Practical Theology
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Qualitative research to find out more about the work of Swedish military chaplains @practicaltheology.bsky.social
Walking beside soldiers: Swedish military chaplains and their questions www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Walking beside soldiers: Swedish military chaplains and their questions www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Walking beside soldiers: Swedish military chaplains and their questions
This study explores the questions encountered by Swedish military chaplains (MCs) in their role of providing Military Soul Care within the Swedish Armed Forces. While Swedish MCs are deeply rooted ...
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December 19, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Qualitative research to find out more about the work of Swedish military chaplains @practicaltheology.bsky.social
Walking beside soldiers: Swedish military chaplains and their questions www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@militarytimes.bsky.social @biaptheology.bsky.social
Walking beside soldiers: Swedish military chaplains and their questions www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@militarytimes.bsky.social @biaptheology.bsky.social
Guest editor Eeva John hopes the articles will inspire those in theological education to ponder the goals of their work
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The latest edition of Practical Theology is out. Great to see my article about wisdom and older people living in care homes brought into dialogue with ‘the nature and purpose of the Church’ in the editorial. @rsmtht.bsky.social @practicaltheology.bsky.social
The latest edition of Practical Theology is out. Great to see my article about wisdom and older people living in care homes brought into dialogue with ‘the nature and purpose of the Church’ in the editorial. @rsmtht.bsky.social @practicaltheology.bsky.social
Practical Theology
Adult Theological Education. Volume 18, Issue 6 of Practical Theology
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December 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Guest editor Eeva John hopes the articles will inspire those in theological education to ponder the goals of their work
Adult theological education special issue with articles that Guest Editor Eeva John hopes will inspire theological educators to ponder the goal of their work www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @biaptheology.bsky.social
Adult theological education special issue 18-06
Published in Practical Theology (Vol. 18, No. 6, 2025)
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December 16, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Adult theological education special issue with articles that Guest Editor Eeva John hopes will inspire theological educators to ponder the goal of their work www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @biaptheology.bsky.social
Latest @practicaltheology.bsky.social with editorial from Dustin Benac 'Practical theology is, after all, a richly contextual and collaborative discipline and practice, such that our work is as much a craft as it is a formal academic discipline.' @biaptheology.bsky.social
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Editorial
Published in Practical Theology (Vol. 18, No. 5, 2025)
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November 1, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Latest @practicaltheology.bsky.social with editorial from Dustin Benac 'Practical theology is, after all, a richly contextual and collaborative discipline and practice, such that our work is as much a craft as it is a formal academic discipline.' @biaptheology.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/1756...
doi.org/10.1080/1756...
Autistic Christians tell their experiences of faith, worship,
and community in Evangelical churches in the UK @biaptheology.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/ full/10.1080/1756073X.2025.2553263#abstract
and community in Evangelical churches in the UK @biaptheology.bsky.social
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Autistic Christians and their experiences of faith, worship, and community in Evangelical churches in the UK
This study explores what autistic Christians who attend evangelical churches in the UK find both valuable and challenging about how they experience faith, worship, and community within these contex...
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September 28, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Autistic Christians tell their experiences of faith, worship,
and community in Evangelical churches in the UK @biaptheology.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/ full/10.1080/1756073X.2025.2553263#abstract
and community in Evangelical churches in the UK @biaptheology.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/ full/10.1080/1756073X.2025.2553263#abstract
Retail loyalty schemes: a practical theological response to surveillance capitalism and its construction of the flawed prosumer www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @biaptheology.bsky.social
Retail loyalty schemes: a practical theological response to surveillance capitalism and its construction of the flawed prosumer
This paper argues that retail loyalty schemes lie at the intersection of three sites of struggle: datafication, competitiveness, and commodification. It is where these overlap that the production o...
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September 25, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Retail loyalty schemes: a practical theological response to surveillance capitalism and its construction of the flawed prosumer www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @biaptheology.bsky.social
Can we reimagine economics in a way that does not privilege profit-making and private property rights? A question in the
article @practicaltheology.bsky.social on economic conversion
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article @practicaltheology.bsky.social on economic conversion
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Inconceivable! economic conversion, nonpoor Christians, and how to teach debt-forgiveness more effectively
How can religious educators and pastoral leaders help congregants reimagine what’s normal and possible in economics: in business, in government, and in their own household finances? There’s no lack...
