<p>Poet and theologian, Pádraig Ó Tuama’s work centers around themes of language, power, conflict and religion. Working fluently on the page and in public, he is a compelling poet and skilled speaker, teacher and group worker. He presents <a href="https://onbeing.org/series/poetry-unbound/">Poetry Unbound with On Being Studios</a>. From 2014-2019 he was the leader of the <a href="https://www.corrymeela.org/">Corrymeela Community</a>, Ireland’s oldest peace and reconciliation community. With undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in theology, multiple professional qualifications in conflict mediation (specializing in groups), he also holds a PhD (Poetry &amp; Theology) from the University of Glasgow. For the Autumn terms of 2024-28, <a href="https://icccr.tc.columbia.edu/practice/poetry--conflict-outreach-project/" target="_blank">he is a visiting scholar at the center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution at Columbia University. </a></p><p><br></p><p>When BBC journalist William Crawley introduced Pádraig on the stage to deliver a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJfBYz6tab8" target="_blank">TEDx</a> talk on Story, Crawley said, &quot;He&#39;s probably the best public speaker I know.&quot; Profiling <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/on-religion/padraig-o-tuamas-poetic-spirituality">Ó Tuama in The New Yorker</a>, journalist and poet Eliza Grizwold wrote “Poetry, for him, is the language the heart speaks not when it reaches for some externalized divinity but when it seeks to understand itself.”</p><p><a href="https://www.padraigotuama.com/press" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.padraigotuama.com/press</a></p>