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November 28, 2024
Dr. Rachel Kevern presents her project at the Spirituality & Mysticism Postgraduate Seminar!

November 28, 2024 | Salisbury, UK On Thursday, November 28th, Dr. Rachel Kevern will present her ongoing cross-training project: “Whether in the body or out of the body I do not know”: Mystical experience and the body in the Alister Hardy archive. The hybrid seminar takes place at Sarum College at 1-6pm and online via […]

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November 22, 2024
Call for Papers: A Special Issue on Divine Realities

November 22, 2024 | Birmingham, UK Dr. Carissa Sharp, Dr. Amy Daughton, and Dr. Shoko Watanabe are guest editing a special issue for the Journal of Psychology and Theology. The title of the special issue is “Understanding Human Conceptions of Divine Realities: Exploring the Intersection between Psychology and Theology.” The deadline for submitting the initial […]

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November 20, 2024
Dr. Carolina Montero Orphanopoulos hosts an expert panel in Santiago!

November 20, 2024 | Santiago, Chile On November 20, 2024, Dr. Carolina Montero Orphanopoulos convened a specialized panel, Abuse in Ecclesial Contexts: Its Particularities and Specific Harms, as a significant outcome of her ongoing fellowship project. This gathering hosted 25 invited experts, including forensic psychologists, lawyers, theologians, clinical psychologists, sociologists, and representatives from ecclesial organizations […]

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October 14, 2024
Dr Ann Gillian Chu has been selected as a 2025 Scholar of Baptist Scholars International Roundtable!

October 14, 2024 | Oxford, UK Organized by the Department of Religion at Baylor University, Baptist Scholar International Roundtable (BSIR) Scholars were selected through a competitive process to present their papers related to the 2025 theme: Baptists and Global Mission. We are extremely excited that Cross-Training Fellow Dr Ann Gillian Chu has been selected as […]

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September 5, 2024
Dr. Tobias Tanton wins the 2024 ESSSAT Research Prize!

August 31, 2024 | Split, Croatia The European Society for the Study of Science and Theology (ESSSAT) announced the winner of the 2024 ESSSAT Research Prize at their biennial European Conference on Science and Theology, which was held in Croatia this year. The award recognizes outstanding contributions to the dialogue between science and theology. We are […]

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September 5, 2024
5 Cross-Training Fellows present papers at the ECST in Split, Croatia!

August 29-31, 2024 | Split, Croatia On August 29-31, five Fellows from the Cross-Training Program presented their psychology-engaged research papers at the 20th European Conference on Science and Theology (ECST) in Split, Croatia. The theme of this year’s conference was “Sciences, Theologies, Fictions: the construction of narrative in science and religion.”

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September 5, 2024
Cross-Training Fellows host an interactive panel discussion in Split, Croatia!

August 30, 2024 | Split, Croatia The Cross-Training Fellowship Program members held an interactive panel discussion at the 20th European Conference on Science and Theology (ECST) in Split, Croatia. ECST is a biennial conference organized by the European Society for the Study of Science and Theology (ESSSAT). The two-hour panel session (chaired by Dr. Shoko […]

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August 15, 2024
Congratulation to Dr. Hannah Waite, who received the British Academy Post-Doctoral Fellowship Award of £364,652.80!

August 6, 2024 | Leeds, UK Dr. Hannah Waite has received the very prestigeous British Academy Post-Doctoral Fellowship Award to explore "A both-and approach to biological disorder and religious experience." You can read more about her project in our "Grant Abstracts" page and also here. Dr. Waite will be starting the 3-year fellowship this Fall […]

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July 27, 2024
Dr. Lynne Taylor shares insights from our Cross-Training Program at the Practical Theology Research Network in Oceania seminar!

July 26, 2024 | Otago, New Zealand On July 26, Dr. Lynne Taylor spoke at a virtual seminar hosted by the Practical Theology Research Network in Oceania (PTRNO). PTRNO is a network of practical theologians, operating under the umbrella of the Association of Practical Theology in Oceania (APTO). One of the things that Lynne talked […]

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July 4, 2024
Dr. Shoko Watanabe discusses the Cross-Training Project's empirical research during the Interdisciplinarity and Collaboration Panel at INSBS!

July 4, 2024 | Frankfurt, Germany At the 5th annual conference of the International Research Network for the Study of Science and Belief in Society held in Oberursel, Germany, Dr. Shoko Watanabe discussed her ongoing empirical work investigating how theologians in academia perceive psychology/psychologists. Shoko’s talk began by pointing out that although psychology and theology […]

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