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]