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September 13, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Can we reimagine economics in a way that does not privilege profit-making and private property rights? A question in the
article @practicaltheology.bsky.social on economic conversion
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @biaptheology.bsky.social @routledgebuseco.bsky.social
article @practicaltheology.bsky.social on economic conversion
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @biaptheology.bsky.social @routledgebuseco.bsky.social
A book for those who sit with Job and realise his friends might not respond in the best way
Comfort in the ashes: explorations in the book of Job to support trauma survivors www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @ivpacademic.bsky.social @biaptheology.bsky.social
Comfort in the ashes: explorations in the book of Job to support trauma survivors www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @ivpacademic.bsky.social @biaptheology.bsky.social
Comfort in the ashes: explorations in the book of Job to support trauma survivors
Published in Practical Theology (Ahead of Print, 2025)
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September 7, 2025 at 1:07 PM
A book for those who sit with Job and realise his friends might not respond in the best way
Comfort in the ashes: explorations in the book of Job to support trauma survivors www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @ivpacademic.bsky.social @biaptheology.bsky.social
Comfort in the ashes: explorations in the book of Job to support trauma survivors www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @ivpacademic.bsky.social @biaptheology.bsky.social
Theology and your bank statement: Practical economics – what capitalism's toxic assumptions and buying god have to say about money, economics and practical theology, From @biaptheology.bsky.social 2024 Conference www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Practical economics – what capitalism's toxic assumptions and buying god have to say about money, economics and practical theology
This paper will argue that money is best understood as information flows in the context of power and politics. This reading makes Jesus’ sayings about money feel particularly modern, particularly w...
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August 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Theology and your bank statement: Practical economics – what capitalism's toxic assumptions and buying god have to say about money, economics and practical theology, From @biaptheology.bsky.social 2024 Conference www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Open access article @practicaltheology.bsky.social Growing in wisdom in old age- the need to research wisdom from the perspective of older people living in care @biaptheology.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Dancing with wisdom towards shalom: what I learned from older people living in residential care homes
Wisdom is associated with older age in psychosocial and spiritual models of development. However research in this area does not include the voices of older people living in residential care homes. ...
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July 26, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Open access article @practicaltheology.bsky.social Growing in wisdom in old age- the need to research wisdom from the perspective of older people living in care @biaptheology.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
May 25, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Key questions about what mission is and what mission could look like in Britain in the 21st Century #practicaltheology @scmpress.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social
Full article: Lived mission in 21st century www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Full article: Lived mission in 21st century www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Lived mission in 21st century
Published in Practical Theology (Ahead of Print, 2025)
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May 25, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Key questions about what mission is and what mission could look like in Britain in the 21st Century #practicaltheology @scmpress.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social
Full article: Lived mission in 21st century www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Full article: Lived mission in 21st century www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Practical theologians are not from a production line - the first task of any practical theologian is to identify what their lived theology is. A sideways glance – being on an editorial board for 25 years: personal and theological reflections from Alistair Ross www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
A sideways glance – being on an editorial board for 25 years: personal and theological reflections
This theological reflection is based on 25 years of membership of being on the editorial board of the first CONTACT, now Practical Theology. Autoethnographic in style it focuses on the key role of ...
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May 18, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Practical theologians are not from a production line - the first task of any practical theologian is to identify what their lived theology is. A sideways glance – being on an editorial board for 25 years: personal and theological reflections from Alistair Ross www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Latest book review @practicaltheology.bsky.social
Chaplaincy: contemporary and global perspectives by (eds) Grace Thomas and Kim Vasey from @scmpress.bsky.social
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Chaplaincy: contemporary and global perspectives by (eds) Grace Thomas and Kim Vasey from @scmpress.bsky.social
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Chaplaincy: contemporary and global perspectives
Published in Practical Theology (Ahead of Print, 2025)
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May 4, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Latest book review @practicaltheology.bsky.social
Chaplaincy: contemporary and global perspectives by (eds) Grace Thomas and Kim Vasey from @scmpress.bsky.social
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Chaplaincy: contemporary and global perspectives by (eds) Grace Thomas and Kim Vasey from @scmpress.bsky.social
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Article @practicaltheology.bksy.social on working against an us-versus- them dynamic through the process of sacramental hospitality and inclusion towards mutuality.
Full article: Hospitality, social identity, and baptism www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Full article: Hospitality, social identity, and baptism www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Hospitality, social identity, and baptism
This paper examines one aspect of my ethnographic study of a congregation welcoming new members from a different ethnic and cultural group as part of a dissertation for a Doctor of Practical Theolo...
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April 26, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Article @practicaltheology.bksy.social on working against an us-versus- them dynamic through the process of sacramental hospitality and inclusion towards mutuality.
Full article: Hospitality, social identity, and baptism www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Full article: Hospitality, social identity, and baptism www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Full article: The church as a field hospital: toward a theology of mental health www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The church as a field hospital: toward a theology of mental health
This study examines theological perspectives on mental health difficulties across different historical periods, from the church fathers to the emergence of modern mental health theology in the twen...
