Publications by ISSR Fellows
Below is a list publications by ISSR members. You can search the list using the search box below.
Tom Chatfield
Wise Animals
Picador, February 2024
https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/tom-chatfield/wise-animals/9781529079746
Rt Revd Dr Richard Cheetham
Collective Worship - Issues and Opportunities
SPCK, 2004
Prof Philip Clayton
In Quest of Freedom: The Emergence of Spirit in the Natural World,
Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2008 + German translation, 2007
Ed: All That Is: A Naturalistic Faith for the 21st Century, in honor of Arthur Peacocke,
Fortress Press, 2007
Practicing Science, Living Faith: Twelve Scientists in the Quest for Reconciliation, (edited volume)
Columbia University Press, 2007
Co-authors: Eds: P. Clayton & Jim Schaal,
The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Science,
Oxford University Press, 2006; pbk edn April 2008
The Re-emergence of Emergence: The Emergentist Hypothesis from Science to Religion (edited volume)
Oxford University Press, 2006
Co-authors: Eds: P. Clayton & Paul Davies
Mind and Emergence: From Quantum to Consciousness
Oxford University Press, 2004. Pbk edn 2006
Evolution and Ethics: Human Morality in Biological and Religious Perspective (edited volume)
Eerdmans, 2004
Co-authors: Eds: P. Clayton & Jeffrey Schloss,
Science and Beyond: Cosmology, Consciousness and Technology in the Indic Traditions (edited volume)
NIAS Publications, 2004
Co-authors: Eds: P. Clayton, Roddam Narasimha, B. V. Sreekantan & Sangeetha Menon
In Whom We Live and Move and Have Our Being: Panentheistic Reflections on God’s Presence in a Scientific World (edited volume)
Eerdmans, 2004
Co-authors: Eds: P. Clayton & Arthur Peacocke
Quantum Mechanics, vol. 5 of Scientific Perspectives on Divine Action (edited volume)
Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences, 2002
Co-authors: Eds: P. Clayton, Robert J. Russell, John Polkinghorne et al.,
Science and the Spiritual Quest: New Essays by Leading Scientists (edited volume)
Routledge, 2002
Co-authors: Eds: P. Clayton, Mark Richardson et al.,
The Problem of God in Modern Thought
2000
God and Contemporary Science
Edinburgh University Press and Eerdmans, 1997
Das Gottesproblem, vol. 1: Gott und Unendlichkeit in der neuzeitlichen Philosophie, my translation,
Ferdinand Schöningh Verlag, 1996
Revd Prof William Clocksin
Ivan Colagè
Prof Ronald Cole-Turner
Revd Canon Dr Joanna Collicutt
Dr Francis S. Collins
The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief,
Free Press, 2006
www.amazon.com/gp/product/0743286391/sr=8-1/qid=1152798581/ref=pd_bbs_2/103-6478775-3901428?ie=UTF8
Prof Ernst Conradie
Redeeming Sin? Social Diagnostics amid Ecological Destruction.
Lexington, 2017
The Earth in God’s Economy: Creation, Salvation and Consummation in Ecological Perspective
Lit Verlag, 2015
Saving the Earth? The Legacy of Reformed Views on “Re-creation”
Lit Verlag, 2015
T&T Clark Handbook on Christian Theology and Climate Change
T&T Clark, 2019
Editors: Ernst M. Conradie and Hilda P. Koster
Christian Faith and the Earth: Current Paths and Emerging Horizons in Ecotheology
T&T Clark, 2014
Editors: Ernst Conradie, Sigurd Bergmann, Celia Deane-Drummond, Denis Edwards
Guy Consolmagno
Prof Simon Conway-Morris
Life's Solution
Cambridge University Press, 2003 + various translations
Prof Christopher Cook
Spirituality, Theology & Mental Health
SCM, 2013
Editors: Cook, Christopher C.H.
Rev. Dr. Greg Cootsona
Rev. Dr.
