Further reading for celebrating diversity
The university has chosen themes for each month to represent the diversity of our community. Below you will find some suggested further readings relevant to studying religion in general and Divinity in particular. We'll be expanding the monthly list as the year unfolds.
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Ellis, Justine Esta. The politics of religious literacy : education and emotion in a secular age. Brill, 2023. [Electronic book – St Andrews]
Meiter, Chad. The Oxford handbook of religious diversity. Oxford University Press, 2011 [Electronic book – St Andrews]
Weir, Todd and Lieke Wijnia (eds). The Bloomsbury Handbook of Religion and Heritage in Contemporary Europe. [Electronic book – St Andrews]
Ramji, Rubina and Alison Marshall. The Bloomsbury Handbook of Religion and Migration. Bloomsbury Academic, 2022 [Electronic book – St Andrews]
D’Costa, Gavin. 2022. 'Christian Theology of Religions', St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology. Edited by Brendan N. Wolfe et al. https://www.saet.ac.uk/Christianity/ChristianTheologyofReligions
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Carr, Mark and Siroj Sorajjakool, Ernest Bursey (eds.) World Religions for Healthcare Professionals. London: Routledge, 2023. [Electronic book – St Andrews]
Cook, Christopher C. H. 2023. 'Theology and Psychiatry', St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology. Edited by Brendan N. Wolfe et al. https://www.saet.ac.uk/Christianity/TheologyandPsychiatry
Koenig, Harold G.,Tyler VanderWeele and John R. Peteet (eds.) Handbook of Religion and Health (3rd edn). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023. [Electronic book – St Andrews]
Sugirtharajah, Sharada (ed.). Religious and Non-Religious Perspectives on Happiness and Wellbeing. London: Routledge, 2022. [Electronic book – St Andrews]
Watts, Fraser (ed.). Spiritual Healing: scientific and religious perspectives. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011. [Electronic book – St Andrews]
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Bartelink, Brenda and Chia Longman, Tamsin Bradley (eds.). Religion and Gender-Based Violence: Global and Local Responses to Harmful Practices. London: Routledge, 2022. [Electronic book – St Andrews]
Blyth, Caroline. Rape Culture, Purity Culture, and Coercive Control in Teen Girl Bibles. London: Routledge, 2021. [Electronic book – St Andrews]
Blyth, Caroline, Emily Colgan and Katie B. Edwards (eds.). Rape Culture, Gender Violence, and Religion: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Chem, Palgrave Macmillan, 2018. [Electronic book – St Andrews]
O'Donnell, Karen. 2023. 'Trauma Theology', St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology. Edited by Brendan N. Wolfe et al. https://www.saet.ac.uk/Christianity/TraumaTheology
Starkey, Caroline and Emma Tomalin (eds.). The Routledge Handbook of Religion, Gender and Society. London: Routledge, 2021. [Electronic book – St Andrews]. Particularly chapter 22 by Atalia Omer on ‘Religion, gender justice, violence, and peace.’
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Erickson-Schroth, Laura. Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource for the Transgender Community. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014. [Print book – St Andrews] (2nd edition, 2022 has been requested.)
Mahmoudi, Hoda, Jane L. Parpart and Kate Seaman (eds.). Women and Inequality in a Changing World: Exploring New Paradigms for Peace. Abingdon, Routledge, 2024. [Electronic book – St Andrews]
Nyhagen, Line and Beatrice Halsaa. Religion, Gender and Citizenship: Women of Faith, Gender Equality and Feminism. New York: Palgrave, 2016. [Electronic book – St Andrews]
Starkey, Caroline and Emma Tomalin (eds.). The Routledge Handbook of Religion, Gender and Society. Abingdon: Routledge, 2022. [Electronic book – St Andrews]
Traina, Cristina L. H. 2023. 'Christian Feminist Theological Ethics', St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology. Edited by Brendan N. Wolfe et al. https://www.saet.ac.uk/Christianity/ChristianFeministTheologicalEthics
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Hunt, Ruth (ed.). The Book of Queer Prophets: 24 Writers on Sexuality and Religion. William Collins, 2020. [Electronic book – St Andrews]
Moore, Stephen D., Kent L. Brintnall, and Joseph A. Marchal. ‘Introduction - Queer Disorientations: Four Turns and a Twist.’ In Sexual Disorientations: Queer Temporalities, Affects, Theologies, ed. Kent L. Brintnall, Joseph A. Marchal and Stephen D. Moore, 1-44. New York: Fordham University Press, 2018. [Electronic book – St Andrews]
Mulyaaand, Teguh Wijaya and Amadeo Devin Udampoh, ‘On Being LGBT-affirming Pentecostals: Exploring Affirming Resources from within Indonesian Pentecostal Churches’. Theology & Sexuality (2023): 1: 34-51 [Online – St Andrews]
Robinson-Brown, Jarel. Black, Gay, British, Christian, Queer: The Church and the Famine of Grace. London: SCM Press, 2021. [Electronic book – St Andrews]
Slater, Jack and Susannah Cornwall. 2022. 'Queer Theology', St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology. Edited by Brendan N. Wolfe et al. https://www.saet.ac.uk/Christianity/QueerTheology
