Conversations in Practical Theology: Recent Episodes
Eric Stoddart, Saiyyidah Zaidi and others
Saiyyidah Zaidi & Eric Stoddart in conversation about the benefits of inperson rather than online encounters.
Saiyyidah Zaidi and Eric Stoddart discuss uncertainty and its relationship in religious and other perspectives to faith, certainty and doubt.
Saiyyidah Zaidi and Eric Stoddart discuss spirituality when it's memory loss and cognitive decline that is of concern.
They make reference to the work of John Swinton whose publications can be found at: https://www.abdn.ac.uk/sdhp/profiles/j.swinton#publications
Saiyyidah Zaidi and Eric Stoddart talk about autoethnography - one of the research methods sometimes used in practical theology. 2 November 2023.
Resources:
'Invitation to Research in Practical Theology' by Zoë Bennett, Elaine Graham, Stephen Pattison, Heather Walton. Published by Routledge in 2018. https://www.routledge.com/Invitation-to-Research-in-Practical-Theology/Bennett-Graham-Pattison-Walton/p/book/9781138478565#
'Ethics in Autoethnography and Collaborative Autoethnography' by Judith C. Lapadat in the journal 'Qualitative Inquiry' vol 23, issue 8, 2017. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1077800417704462
Saiyyidah Zaidi and Eric Stoddart talk about making space that is material, psychological, emotional and spiritual. 2 May 2023
Saiyyidah Zaidi and Eric Stoddart talk with Prof. Elaine Graham about practical theology and her recent work. Recorded 6 March 2023
Saiyyidah Zaidi and Eric Stoddart talk to Prof. Nicola Slee.
https://www.queens.ac.uk/people/academic/nicola-slee
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nicola-Slee/e/B001HD30YW%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
Saiyyidah Zaidi and Eric Stoddart talk about the connection between practical theology and concern for the environment.
Saiyyidah Zaidi and Eric Stoddart speak to Rev. Owen Griffiths, minister of Carmel Chapel, Blaenllechau in Wales, and chair of BIAPT (the British & Irish Association for Practical Theology).
SaSaiyyidah Zaidi and Eric Stoddart talk about how restrictions on gathering and movement help us rethink what is of most importance for worship practices.
Saiyyidah Zaidi and Eric Stoddart talk about pilgrimage; its spirituality and connectedness, from major once-in-a-lifetime events to small walks.
Saiyyidah Zaidi, Harrie Cedar and Eric Stoddart talk about new beginnings from their respective religious traditions of Islam, Judaism and Christianity.
Saiyyidah Zaidi and Eric Stoddart talk about group identities, tribes, and the categories into which we place ourselves - and others place us. They ponder how their respective faith traditions (Muslim and Christian) help them think through identity and its potential to alienate others.
Harrie Cedar and Eric Stoddart discuss prayer from their respective Jewish and Christian perspectives.
Saiyyida Zaidi talks to Eric Stoddart about his Christian practical theology research in surveillance and human flourishing. Eric is currently writing another book on surveillance. This time it's on the common good and surveillance. The Common Gaze will be published by SCM in late 2020.
Saiyyidah Zaidi and Eric Stoddart in conversation with Anthony Reddie about his new book, Theologising Brexit: A Liberationist and Postcolonial Critique (Routledge, 2019). https://www.routledge.com/Theologising-Brexit-A-Liberationist-and-Postcolonial-Critique-1st-Edition/Reddie/p/book/9780367028886
Saiyyidah Zaidi in conversation with Eric Stoddart about her recent participation in this summer school in Oxford, UK.
Saiyyidah Zaidi & Eric Stoddart in conversation about the recent BIAPT (British and Irish Association for Practical Theology) conference, held in Liverpool, England, 8-11 July 2019.
Saiyyidah Zaidi & Eric Stoddart in conversation about competitiveness in life and particularly in spirituality.
Saiyyidah Zaidi & Eric Stoddart in conversation about freedom, what it is, what it is for.
A discussion of the differences between religion and spirituality, with some diversions into technology, quick-fixes to life's challenges, and spirituality and loneliness.
Some aspects of how religions use and generate money; sometimes turning spiritual activities into commercial activities.