Revd Dr Christopher Corbally
Prof Susannah Cornwall
Mr John Cornwell
Professor Doru Costache
Dreams, Virtue and Divine Knowledge in Early Christian Egypt
Cambridge University Press, 2019
Co-authors: Bronwen Neil, Kevin Wagner
https://www.cambridge.org/au/academic/subjects/classical-studies/ancient-history/dreams-virtue-and-divine-knowledge-early-christian-egypt?format=HB
Nature Contemplation in Clement of Alexandria: Elements of the Method
Routledge, 2025
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9781003488453/nature-contemplation-clement-alexandria-doru-costache
A New Copernican Turn: Contemporary Cosmology, the Self, and Orthodox Science-Engaged Theology
Routledge, 2024
Co-authors: Geraint F. Lewis
https://www.routledge.com/A-New-Copernican-Turn-Contemporary-Cosmology-the-Self-and-Orthodox-Science-Engaged-Theology/Costache-Lewis/p/book/9781032863498
Humankind and the Cosmos: Early Christian Representations
Brill, 2021
https://brill.com/view/title/60404
Consciousness in the Cosmos: From René Descartes to David Bohm’s Revolution
in Journal of Consciousness Studies
2025
Volume: 32:5–6
Pages: 155-179
https://doi.org/10.53765/20512201.32.5.155
Astral Iconography and the Byzantine Study of the Heavens
in De Medio Aevo
2024
Volume: 13:2
Pages: 321-351
https://dx.doi.org/10.5209/dmae.96568
Transitions in Patristic Cosmology: From Cosmophobia to Universe-(Re)Making
in Religions
2024
Volume: 15:6
https://doi.org/10.3390/rel15060728
The Cosmology of David Bohm: Scientific and Theological Significance
in Theology and Science
2024
Co-authors: Richard de Grijs
Volume: 22:1
Pages: 204-220
https://doi.org/10.1080/14746700.2023.2294529
Patristic and Neopatristic Antecedents of Scientifically Engaged Theology
in St Vladimir’s Theological Quarterly
2023
Volume: 67:1-2
Pages: 115-145
https://www.academia.edu/110320816/Patristic_and_Neopatristic_Antecedents_of_Scientifically_Engaged_Theology
‘A Note on Evagrius’ Cosmological and Metaphysical Statements’
in The Journal of Theological Studies
Oxford University Press, 2020
Volume: 71:2
Pages: 718-730
https://academic.oup.com/jts/article-abstract/71/2/718/6007992
‘Strange Bedfellows? Orthodox Perspectives on Theology, Spirituality, Science, and Technology’
in Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Theologia Orthodoxa
Babes-Bolyai University, 2020
Volume: 65:2
Pages: 5-25
https://www.academia.edu/45142410/Strange_Bedfellows_Orthodox_Perspectives_on_Theology_Spirituality_Science_and_Technology
‘The Orthodox Doctrine of Creation in the Age of Science’
in Journal of Orthodox Christian Studies
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019
Volume: 2:1
Pages: 43-64
https://www.academia.edu/37088958/The_Orthodox_Doctrine_of_Creation_in_the_Age_of_Science
‘One Description, Multiple Interpretations: Suggesting a Way Out of the Current Impasse’
Brepols, 2021
Editors: Christopher Knight and Alexei Nesteruk
Volume: Eastern Orthodox Christianity and the Sciences: Theological, Philosophical, Scientific and Historical Aspects of the Dialogue
Pages: 33-49
https://www.academia.edu/43717810/One_Description_Multiple_Interpretations_Suggesting_a_Way_Out_of_the_Current_Impasse
‘Maximus the Confessor and John Damascene’s cosmology’
Bloomsbury/T&T Clark, 2020
Editors: John Slattery
Volume: The T&T Clark Handbook of Christian Theology and the Modern Sciences
Pages: 81-91
https://www.academia.edu/41670315/Maximus_the_Confessor_and_John_Damascenes_Cosmology
‘A Theology of the World: Dumitru Stăniloae, the Traditional Worldview, and Contemporary Cosmology’
Brepols, 2019
Editors: Vasilios N. Makrides and Gayle Woloschak
Volume: Orthodox Christianity and Modern Science: Tensions, Ambiguities, Potential
Pages: 205-222
https://www.academia.edu/35940919/A_Theology_of_the_World_Dumitru_Sta_niloae_the_Traditional_Worldview_and_Contemporary_Cosmology
‘Orthodoxy and Science: Insights from the Holy and Great Council’
in The Ecumenical Review
World Council of Churches, 2020
Volume: 72:3
Pages: 396-408
https://www.academia.edu/42963649/Orthodoxy_and_Science_Insights_from_the_Holy_and_Great_Council
‘Andrew of Crete’s Great Canon, Byzantine Hermeneutics, and Genesis 1-3’
Brill, 2020
Editors: Andrew Mellas and Sarah Gador-Whyte
Volume: Hymns, Homilies and Hermeneutics in Byzantium
Pages: 67-85
https://www.academia.edu/42812018/Andrew_of_Crete_s_Great_Canon_Byzantine_Hermeneutics_and_Genesis_1_3
