HELPING PEOPLE DISCOVER THE DIVINE
ABOUT NATHAN
Rev. Dr. Nathan Albert (he/him) is a professional actor turned university chaplain, author, and religious pluralist. He seeks to be a disruptor of the dominant, a multifaceted theologian, a champion of religious diversity, and a multiple religious participant who promotes interreligious learning. Trying to be “religious interreligiously,” Nathan encourages people to discover (or rediscover) the Divine, see the Spiritual in everything, and experience an expansive spirituality.
He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre Performance, a Master of Divinity, a Certificate in Spiritual Transformation, and a Doctor of Ministry in Interreligious Chaplaincy focusing his research on the ways chaplains can disrupt Christian hegemony and supremacy. He is ordained as an interfaith minister and reverend.
Nathan is also an avid meditator, lover of cities, maintains a plant-based diet, and is a passionate user of the Oxford comma.
Nathan is one of the most creative, artistic, and original people I have ever come across.
— Dr. Andrew Marin, best-selling author, CEO of Venture Resolutions, President and Founder of The Marin Foundation
PODCAST
THE WHY BEHIND THE WHAT
The ‘what’ can start a conversation, but the ‘why’ can open up one’s soul.
“So much of the spiritual life is learning how to see. I want us, together, to try to see the Spiritual in all things, to discover the Divine all around us, and maybe along the way, we will be surprised by the Sacred.”
In the company of such faithful people as Pope Francis, Nathan reminds us that indeed the Spirit is able to do a new thing in our midst.
-Dr. Michelle a. Clifton-Soderstrom, Professor of Theology & Ethics, North Park Theological Seminary
BOOK
EMBRACING LOVE: MY JOURNEY TO HUGGING A MAN IN HIS UNDERWEAR
At the Chicago Pride Parade in 2010, Nathan stood with his friends bearing signs of apology on behalf of Christians who had failed to represent Christ’s love to the LGBTQ community. Little did he know that millions around the world would soon see him captured in an iconic viral photograph and read his blog about hugging a man in his underwear.
Embracing Love: My Journey to Hugging a Man in His Underwear is the story behind that photograph, the story of a musical theatre actor turned pastor whose deep desire is that the Gospel be seen, heard, and felt by the LGBTQ community in every tangible way.
Nathan’s willingness to name his straight, white privilege makes his words ones to heavily consider and allow the spirit of God to move in and through you.
–Candice Czubernant, THERapist, President and Founder of The Christian Closet
BLOG
Nathan occasionally writes about Christian hegemony, contemplative spirituality, theology, justice, and finding the Divine in the little things.
