S13 E11: The One About The Psychology Of Religion

louisajanesmith
Dec 18, 2024
1 min read

In a move towards multidisciplinary RE, I wonder if you are stuck on how to teach through a social sciences lens - particularly through a psychological lens. Maybe you are not sure what the psychology of religion is, or how to incorporate it into your lessons. Or maybe you have started to explore but have become overwhelmed. Dr Carissa Sharp is an associate professor of Psychology of Religion from The University of Birmingham and she came on to the podcast to guide us through how to do this.

For example, is this a psychological question – “Does God exist?” – and if not, how do we turn it into one?

For the answer and for much more, listen to this episode.

The links for this episodes are below;

Get in touch with Dr Carissa Sharp

https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/tr/sharp-carissa

https://crosstrainingpsychologyandtheology.com/

https://crosstrainingpsychologyandtheology.com/resources/resources-for-re-teachers/

When Children Draw Gods by PY Brandt

https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-94429-2

Believing, Bonding, Behaving, and Belonging: The Big Four Religious Dimensions and Cultural Variation by Vassilis Saroglou

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0022022111412267#:~:text=Believing%2C%20Bonding%2C%20Behaving%2C%20and,Cultural%20Variation%20%2D%20Vassilis%20Saroglou%2C%202011

Experimenting with Religion by Jonathan Jong