‘Christian Gnosis: From Clement the Alexandrian to John Damascene’
Routledge, 2019
Editors: Garry W. Trompf, Gunner B. Mikkelsen, and Jay Johnston
Volume: The Gnostic World
Pages: 259-270
https://www.academia.edu/36058193/Christian_Gnosis_From_Clement_the_Alexandrian_to_John_Damascene
‘Byzantine and Modern Orthodox Gnosis: from the Eleventh to the Twenty-First century’
Routledge, 2019
Editors: Garry W. Trompf, Gunner B. Mikkelsen, and Jay Johnston
Volume: The Gnostic World
Pages: 426-435
https://www.academia.edu/36534265/Byzantine_and_Modern_Orthodox_Gnosis_From_the_Eleventh_to_the_Twenty_First_Century
‘The King, the Palace, and the Kingdom: Anthropic Thinking in Gregory of Nyssa, John Chrysostom, and Other Witnesses’
AIOCS Press, 2017
Editors: Doru Costache and Mario Baghos
Volume: John Chrysostom: Past, Present, Future
Pages: 235-265
https://www.academia.edu/34847019/The_King_the_Palace_and_the_Kingdom_Anthropic_Thinking_in_Gregory_of_Nyssa_John_Chrysostom_and_Other_Witnesses
‘Being, Well-being, Being for Ever: Creation’s Existential Trajectory in Patristic Tradition’
Cambridge Scholars, 2017
Editors: Doru Costache, Darren Cronshaw, and James Harrison
Volume: Well-being, Personal Wholeness and the Social Fabric
Pages: 55-87
https://www.academia.edu/32369512/Being_Wellbeing_Being_for_Ever
‘Mapping Reality within the Experience of Holiness’
Oxford University Press, 2015
Editors: Pauline Allen and Bronwen Neil
Volume: The Oxford Handbook of Maximus the Confessor
Pages: 378-396
https://www.academia.edu/6543330/Mapping_Reality_within_the_Experience_of_Holiness
‘The Transdisciplinary Carats of Patristic Byzantine Tradition’
in Transdisciplinary Journal of Engineering & Science 4
2013
Pages: 131-140
https://www.academia.edu/3591807/The_Transdisciplinary_Carats_of_Patristic_Byzantine_Tradition
‘Meaningful Cosmos: Logos and Nature in Clement the Alexandrian’s Exhortation to the Gentiles’
in Phronema 28:2
2013
Pages: 107-130
https://www.academia.edu/4750435/Meaningful_Cosmos_Logos_and_Nature_in_Clement_the_Alexandrian_s_Exhortation_to_the_Gentiles
‘Making Sense of the World: Theology and Science in St Gregory of Nyssa’s An Apology for the Hexaemeron’
in Phronema 28:1
2013
Pages: 1-28
https://www.academia.edu/3642262/Making_Sense_of_the_World_Theology_and_Science_in_St_Gregory_of_Nyssa_s_An_Apology_for_the_Hexaemeron
‘Approaching An Apology for the Hexaemeron: Its Aims, Method and Discourse’
in Phronema 27:2
2012
Pages: 53-81
https://www.academia.edu/1972006/Approaching_An_Apology_for_the_Hexaemeron_Its_Aims_Method_and_Discourse
‘Seeking Out the Antecedents of the Maximian Theory of Everything: St Gregory the Theologian’s Oration 38’
in Phronema 26:2
2011
Pages: 27-45
https://www.academia.edu/1077436/Seeking_Out_the_Antecedents_of_the_Maximian_Theory_of_Everything_St_Gregory_the_Theologian_s_Oration_38
‘The Other Path in Science, Theology and Spirituality: Pondering a Fourteenth Century Byzantine Model’
in Transdisciplinary Studies 1
2011
Pages: 39-54
https://www.academia.edu/1077421/The_Other_Path_in_Science_Theology_and_Spirituality_Pondering_a_Fourteenth_Century_Byzantine_Model
‘Christian Worldview: Understandings from St Basil the Great’
in Phronema 25
2010
Pages: 21-56
https://www.academia.edu/1077400/Christian_Worldview_Understandings_from_St_Basil_the_Great
‘Queen of the Sciences? Theology and Natural Knowledge in St Gregory Palamas’ One Hundred and Fifty Chapters’
in Transdisciplinarity in Science and Religion 3
2008
Pages: 27-46
https://www.academia.edu/1077479/Queen_of_the_Sciences_Theology_and_Natural_Knowledge_in_St_Gregory_Palamas_One_Hundred_and_Fifty_Chapters
Associate Professor of Psychology Victor Counted
The Psychology of Religion and Place: Emerging Perspectives
Palgrave MacMillan, November, 2019
Editors: Fraser Watts
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-28848-8
The Roots of Radicalization: Disrupted Attachment Systems and Displacement
Lexington Books/Rowman & Littlefield, July, 2021
https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781793628084/The-Roots-of-Radicalization-Disrupted-Attachment-Systems-and-Displacement
Place and Post-Pandemic Flourishing: Disruption, Adjustment, and Healthy Behaviors
Springer Nature, October, 2021
Co-authors: Richard G. Cowden, Haywantee Ramkissoon
Transcending place attachment disruptions during a public health crisis: Spiritual struggles, resilience, and transformation.
