Society and Environment
James Murphy
Recent Publications:
Murphy, J. (2019). Three approaches to teaching secularism in religious studies. Implicit Religion, 22(1), 50-57.
Murphy, J. (2018). Theory, method, and implicit religion. Implicit Religion, 21(1), 112-118.
Murphy, J. (2017). Beyond “religion” and “spirituality”: Extending a “meaning systems” approach to explore lived religion. Archive for the Psychology of Religion, 39(1), 1–26. https://doi.org/10.1163/15736121-12341335.
For a full list of publications see my Staff Profile.
Research Interests:
My research focuses on the psychology of religion, spirituality and other beliefs. In particular, it explores spiritual experiences and worldview formation. I am also interested in research methodology and qualitative research synthesis.
Current Research Projects:
My PhD is entitled “The Self and the Sacred: Exploring the relationships between experiences deemed spiritual or religious and beliefs using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis”. It has developed a new form of multiperspectival IPA to investigate the lived experiences of individuals from a range of different faith traditions in contemporary Britain. It explores the relationships between beliefs, practices, identity, and personal experiences.