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Pieper, Joseph and Marinus van Uden. Religion and Coping in Mental Health Care. Leiden: Brill, 2005 [Electronic book – St Andrews ]
Rosmarin, David H. and Harold G. Koenig (eds). Handbook of Spirituality, Religion, and Mental Health. London: Academic Press, 2020. Second edition. [Electronic book – St Andrews]
Steedman, Ian, John R. Atherton and Elaine Graham (eds). The Practices of Happiness: Political Economy, Religion and Wellbeing. London: Routledge, 2011. [Open access online]
Sugirtharajah, Sharada (ed.). Religious and Non-religious Perspectives on Happiness and Wellbeing. London: Routledge, 2022. [Electronic book – St Andrews]
Swinton, John. Spirituality and Mental Health Care: Rediscovering a 'Forgotten' Dimension. London, Jessica Kingsley, 2001. [Available at Main Library RC489.S676S8]
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Bradford, Kate L. ‘The Nature of Religious and Spiritual Needs in Palliative Care Patients, Carers, and Families and How They Can Be Addressed from a Specialist Spiritual Care Perspective.’ Religions, 14.1 (2023), pp. 1-22. [Online – open access]
Carey, Lindsay B., Susan Chong and Amy Heath. ‘Helping Carers Care: An Exploratory Study of Factors Impacting Informal Family Carers and Their Use of Aged Care Services.’ Journal of Religion & Health 57.3 (2018), pp. 1146-1167. [Online – open access]
Du Preez, Janice et al. ‘Caring for Persons with Dementia: A Qualitative Study of the Needs of Carers Following Care Recipient Discharge from Hospital.’ BMC Palliative Care 12/13/2023, p1-9. [Online – open access]
Hook, Genine, Marie-Pierre Moreau and Rachel Brooks (eds). Student Carers in Higher Education: Navigating, Resisting and Reinventing Academic Cultures. London: Routledge, 2022 [Electronic book – St Andrews]
Swinton, John. Becoming Friends of Time: Disability, Timefulness, and Gentle Discipleship. London: SCM, 2017.
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Pope Francis, Fratelli Tutti – On fraternity and social friendship. Vatican City, 2020. [Online]
Graham, Elaine L. and Stephen Lowe. What Makes a Good City? Public Theology and the Urban Church. Darton, Longman and Todd, 2009.
Harrison, Beverly Wildung. Justice in the Making: Feminist Social Ethics. Westminster John Knox Press, 2004.
Hindle, Helen. ‘Windows on the world: towards a theology of liberation for older people living in residential care homes.’ Practical Theology 16.1 (2022): 6-19 [Online – St Andrews]
Short, Monica, Julia Anderson, Garry Hamersley, Eldred Royce & John Anderson. ‘The lived experience of rural churches pastorally caring for farmers and graziers: a practical theology conversation.’ Practical Theology, 1-16. [Online - St Andrews]
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Graham, Elaine and Stephen Lowe (2009). What Makes a Good City? Public Theology and the Urban Church. London: Darton, Longman and Todd. [Main Library (BR115.W6G8L7]
Hopkins, Dwight N. and Edward P. Antonio (2012). The Cambridge Companion to Black Theology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Online – St Andrews]
Lawrence, Louise J. (2021). Refiguring Universities in an Age of Neoliberalism: Creating Compassionate Campuses. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. [Online – St Andrews]
Parker, Eve (2022). Trust in Theological Education: Deconstructing “Trustworthiness” for a Pedagogy of Liberation. London: SCM Press. [Online – St Andrews]
Zaidi, Saiyyidah (2023). ‘The Future of Practical Theology: From “A Tale of Two Cities” to a Global Approach.’ Practical Theology, 17(1), 4–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/1756073X.2023.2271738
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Journal of Disability & Religion - publishes research on the intersections of religion and disability, and religious/spiritual practices and beliefs from the perspective of inclusive communities.
Creamer, Deborah Beth. Disability and Christian theology: embodied limits and constructive possibilities. Oxford University Press, 2008.
MacKinlay, Elizabeth. Ageing, disability, and spirituality : addressing the challenge of disability in later life. Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2008.
Swinton, John and Brian Brock (eds.). Disability in the Christian tradition: a reader. Eerdmans, 2012. Main Library BT732.7B873
Vuk, Martina. Theological perspectives on reimagining friendship and disability. Palgrave Macmillan, 2023.
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Cone, James H. God of the Oppressed. London: SPCK, 1977. Ebook
Delgada, Richard and Jean Stefancic. Critical Race Theory: An Introduction, 3rd ed. New York: New York University Press, 2017. Ebook
Reddie, Anthony G. Is God Colour-Blind? Insights from Black Theology for Christian Faith and Ministry, 2nd ed. London: SPCK, 2020.
McCaulley, Esau. Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise of Hope. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2020. Ebook
Williams, Delores S. Sisters in the wilderness : the challenge of womanist God-talk. Orbis, 2013. Ebook.