James Smoker
Sessional Lecturer
MA (Regent), ThM (Regent), PhD (St. Andrews)
James Smoker is the Registrar at Regent College and earned his PhD at the University of St Andrews, Scotland. His research centred on the writing of the poet and theologian Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834), with a focus on how the imagination intersects with questions of knowing God, faith, and doubt. James's other research interests include the life and writing of Sara Coleridge (1802-1852), popular culture and theology, and the intersection of the imagination and creation care. He has written for journals such as Religions, Literature and Theology, and The Coleridge Bulletin, for publications such as Christ and Pop Culture and Plough, and was an Associate Editor with Transpositions, the online journal for the Institute for Theology, Imagination and the Arts in St Andrews, Scotland. James now lives in Vancouver with his wife and three children.