Grant Abstracts

Between Belief and Grief: The Psychology of Theodicy
My research project aims to explore the relationship between theodicy and psychological resilience. Theodicy is a theological and philosophical practice that attempts to show how belief that God is all-powerful and all-good can be consistent...

Jahdiel Perez

Moral Injury, Spiritual Damage, and Abuse in Catholic Ecclesial Contexts
To re-conceptualize, from an interdisciplinary theopsych perspective, the spiritual damage/ moral injury caused by catholic clergy abuse, distinguishing it from damages caused by other types of abuse perpetrators. Based on the premise that catholic clergy...

Carolina Montero Orphanopoulos

Respacing the Sacred: Hope among the Diasporic Communities in their Exilic Journey
This project aims to establish the voice of the diasporic communities as a theological method. The term, voice, refers to the experience including the agency of the experiencer; establishing the voice of the diasporic communities...

Man-Hei Yip

Exploring the Relationship between Mystical Experience and the Physical Body in the Alister Hardy Religious Experience Research Centre Archive
The aim of this project is to explore the relationship between mystical experiences of divine realities and the experience of the body as represented in a selection of late 20th and early 21st century accounts...

Rachel Kevern

God-nature Overlap and Environmental Care
Psychologists have long applied their disciplinary tools to probe the pressing social issues of their day; for example, the psychology of prejudice was developed in wake of World War Two and the American Civil Rights...

Tobias Tanton

Prophetism and Psychosocial Wellbeing among Neo-Pentecostal Christians in Ghana
This project seeks to investigate how prophetism shapes the way Ghanaian neo-Pentecostal Christians understand and relate to God. The project is guided by the question: To what extent does the expectation in prophecy to speak...

Francis Ethelbert Kwabena Benyah

Imago Dei and Faith Formation: Exploring the Relationship between God Representations and Personal Aspirations towards Flourishing
This project seeks to better understand the relationship between people’s perceptions of God and their aspirations towards living well. As well as contributing to theological and psychological theory, the research will help churches and Christians...

Lynne Taylor

Attachment Theory and Divine Representation: A Critical Engagement
The aim of this project is to offer a critical engagement with the use of attachment theory in psychology of religion research from a metapsychological perspective. The research area is the relation between attachment theory...

Peter Kline

Material Rendering of Imagery of 'Divine' and 'Faith' of Practicing Christian Adults
I am exploring the development of religious/spiritual imagery in the creative process of adult Christian artists. Specifically, I am researching how these people think and express their beliefs in tangible forms such as art, symbols,...

Pavlína Kašparová

Exploring the God and Self Representations of Christians with Intellectual Disabilities
The God-representations of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are largely unexplored in the psychology of religion field. There are likely several reasons for this, including communication challenges and accessibility problems with the self-reporting...

Keith Dow

CONNECTED. Assessing Connectedness as a Spiritual Experience
Connectedness is the key concept of this proposed research project. It addresses the issue of arising new (digital) spaces and new ways of articulating and communicating spiritual experiences (SBNR) in today’s globally linked society. The...

Jasmine Hieronymi-Suhner

The Where-Being of God as Transcendent, Immanent, or Indwelling and Associations with Contemplative Prayer
In the Roman Catholic tradition, contemplation is often considered the highest expression of prayer (CCC, 2711). In contemplative prayer, the praying individual is said to encounter God in the silence of her heart. Those who...

Ela Łazarewicz-Wyrzykowska

Clinicians, Patients and Divine Realities: An Exploration of How Mental Health Professional Understand Patients Experiences of Divine Realities
In our society, when an individual discusses experiences of divine realities and they have a diagnosis of a severe mental challenge, these experiences are often categorised and understood as a symptom of illness. The proposed...

Hannah Waite

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