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Faith in science, implicit religion and antipathy to religions: a study among Christian and non-religious students (2025)
Journal Article
Francis, L. J., Astley, J., McKenna, U., & Stewart, F. (online). Faith in science, implicit religion and antipathy to religions: a study among Christian and non-religious students. British Journal of Religious Education, https://doi.org/10.1080/01416200.2025.2487999

Bailey’s notion of implicit religion is invoked to explore the conflict between science and religion in the adolescent mind. This conflict is reconceptualised in terms of the theologies of religion. On this account, belief in science (as implicit rel... Read More about Faith in science, implicit religion and antipathy to religions: a study among Christian and non-religious students.

Creation’s Issues: T&T Clark handbook of the doctrine of creation, edited by Jason Goroncy, London, Bloomsbury Academic, 2024, pp. xxx + 981, £150 (hbk), ISBN 978-0-5676-8647-3; £135 (ePDF), ISBN 978-0-5676-8648-0; £135 (eBook), ISBN 978-0-5676-8649-7. (2025)
Journal Article
Astley, J. (2025). Creation’s Issues: T&T Clark handbook of the doctrine of creation, edited by Jason Goroncy, London, Bloomsbury Academic, 2024, pp. xxx + 981, £150 (hbk), ISBN 978-0-5676-8647-3; £135 (ePDF), ISBN 978-0-5676-8648-0; £135 (eBook), ISBN 978-0-5676-8649-7. Rural Theology, 23(1), 43-54. https://doi.org/10.1080/14704994.2025.2480358

The significance of the doctrine of creation, especially its salience for the problem of evil and the debate over the relationship of science to religion, justifies giving it a higher status within Christian teaching than it often receives. Rather th... Read More about Creation’s Issues: T&T Clark handbook of the doctrine of creation, edited by Jason Goroncy, London, Bloomsbury Academic, 2024, pp. xxx + 981, £150 (hbk), ISBN 978-0-5676-8647-3; £135 (ePDF), ISBN 978-0-5676-8648-0; £135 (eBook), ISBN 978-0-5676-8649-7..

Pentecost: The Inside and the Outside of Faith (2024)
Journal Article
Astley, J. (2024). Pentecost: The Inside and the Outside of Faith. Rural Theology, 22(2), 146-148. https://doi.org/10.1080/14704994.2024.2421039

This study offers an example of ‘standing theology’ as distinguished from sitting theology or kneeling theology. It was prepared as a sermon on Pentecost Sunday at St Mary’s, Wycliffe-on-Tees, Co. Durham where the primary reading was Acts 2: 1–21. Read More about Pentecost: The Inside and the Outside of Faith.

Ann Loades as practical theologian and Christian educator (2023)
Journal Article
Astley, J. (2024). Ann Loades as practical theologian and Christian educator. International Journal for the Study of the Christian Church, 23(3), https://doi.org/10.1080/1474225x.2023.2219500

This article attempts to frame the theology and teaching of Ann Loades within the categories of practical theology and Christian education. After outlining the author’s academic relationship with Loades, the author analyses the meaning of the phrase... Read More about Ann Loades as practical theologian and Christian educator.

From a Rural Pulpit: Unexpected Priesthood and its Expectations (2022)
Journal Article
Astley, J. (2022). From a Rural Pulpit: Unexpected Priesthood and its Expectations. Rural Theology, 20(2), 120-123. https://doi.org/10.1080/14704994.2022.2120969

This study offers an example of ‘standing theology’, as distinguished from sitting theology and kneeling theology. The occasion, on 27 June 2021 in St Margaret of Antioch Church, Durham, marked the fiftieth anniversary of the preacher’s ordination to... Read More about From a Rural Pulpit: Unexpected Priesthood and its Expectations.

Data and debate in science and faith: exploring and extending Ecklund’s research programme (2022)
Journal Article
Astley, J. (2023). Data and debate in science and faith: exploring and extending Ecklund’s research programme. Journal of Beliefs and Values, 44(2), 243-253. https://doi.org/10.1080/13617672.2022.2099682

In the context of the distinction between normative and descriptive approaches to the relationship between science and religion, this article discusses the recent work of the sociologist Elaine Ecklund. It reviews four of her published outputs, summa... Read More about Data and debate in science and faith: exploring and extending Ecklund’s research programme.

Introducing the Astley-Francis Theology of Religions Index: Construct Validity among 13- to 15-year-old Students (2016)
Journal Article
Astley, J., & Francis, L. J. (2016). Introducing the Astley-Francis Theology of Religions Index: Construct Validity among 13- to 15-year-old Students. Journal of Beliefs and Values, 37(1), 29-39. https://doi.org/10.1080/13617672.2016.1141527

The ‘theology of religions’ is concerned with the interpretation and evaluation of the divergent truth-claims and views of salvation that are asserted or implied by different religious traditions. This study proposes a new multi-choice index that dis... Read More about Introducing the Astley-Francis Theology of Religions Index: Construct Validity among 13- to 15-year-old Students.