Susie Triffitt on Homelessness and Hope

Theology for Our Times · Oct 29, 2026 · 36m

Susie Triffitt is a theologian & anthropologist studying the productivity of Christian hope amid apparent despair, particularly homelessness. At CTI, she is undertaking “Hope as dwelling place,” an ethnographic project exploring the scandal that humans made in God’s image, who are the dwelling place of God’s spirit, often have no dwelling place of their own. Susie is a Junior Research Fellow at Pembroke College, University of Oxford, & completed her PhD at the University of Cambridge. She co-founded the global CAT Network, serves on BASR’s committee, & is a named member on the John Templeton…