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April 6, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Full article: The church as a field hospital: toward a theology of mental health www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Check out my beginners guide to Trauma Theology in this week’s Church Times (and the brilliant companion piece by @jodolby.bsky.social on trauma-informed yoga!)
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Theology matters: What is trauma theology?
Karen O’Donnell explains the growing interest in the area
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March 28, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Check out my beginners guide to Trauma Theology in this week’s Church Times (and the brilliant companion piece by @jodolby.bsky.social on trauma-informed yoga!)
www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
New AI article @practicaltheology.bsky.social questions the experience of creating multimodal art to explore theological questions in Ephesians using generative AI www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
March 29, 2025 at 7:49 AM
New AI article @practicaltheology.bsky.social questions the experience of creating multimodal art to explore theological questions in Ephesians using generative AI www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
New research article @practicaltheology.bsky.social explores a growth in wisdom through the voices of care home residents
doi.org/10.1080/1756...
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Dancing with wisdom towards shalom: what I learned from older people living in residential care homes
Wisdom is associated with older age in psychosocial and spiritual models of development. However research in this area does not include the voices of older people living in residential care homes. ...
doi.org
March 21, 2025 at 1:39 PM
New research article @practicaltheology.bsky.social explores a growth in wisdom through the voices of care home residents
doi.org/10.1080/1756...
doi.org/10.1080/1756...
Research article from Iran on the spiritual dimensions and encounters of children with cancer and their perceptions of God - magical God, trading God, veiling God and meaning-bestowing God
doi.org/10.1080/1756073X.2024.2439635
doi.org/10.1080/1756073X.2024.2439635
March 15, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Research article from Iran on the spiritual dimensions and encounters of children with cancer and their perceptions of God - magical God, trading God, veiling God and meaning-bestowing God
doi.org/10.1080/1756073X.2024.2439635
doi.org/10.1080/1756073X.2024.2439635
Research article - from ordinary to academic theology. How students engage with sin as a theological concept when beginning undergraduate studies @practicaltheology.bsky.social @biaptheology.bsky.social
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March 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Research article - from ordinary to academic theology. How students engage with sin as a theological concept when beginning undergraduate studies @practicaltheology.bsky.social @biaptheology.bsky.social
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Research article on experimental approaches to theological reflection to revitalise theological education, particularly for diaspora communities @biaptheology.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/1756073X.2024.2446086
doi.org/10.1080/1756073X.2024.2446086
Reimagining theological education: online theological education in the Hong Kong diaspora
This article demonstrates how theological education can be transformed through the systematic integration of structured theological reflection methods derived from spiritual direction practices. Dr...
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January 31, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Research article on experimental approaches to theological reflection to revitalise theological education, particularly for diaspora communities @biaptheology.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/1756073X.2024.2446086
doi.org/10.1080/1756073X.2024.2446086
Research article @practicaltheology.bsky.social on the precariousness of LGBTQ+ Christians belonging to the Church and inviting further reflection on how hospitality might be offered @biaptheology.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/1756073X.2024.2437282
doi.org/10.1080/1756073X.2024.2437282
Belonging and longing to belong: being LGBTQ+ in the Church
Belonging is an essential human need commonly understood to be the experience of being a valued part of a group or an insider. A sense of belonging, or belongingness, has been found to be influence...
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January 25, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Research article @practicaltheology.bsky.social on the precariousness of LGBTQ+ Christians belonging to the Church and inviting further reflection on how hospitality might be offered @biaptheology.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/1756073X.2024.2437282
doi.org/10.1080/1756073X.2024.2437282
Details on how you can join colleagues at Highgate House Northamptonshire July 8-10 for the @biaptheology.bsky.social 2025 conference - 'From Age to Age' you can book and find out options to offer a paper or a workshop
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BIAPT 2025 Annual Conference – From Age to Age: Practical Theology through the Life Cycle | BIAPT
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January 21, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Details on how you can join colleagues at Highgate House Northamptonshire July 8-10 for the @biaptheology.bsky.social 2025 conference - 'From Age to Age' you can book and find out options to offer a paper or a workshop
www.biapt.org/event/2025-a...
www.biapt.org/event/2025-a...
Adult theological education special issue now online @practicaltheology - guest editor EevaJohn
'...theological education at its best can help bridge the gaps...' doi.org/10.1080/1756...
'...theological education at its best can help bridge the gaps...' doi.org/10.1080/1756...
Editorial
Published in Practical Theology (Vol. 17, No. 5, 2024)
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December 12, 2024 at 5:41 PM
Adult theological education special issue now online @practicaltheology - guest editor EevaJohn
'...theological education at its best can help bridge the gaps...' doi.org/10.1080/1756...
'...theological education at its best can help bridge the gaps...' doi.org/10.1080/1756...