics Initiative and works at the intersection of virtue ethics, love, faith, and emerging technology. Meghan leads DELTA, a major initiative developing a faith-based framework for human formation and ethics in the age of AI. She is co-author of The Good Life Method and author of Time Biases, and her work has appeared in outlets including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Atlantic. Her work asks how ancient wisdom and Christian moral reflection can help us navigate the deepest ethical questions raised by AI and modern life.

Christopher Watkin is Associate Professor at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, where his work explores philosophy, theology, culture, and the ideas that shape contemporary life. He is the author of the award-winning Biblical Critical Theory: How the Bible’s Unfolding Story Makes Sense of Modern Life and Culture. His writing helps Christians identify the hidden assumptions beneath modern cultural narratives and bring them into conversation with the biblical story. Chris is also a Fellow of the Keller Center for Cultural Apologetics and has written extensively on thinkers such as Derrida, Foucault, and contemporary secular culture. His work is especially focused on helping Christians engage culture with both theological depth and practical wisdom.