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Autistic Christians and their experiences of faith, worship, and community in Evangelical churches in the UK

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Practical Theology @practicaltheology.bsky.social · Sep 28

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

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...

Retail loyalty schemes: a practical theological response to surveillance capitalism and its construction of the flawed prosumer

Practical Theology @practicaltheology.bsky.social · Sep 25

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

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...

Inconceivable! economic conversion, nonpoor Christians, and how to teach debt-forgiveness more effectively

Practical Theology @practicaltheology.bsky.social · Sep 13

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

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...

Comfort in the ashes: explorations in the book of Job to support trauma survivors

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Practical Theology @practicaltheology.bsky.social · Sep 7

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

Published in Practical Theology (Ahead of Print, 2025)

Practical economics – what capitalism's toxic assumptions and buying god have to say about money, economics and practical theology

Practical Theology @practicaltheology.bsky.social · Aug 29

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....

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...

Dancing with wisdom towards shalom: what I learned from older people living in residential care homes

Practical Theology @practicaltheology.bsky.social · Jul 26

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....

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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Practical Theology @practicaltheology.bsky.social · May 25

See @practicaltheology.bsky.social review here
doi.org/10.1080/1756... @scmpress.bsky.social

Lived mission in 21st century

Practical Theology @practicaltheology.bsky.social · May 25

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....

Published in Practical Theology (Ahead of Print, 2025)

A sideways glance – being on an editorial board for 25 years: personal and theological reflections

Practical Theology @practicaltheology.bsky.social · May 18

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....

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 ...

Chaplaincy: contemporary and global perspectives

Practical Theology @practicaltheology.bsky.social · May 4

Latest book review @practicaltheology.bsky.social
Chaplaincy: contemporary and global perspectives by (eds) Grace Thomas and Kim Vasey from @scmpress.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Published in Practical Theology (Ahead of Print, 2025)

Hospitality, social identity, and baptism

Practical Theology @practicaltheology.bsky.social · Apr 26

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....

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...

The church as a field hospital: toward a theology of mental health

Practical Theology @practicaltheology.bsky.social · Apr 6

Full article: The church as a field hospital: toward a theology of mental health www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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...

Theology matters: What is trauma theology?

Reposted by Practical Theology

Karen O’Donnell @karenod.bsky.social · Mar 28

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...

Karen O’Donnell explains the growing interest in the area

www.churchtimes.co.uk

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Practical Theology @practicaltheology.bsky.social · Mar 29

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....

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Practical Theology @practicaltheology.bsky.social · Mar 21

New research article @practicaltheology.bsky.social explores a growth in wisdom through the voices of care home residents
doi.org/10.1080/1756...

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. ...

Practical Theology @practicaltheology.bsky.social · Mar 15

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

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Practical Theology @practicaltheology.bsky.social · Mar 10

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
doi.org/10.1080/1756...

Reimagining theological education: online theological education in the Hong Kong diaspora

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Practical Theology @practicaltheology.bsky.social · Jan 31

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

This article demonstrates how theological education can be transformed through the systematic integration of structured theological reflection methods derived from spiritual direction practices. Dr...

Belonging and longing to belong: being LGBTQ+ in the Church

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Practical Theology @practicaltheology.bsky.social · Jan 25

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

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...

BIAPT 2025 Annual Conference – From Age to Age: Practical Theology through the Life Cycle | BIAPT

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Practical Theology @practicaltheology.bsky.social · Jan 21

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...

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Published in Practical Theology (Vol. 17, No. 5, 2024)

Practical Theology @practicaltheology.bsky.social · Dec 12

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...

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