Cross-Training Fellowship Program Fellow, Ft Canon Dr Carlton Turner, recently appeared on the Sunday School for Misfits with Dr Selina Stone Podcast, where he discussed the themes of his recent research focusing on the intersection of psychology, race, and trauma within the church. The episode reflects on collaborative work concerning race and wellbeing in the […]
August 5, 2025 | Oxford, UK Cross-Training Fellowship Program member, Dr. Ann Gillian Chu, presented at the 2025 Baptist Scholars International Roundtable, organized by the Department of Religion at Baylor University, followed by Professor Dub Oliver, the president of Union University, who offered a detailed response to Dr. Chu’s paper. Dr. Chu’s presentation is titled: […]
June 18, 2025 | Northampton, UK The Cross-Training Fellowship Program Fellow, Dr. Rachel Kevern, presented at the 8th Biennial Conference of the International Network for the Study of Spirituality. The theme for this year’s conference was “Spirituality, Consciousness, Technology and Wellbeing: Implications for Education, Research and Practice”. Dr. Kevern’s presentation title was “‘Whether in the […]
June 25, 2025 | Eindhoven, the Netherlands The Cross-Training Fellowship Program member, Dr. Ann Gillian Chu, presented at the 24th Biennial International Conference of the Society for Philosophy and Technology, alongside her colleagues from Hong Kong Baptist University, Dr. Rachel Siow Robertson and Dr. Vincent W. P. Lee, which was held at the Eindhoven University […]
June 13-14, 2025 | Online The Cross-Training Fellowship Program members presented at the Asian Practical Theology International Conference 2025, which was held online. The theme for this year’s conference is “Intersection of Trauma and Practical Theology in Asia.” The presenters and their respective presentations for the event were:
June 13, 2025 | Saskatoon, Canada The Cross-Training Fellowship Program members held a panel discussion at the International Academy of Practical Theology 2025 Conference in Saskatoon, Canada. The theme for this year’s conference is “(Be)Coming Home and (Re)Building Community in the Face of Displacement,” and our fellows’ panel is titled: “Intergenerational Discourses and Practices.” The […]
April 1, 2025 | Princeton, USA Dr. Ann Gillian Chu, an Assistant Professor in the Academy for Chinese, History, Religion and Philosophy at Hong Kong Baptist University, together with her Research Assistant Ms. Claire Hiu-ching Cheung, shared the preliminary findings from their Cross-Training funded research project in Princeton Theological Seminary’s Center for Asian American Christianity’s […]
March 28, 2025 | Auckland, New Zealand On March 28, 2025, Dr. Lynne Taylor included findings from her research project in a keynote presentation entitled, "Sharing faith, imaging God, nourishing hope: Faith and hope that is relational, mysterious, and transformational" at the Hope Conference in Auckland, New Zealand. Lynne’s project pointed to the importance of […]
March 10, 2025 | Oxford, UK Dr. Tobias Tanton was accepted onto a new fellowship program (funded by the John Templeton Foundation) for cross-training in the psychology of (non)religion for theologians. The program brings fellows together with cognitive scientists and psychologists to consider the question: “How can spiritual yearning (in nonreligious individuals) be operationalized and […]
February 20, 2025 | Denver, USA Research Fellow, Dr. Shoko Watanabe, presented a data-blitz talk at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology’s (SPSP) Pre-Conference on Psychology of Religion and Spirituality. The 5-minute presentation included results from our survey data gathered from over 150 academic theologians. Dr. Watanabe shared our research on how theologians perceive […]
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