in Journal of Psychology and Christianity
Christian Association for Psychological Studies, March, 2021
Co-authors: Neff, M.A., Captari, L., & Cowden, R.G.
Volume: 39(4)
Pages: 276-286
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/345766796_Transcending_Place_Attachment_Disruptions_During_A_Public_Health_Crisis_Spiritual_Struggles_Resilience_and_Transformation
The influence region of origin, area of residence prior to migration, religion, and perceived discrimination on acculturation strategies among sub-Saharan African migrants in Australia
in Journal of International Migration and Integration
Springer, May, 2021
Co-authors: Renzaho, A., Mansouri, F., Polonsky, M.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12134-021-00829-x
Hope and Well-being in Vulnerable Contexts During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Does religious coping matter?
in The Journal of Positive Psychology
Taylor & Francis, November, 2020
Co-authors: Pargament, K.I., Bachera, A.O., Joynt, S., & Cowden, R.G.
https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2020.1832247
Conventional and unconventional forms of religiosity: identifying predictive factors and wellbeing outcomes.
in Journal for the Study of Spirituality
Taylor & Francis, August, 2020
Co-authors: Possamai, A., Jinks, T.,
Volume: 10(2)
Pages: 155-170
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/20440243.2020.1817249
Attachment to Australia, Attachment to God, and Quality of Life Outcomes in African Christian Diaspora.
in Journal of Spirituality in Mental Health
Taylor & Francis, 2020
Co-authors: Possamai, A., McAuliffe, C., & Meade, T.
Volume: 22(1)
Pages: 65-95
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19349637.2018.1499165
The Role of Spirituality in Promoting Sense of Place among Foreigners of African Background in the Netherlands.
in Ecopsychology
Mary Ann Liebert Inc, 2019
Volume: 11(2)
Pages: 101-109
https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/eco.2018.0070
A Space of Transition and Transaction: A rejoinder to selected commentaries on place spirituality.
in Archive for the Psychology of Religion
SAGE, 2019
Co-authors: Fraser Watts
Volume: 41(1)
Pages: 43-52
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0084672419832673
Place Spirituality: an attachment perspective
in Archive for the Psychology of Religion
SAGE, 2019
Co-authors: Hetty Zock
Volume: 41(1)
Pages: 12-25
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0084672419833448
Sense of Place Attitudes and Quality of Life Outcomes among African Residents in a Multicultural Australian Society.
in Journal of Community Psychology
Wiley, 2019
Volume: 47(2)
Pages: 338-355
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30203846
Migration and socio-demographic factors associated with the sense of place attitudes of sub-Saharan Africans in northern and western Netherlands
in Journal of Community Psychology
Wiley, 2019
Co-authors: Moustafa, A.A., & Renzaho, A.
