‘Treat me as a whole person (and indeed woman)’: exploring additional, holistic tripartite support for women undertaking doctoral studies in theology

This article investigates the Doctoral Support Project (DSP), which provides additional holistic support to 12 women studying theology at doctoral level. Using psychological Self-Determination Theo...

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Singing in adversity: the role of religious songs in the coping mechanism of human trafficking victims

Current research analyses the intersection of music, religion, and trauma in the context of human trafficking. This research investigates the role of religious songs based on the experiences of vic...

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Eating with the enemy: ‘state of grace’ as requirement for receiving communion from an Asian perspective

The Eucharist is both a gift of grace and a call to communion, yet the requirement of being in a ‘state of grace’ before receiving it remains a contentious point of theological discussion today. Th...

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What’s distinctive about contemporary ministry amongst younger generations?

This empirical study asked a range of stakeholders about their view and experience of ministry amongst children, young people and families in 2024. Many of the responses highlighted issues which ha...

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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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Adult theological education special issue 18-06

Published in Practical Theology (Vol. 18, No. 6, 2025)

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Editorial

Published in Practical Theology (Vol. 18, No. 5, 2025)

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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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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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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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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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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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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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Charismatic Christianity: introducing its theology through the gifts of the Spirit

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

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Lived mission in 21st century

Published in Practical Theology (Ahead of Print, 2025)

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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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Chaplaincy: contemporary and global perspectives

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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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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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Theology matters: What is trauma theology?

Karen O’Donnell explains the growing interest in the area

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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. ...

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

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Editorial

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

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