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Heaven and temple in the Second Temple period: A taxonomy (2023)
Journal Article
Moore, N. J. (2023). Heaven and temple in the Second Temple period: A taxonomy. Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha, 33(1), 75-93. https://doi.org/10.1177/09518207211052237

It is a commonplace of ancient Near Eastern worldviews that temples have cosmic significance. This understanding persists and develops in the Second Temple period, with numerous texts witnessing to a widely held belief that the Jerusalem temple refle... Read More about Heaven and temple in the Second Temple period: A taxonomy.

Psychiatrists’ attitudes to professional boundaries concerning spirituality and religion: mixed-methods study (2023)
Journal Article
Poole, R., Cook, C. C. H., Song, R., & Robinson, C. A. (2023). Psychiatrists’ attitudes to professional boundaries concerning spirituality and religion: mixed-methods study. BJPsych Bulletin, 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjb.2023.66

Aims and method Calls for the integration of spirituality into psychiatric practice have raised concerns about boundary violations. We sought to develop a method to capture psychiatrists’ attitudes to professional boundaries and spirituality, explor... Read More about Psychiatrists’ attitudes to professional boundaries concerning spirituality and religion: mixed-methods study.

University Chaplaincy as Relational Presence: Navigating understandings of good and effective chaplaincy in UK universities (2023)
Journal Article

Chaplains are embedded in the culture and life of many universities and are a key part of university support for religious students. Yet university chaplaincy has rarely been researched by social scientists. This article explores the role of chaplain... Read More about University Chaplaincy as Relational Presence: Navigating understandings of good and effective chaplaincy in UK universities.

Apostolic till the very end: The contribution of older Roman Catholic sisters' experience of ageing to the evolving identity of women's religious life (2023)
Book Chapter
Sexton, C. (2023). Apostolic till the very end: The contribution of older Roman Catholic sisters' experience of ageing to the evolving identity of women's religious life. In N. Slee, D. Llewellyn, K. Wasey, & L. Taylor-Guthartz (Eds.), Female Faith Practices: Qualitative Research Perspectives. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003228431-19

This chapter explores the experience of ministry among elderly Roman Catholic sisters for whom ministry is now home-based and focussed primarily on each other and those who care for them. It is based on interviews conducted with a group of elderly Ca... Read More about Apostolic till the very end: The contribution of older Roman Catholic sisters' experience of ageing to the evolving identity of women's religious life.

Rich Poverty: 2 Corinthians 8.1–15 and the Social Meaning of Poverty and Wealth (2023)
Journal Article
Barclay, J. M. (2023). Rich Poverty: 2 Corinthians 8.1–15 and the Social Meaning of Poverty and Wealth. New Testament Studies, 69(3), 243-257. https://doi.org/10.1017/s002868852200039x

This article, originally presented as the Presidential Address at the 2022 SNTS Meeting in Leuven, explores the ways in which Paul configures giving and ‘wealth’, both in relation to the Macedonians and Corinthians (as contributors to the Jerusalem c... Read More about Rich Poverty: 2 Corinthians 8.1–15 and the Social Meaning of Poverty and Wealth.

Toward a Holistic Pentecost: Pentecostalism, Embodiment, and Social Justice (2023)
Journal Article
Stone, S. (2023). Toward a Holistic Pentecost: Pentecostalism, Embodiment, and Social Justice. Pneuma: The Journal of the Society for Pentecostal Studies, 45(1), 21-39. https://doi.org/10.1163/15700747-bja10081

Pentecostalism is often celebrated as a holistic or embodied spirituality that overcomes the dualisms inherent to modernity, and that juxtapose the body and the spiritual. However, historically and in the present, pentecostals struggle to address the... Read More about Toward a Holistic Pentecost: Pentecostalism, Embodiment, and Social Justice.