📣 If you contributed to our 2026 conference 'Power and the Common Good' or were simply inspired by it, we'd love you to submit a paper to the @practicaltheology.bsky.social conference issue, guest edited by Rev Dr Anna Creedon. Full details here: bit.ly/4wOA8Kg Submit by: 1 November 2026, 17:00 GMT.

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How to submit your paper to Practical Theology. Share your work with us to maximise your readership and make your mark in your area of research.

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📣 We only have a handful of residential places remaining for BIAPT 2026 - 7-9 July at High Leigh, Herts. If haven’t already secured your place, please book now! www.biapt.org/.../biapt-20... And if you'd like to join us for the day, we have day delegate tickets available at the link above.

Have you got your ticket for BIAPT 2026 yet? Book by 31 May to benefit from our reduced conference rate ⌛️ Day tickets are also now available to book. Click here for more details: www.biapt.org/event/biapt-...

📣 Call for Papers – Special edition of the @practicaltheology.bsky.social journal on Adult Theological Education. Click the link for more details: www.biapt.org/wp-content/u... ⏳ Submission deadling is 1st August 2026

Research Associate wanted! We're looking to appoint a Research Associate to support a new BIAPT project taking stock of the current state of practical theology in Britain and Ireland. Application deadilne is 8th April. Click the link below for more info. We'd love to hear from you! bit.ly/4lMZG6a

And there's still time to submit your paper or workshop proposals! Get them in by 5pm on Sat 28th Feb. More details here - just follow the links: www.biapt.org/wp-content/u... www.biapt.org/wp-content/u...

Will you be joining us in July for this year's BIAPT Annual Conference at High Leigh, Hertfordshire? Early bird rates on bookings made by 30 April. Concessions and bursaries available. www.biapt.org/event/biapt-...

The 𝘗𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 team is expanding! Do consider to apply for our new Assist Editor role: www.biapt.org/news/practic... Deadline: 23 February 2026 @biaptheology.bsky.social @practicaltheology.bsky.social

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

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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Reviewed in @practicaltheology.bsky.social, Anne van Gend's Restoring the Story 'offers a refreshing approach to a doctrine that has divided the Church and perplexed ordinary Christians. The practical theological context...makes this book a must-read.' Order: scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/978033...

Restoring the Story The Good News of Atonement by Anne van Gend - Paperback / softback - 9780334066194

Buy Restoring the Story The Good News of Atonement by Anne van Gend Paperback / softback from SCM Press - ISBN: 9780334066194

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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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And last but by no means least, @docbrush.bsky.social presents her model of faith development, one of continuing discipleship, along with outlines and analysis of existing models in The Way Through The Trees: An Introduction to Faith Development. Order here: scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/978033...

Do you need some 'good space' to read, write, reflect or be creative? @sarumcollege.bsky.social offers you a dayr just for you on 4th November; use it as you will and be refreshed. Warm hospitality, great food and companionship in study: book here: www.sarum.ac.uk/short-course...

Sarum Study Day November 2025 - Sarum College

An opportunity to spend a refreshing day at Sarum College. You could take time out to read a book that you’ve been meaning to get to for ages or perhaps reflect on the shape of your ministry, your pat...

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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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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

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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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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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

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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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....

Our editorial team @practicaltheology.bsky.social is expanding and wishes to appoint an Associate Editor. If this may interest you, please follow the below link for further info: www.biapt.org/news/practic... Deadline: 15 August @biaptheology.bsky.social

Just loving this ! @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social who showed us what practical theology feels and sounds like @biaptheology.bsky.social Gratitude

A stellar keynote panel from Dotha Blackwood, Nicola Slee and @woodwardjames.bsky.social chaired by the excellent Anna Creedon. We learned about faith and ageing and how to honour those born earlier. @biaptheology.bsky.social

Our new chair Stephen Roberts brings our conference to a close with a reflection on BIAPT as a place where people feel at home and asking how we might make it feel like home for more people.

Final proof that I should get out a bit more : delighted to be at the 2O25 British and Irish Association of Practical Theology annual conference here in Northampton. Wonderful to catch up with old friends especially Sarah Brush and explore today with Nicola Slee and Dotha Blackwood Older Age

Last night we reinstated a @biaptheology.bsky.social tradition - the conference photo. We didn’t quite have everyone. This has been a great week and a wonderful way to bow out as Chair. Thank you all for your contributions.

It has been such a joy to have @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social as our conference poet at @biaptheology.bsky.social this week bringing beautiful poetry about liminality, change, death and obscure saints.

Excellent to hear from Dr Ruth Perrin at @biaptheology.bsky.social on her work on faith among Millennials. Her book on the topic, Changing Shape, is available here: scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/978033...

Thanks for having us @biaptheology.bsky.social! If you’ve missed out on buying anything from the stall you can use the link below to order it before the end of Friday: scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/biapt2025

BIAPT Virtual Bookstall 2025

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See you shortly @biaptheology.bsky.social! We will be setting up our stall from about noon, come and say hello to us and our books. Looking forward to a great conference here in Northants with @docbrush.bsky.social et al

Joining the ProfDoc students conference for their keynote from the epic Nicola Slee and already feeling really buoyed up by the BIAPT community and all these wonderful people talking about the research drawn from and inspiring their ministerial practice.

Our practicaltheologyhub.com is looking for contributions from theologians. Do you have something to explore that’s not quite enough for a journal? Would it help you to practice writing theology for a more general readership rather than an academic reader? Get in touch with the editorial team.