Volume: 47(2)
Pages: 238-253
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6585797/
African Christian Diaspora Religion and/or spirituality: A concept analysis and re-interpretation.
in Critical Research in Religion
SAGE, 2019
Volume: 7(1)
Pages: 58-79
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/2050303218823258
Domains of Religious Coping Behaviour among African Christians in New South Wales, Australia: An exploratory qualitative study.
in Journal of Spirituality in Mental Health
Taylor & Francis, 2019
Volume: 21(3)
Pages: 215-236
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19349637.2018.1476948
Defining the psychology of religion and place: a concept analysis
in The Psychology of Religion and Place
Palgrave/Springer, 2019
Co-authors: Fraser Watts
Editors: Victor Counted & Fraser Watts
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-28848-8_16
The Psychology of Place Spirituality: A Cascade of Parallel Processes.
in The Psychology of Religion and Place
Palgrave/Springer, 2019
Editors: Victor Counted & Fraser Watts
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-28848-8_9
An Introduction to the Psychology of Religion and Place
in The Psychology of Religion and Place
Palgrave/Springer, 2019
Co-authors: Fraser Watts
Editors: Victor Counted & Fraser Watts
Pages: 1-12
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-28848-8_1
Why and How Environmental and Religious Attachments Matter for Health Promotion.
in The Psychology of Religion and Place
Palgrave/Springer, 2019
Co-authors: Tanya Meade
Editors: Victor Counted & Fraser Watts
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-28848-8_15
Religion, Place, and Attachment: An Evaluation of Conceptual Frameworks
in The Psychology of Religion and Place
Palgrave/Springer, 2019
Pages: 33-48
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-28848-8_3
Global avoidant attachment predicts indicators of caregiving faith in Australian-based African Christians in New South Wales.
in Journal for the Academic Study of Religion
Equinox Publishing, 2018
Volume: 30(1)
Pages: 55-74
https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/JASR/article/view/36551
Relational Spirituality and Quality of Life 2007 to 2017: An integrative research review.
in Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
BioMed Central (BMC), 2018
Co-authors: Possamai, A., & Meade, T.
Volume: 16
https://hqlo.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12955-018-0895-x
The Circle of Place Spirituality: Toward a motivational systems theory in the psychology of religion
in Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion
Brill, 2018
Volume: 29
Pages: 149-178
https://brill.com/view/book/edcoll/9789004382640/BP000017.xml
Pastoral Juxtaposition in Spiritual Care: Toward a caregiving faith theology in an evangelical Christian context.
in HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies
AOSIS, 2018
Co-authors: Joseph Robert Miller
Volume: 74(2)
Pages: a4630
https://hts.org.za/index.php/HTS/article/view/4630
Place Attachment in the Bible: The role of attachment to sacred places in religious life.
in Journal of Psychology and Theology
SAGE, 2017
Co-authors: Fraser Watts
Volume: 45(3)
Pages: 218-232
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/009164711704500305
Attachment Theory and Religious Violence: Theorizing Adult Religious Psychopathology.
in Journal for the Study of Religion
AJOL, 2017
Volume: 30(1)
Pages: 78-109
http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1011-76012017000100005
Between God and Self: Exploring the attachment to God and authenticity/inauthenticity tendencies of South African Christian youths.
in Mental Health, Religion & Culture
Taylor & Francis, 2017
Co-authors: Ahmed Moustafa
Volume: 20(2)
Pages: 109-127
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13674676.2017.1326476
The Psychology of Youth Faith Formation: A Care-giving Faith?
in Journal of Youth and Theology
Brill, 2016
Volume: 15(2)
Pages: 146-172
https://brill.com/view/journals/jyt/15/2/article-p146_4.xml
Making Sense of Place Attachment: Towards a Holistic Understanding of People-place Relationships and Experiences.
in Environment, Space, & Place
University of Minnesota Press, 2016
Volume: 8(1)
Pages: 7-32
https://www.pdcnet.org/esplace/content/esplace_2016_0008_0001_0007_0032
Missionising Youth Identity Crisis: Towards a missional hermeneutic of care in youth ministry practice.
in Missionalia: Southern African Journal of Missiology
The Southern African Missiological Society (SAMS), 2016
Volume: 41(1)
Pages: 82-102
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/305756407_Missionising_Youth_Identity_Crisis_Towards_a_missional_hermeneutic_of_care_in_youth_ministry_practice
Being Authentic is the New Image: A study of authenticity and selfhood among south African Christian millennials.
in Mental Health, Religion and Culture
Taylor & Francis, 2016
Volume: 19(3)
Pages: 263-294
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13674676.2016.1168388
God as an Attachment Figure: A Case Study of the God Attachment Language and God Concepts of Anxiously Attached Christian Youths in South Africa
in Journal of Spirituality in Mental Health
Taylor & Francis, 2016
Volume: 18(4)
Pages: 316-346
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19349637.2016.1176757
Prof Roberto Covolan
Prof Ramanath Cowsik
