International Association for the Psychology of Religion Podcast
A podcast in which academics within the field of the Psychology of Religion, and associated fields, are interviewed and discuss the latest academic literature and research on the Psychology of Religion
Episode 4 - Dr Carissa Sharp: IAPR 2025 Conference Special Episode
In this special episode of the IAPR Podcast, host, Dr Sarah Charles, talks with Dr Carissa Sharp from the University of Birmingham about the upcoming 2025 IAPR Conference that will be held in Birmingham, UK in August of 2025.
0:00 Introduction
0:45 About Carissa Sharp
3:45 How Carissa found the IAPR
4:30 2025 IAPR Conference
9:10 Keynote Speakers
11:25 Pre-Conference information
14:00 Associated event (Psychology-engaged theology)
16:50 Networking as friends-making not a chore
18:35 Recap and conference dates
IAPR Conference Dates: Tuesday 19th August - Friday 22nd August
<...Episode 3 - Dr Suvi-Maria Saarelainen: Religious Coping & Existential Loneliness
In the Third episode of the IAPR podcast, host Dr Sarah Charles interviews Dr Suvi-Maria Saarelainen, who is an associate professor at the University of Eastern Finland, about her work on the religious coping and existential loneliness
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:22 Suvi's academic Background
3:35 IAPR as an academic home
4:41 Suvi's work on religious coping
7:05 Generational differences and similarities
10:35 Existential Loneliness
14:20 Relationship to wider loneliness research
16:45 Cultural differences between Finland and Sweden
19:50 Theoretical frameworks & Suvi-Maria's Future
25:00 Palliative care and Bereavement
27:40 Visual Methods
32:05 Outro
Suvi's Email Address...
Episode 2 - Dr Everton de Oliveira Maraldi: Possession, Dissociation, and More
In the second episode of the IAPR podcast, host Dr Sarah Charles interviews Dr Everton de Oliveira Maraldi about his work on the psychology of mediumship, possession, and dissociation
Chapters
0:00 Intro
1:27 About Everton
5:21 Psychology's WEIRD approach to mediumship and spiritism
11:40 Everton's cross-cultural work and potential for new ideas
14:00 The role of embodied cognition in possession and mediumship
19:10 Cross-cultural consistency of diagnosis of dissociation
20:30 Trauma, dissociation, and depersonalisation
25:05 Meta-psychological discussion, measurement, bias in interpretation, and demand characteristics
31:20 How to avoid methodological issues, and deception
37:50 The assumed li...
Episode 1 - Julia Gyimesi, Epilepsy and Religiosity
In the first episode of the International Association for the Psychology of Religion (IAPR) podcast, host Dr Sarah Charles interviews Dr Julia Gyimesi about her recent article published in Issue 1 of Volume 45 of the Archive for the Psychology of Religion entitled "Epilepsy and religiosity: A historical overview" (DOI: 10.1177/00846724221135678)
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