Theology and Therapy

Welcome to the website for the Theology and Therapy research project, funded under the joint AHRC/ESRC Religion & Society Programme. The Theology and Therapy Project investigates the way in which psychotherapy, Christianity, and "spirituality" have overlapped and inter-twined in the post-war period (1945-2000). Although most of the project's focus is on Scotland, it will also examine some related developments in England.

The project team consists of four Edinburgh University academics: Professor David Fergusson, Professor Liz Bondi, Dr Steven Sutcliffe, and Dr Alette Willis. The project is notable for its interdisciplinary collaboration, since it brings together academics in the School of Divinity and in the School of Health in Social Science.

LATEST NEWS:

REGISTRATION is now open for our one-day conference: The Interface Between Psychotherapy, Christianity and Spirituality 1945-2000.

Please follow this link to the registration page.

UPCOMING PRESENTATIONS:

"Spirituality as a Cultural Resource for Counselling Psychotherapy" Dr. Steven Sutcliffe. Keynote presentation at COSCA 8th Counselling Research Dialogue. 22 November 2011, Stirling, UK.

"Counselling, psychotherapy and religion; reclaiming forgotten histories; making new meanings" Liz Bondi and Alette Willis. Paper presentation at COSCA 8th Counselling Research Dialogue. 22 November 2011, Stirling, UK.

"Approaching Knowledge Exchange Narratively: The Therapy and Theology Project" Alette Willis and Liz Bondi. Paper presentation at CRFR 10th Anniversary National Conference. 30 November 2011, Edinburgh, UK.

Alette Willis and Liz Bondi will be participating in an interdisciplinary symposium on oral history techniques and approaches 7 December 2011 at the School of Scottish Studies, University of Edinburgh.