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Attitudes of Catholics in England and Wales to Child Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church (2024)
Report
Ryan, G. A., & Pound, M. (2024). Attitudes of Catholics in England and Wales to Child Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church. Centre for Catholiuc Studies

Over 3000
self-identifying Catholics responded to an online
questionnaire. The sample was representative of
the Catholic population in England and Wales,
including regular and occasional churchgoers as
well as those who do not come to Mass but s... Read More about Attitudes of Catholics in England and Wales to Child Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church.

The safeguarding capability of adults in Catholic Church ministries: A global perspective (2024)
Journal Article
Russell, D. H., Higgins, D. J., Harris, L., Rinaldi, A., Pound, M., & Zollner, H. (2024). The safeguarding capability of adults in Catholic Church ministries: A global perspective. Child Abuse and Neglect, 153, Article 106801. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2024.106801

In the wake of historical sexual abuse across the Catholic Church globally, the Church continues to develop policies and processes to prevent and respond to child sexual abuse, including supporting the skills, knowledge, and confidence of members of... Read More about The safeguarding capability of adults in Catholic Church ministries: A global perspective.

Clerical Abuse (2023)
Book Chapter
Daly, M. E., & Pound, M. (2023). Clerical Abuse. In A. Harris (Ed.), The Oxford History of British and Irish Catholicism, Vol V: Recapturing the Apostolate of the Laity, 1914-2021 (308-333). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198844310.003.0016

From the 1990s onwards a series of child sexual, physical, and emotional abuse allegations and convictions involving male and female Catholic clergy and religious began to gain public attention in Britain, Ireland, and internationally. This chapter e... Read More about Clerical Abuse.

Lived Catholicism: A Roundtable Discussion (2022)
Journal Article
Baigent, A., Pound, M., Bruce, T., Bullivant, S., Harris, A., & Orsi, R. (2022). Lived Catholicism: A Roundtable Discussion. Ecclesial Practices, 9(1), 9 - 27. https://doi.org/10.1163/22144471-bja10033

The study of Lived Catholicism seeks to step away from the normative forces of institutional expectations to explore Catholicism as it is found in the practices of daily life. It draws on the foundations of lived religion in recognising the importanc... Read More about Lived Catholicism: A Roundtable Discussion.

Post-Secular Political Theology (2019)
Book Chapter
Pound, M. (2019). Post-Secular Political Theology. In W. Cavanaugh, & P. Scott (Eds.), Wiley Blackwell Companion to Political Theology. Wiley

Theology After Lacan (2015)
Book
Davis, C., Pound, M., & Crockett, C. (Eds.). (2015). Theology After Lacan. Wipf and Stock

Fyodor Dostoevsky’s protagonist in Notes from Underground nicely identifies the central thesis of this book, namely, that theology in the wake of Lacanian psychoanalysis is devoid of the “the big Other,” i.e., a guarantee that a system of belief is f... Read More about Theology After Lacan.

Political Theology and Comedy: Žižek through Rose Tinted Glasses (2015)
Journal Article
Pound, M. (2015). Political Theology and Comedy: Žižek through Rose Tinted Glasses. Crisis and critique, 2(1), 171-191

This paper defends the centrality of comedy as paradigmatic of political theology by reading the project of Slavoj Žižek through the lens of the late British philosopher Gillian Rose. I begin by exploring Rose’s recovery of Hegel as means to make goo... Read More about Political Theology and Comedy: Žižek through Rose Tinted Glasses.

By the Grace of Lacan (2014)
Book Chapter
Pound, M. (2014). By the Grace of Lacan. In C. Davis, M. Pound, & C. Crockett (Eds.), Theology after Lacan (232-249). WIPF

Theology (2014)
Book Chapter
Pound, M. (2014). Theology. In R. Butler (Ed.), The Zizek dictionary (246-249). Routledge

Theology played a marginal role in Žižek’s early work; only later does he self-consciously identify his work as theology – albeit a ‘materialist theology’ – whilst presenting a concerted critical analysis of Christianity in the light thereof. The cru... Read More about Theology.

Eucharist is Drive (2012)
Book Chapter
Pound, M. (2012). Eucharist is Drive. In L. Isherwood, & M. Zlomislic (Eds.), The poverty of radical orthodoxy (213-235). Wipf and Stock Publishers

Postmodern Philosophy (2011)
Book Chapter
Pound, M. (2011). Postmodern Philosophy. In O. Crisp, G. D'Costa, M. Davies, & P. Hampson (Eds.), Theology and philosophy (186-201). Bloomsbury T&T Clark

Lacan and Girard: Sex and Non-Violence (2009)
Journal Article
Pound, M. (2009). Lacan and Girard: Sex and Non-Violence. Psycho-analytische perspektieven, 26(3-4), 287-302

This paper brings together the work of Jacques Lacan, the great Christianizer of psychoanalysis, and René Girard, the speculative anthropologist whose study of sacrifice and myth led not only to his rejection of Freud and Lacan but a dramatic convers... Read More about Lacan and Girard: Sex and Non-Violence.