Elisabeth Arweck (Last updated 11 October 2013)
List of Publications
Books
2013(Editor) Secularity and Non-Religion (Routledge), forthcoming.
2013(Editor, with Robert Jackson) Religion, Education and Society: Young People, Religious Identity, Socialisation and Diversity (Routledge), October 2013.
2012(Editor, with Mathew Guest) Religion and Knowledge (Ashgate). Further details at:
2009(Editor, with Christopher Deacy) Exploring Religion and the Sacred in a MediaAge(Ashgate). Further details at:
2006(Editor, with Peter Collins) Reading Religion in Text and Context:Reflections of Faith and Practice in Religious Materials (Ashgate). Further details at:
2006(Editor, with William Keenan) Materialising Religion: Expression, Performance and Ritual (Ashgate). Further details at:
2006Researching New Religious Movements in the West: Responses &Redefinitions (Routledge)
2001(Editor, with Martin Stringer) Theorising Faith: The Insider/Outsider Problem in the Study of Ritual (U of Birmingham P).
1997(with Peter Clarke) New Religious Movements in Western Europe: An Annotated Bibliography (Greenwood P).
Special Journal Issue
in prep.(editor, with Anna Halafoff and Gary Bouma), ‘Religious Diversity and Religions and Beliefs Education’,Journal of Intercultural Studies, to be published in 2015
2013(editor) “Belief as Cultural Performance”, special issue of Journal of Contemporary Religion 25 (2 May)
2012(editor, with Robert Jackson) “Religion in Education”, special issue of Journal of Beliefs and Values 33 (3 December)
2012(editor) “Non-religion and Secularity”, special issue of Journal of Contemporary Religion 24 (1 January)2012 (editor, with Robert Jackson) “Religion in Education”, special issue of Journal of Beliefs and Values, December, forthcoming.
Articles
2013“The Role of Emotion and Identity in Mixed-Faith Families”, in Emotions and Religious Dynamic: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, edited by Douglas Davies (Ashgate), forthcoming.
2013“’I’ve been christened, but I don’t really believe in it’: How Young People Articulate their (Non-)Religious Identities and Perceptions of (Non-)Belief”, in Social Identities between the Scared and the Secular, edited by Abby Day, Christopher R. Cotter & Giselle Vincett (Ashgate), forthcoming.
2013(Contributor) “International Bibliography of Sociology of Religions 2008.” Social Compass 59 (3), September, forthcoming.
2012(with Eleanor Nesbitt) “Young People in Mixed Faith Families: A Case of Knowledge and Experience of Two Traditions?”, in Religion and Knowledge, edited by Mathew Guest and Elisabeth Arweck (Ashgate): 57–75.
2012(Contributor) “International Bibliography of Sociology of Religions 2008.” Social Compass 58 (3), September: 386–465.
2012(with James A. Beckford) “Social Perspectives”, in Religion and Change in Modern Britain, edited by Linda Woodhead, Routledge: 352–372.
2012(with Eleanor Nesbitt) “The Interaction of the Major Religions at Microcosmic Level: Religiously-Mixed Families in the UK”, in Teaching Religion, Teaching Truth: Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives, edited by Jeff Astley, Leslie J. Francis, Mandy Robbins and Mualla Selçuk, Peter Lang: 135–153.
2011(Contributor) “International Bibliography of Sociology of Religions 2008.” Social Compass 57 (3), September: 393–482.
2011(with Eleanor Nesbitt) “Religious Education in the Experience of Young People from Mixed-Faith Families”, British Journal of Religious Education 33 (1), 2011: 1–15.
2010(Contributor) “International Bibliography of Sociology of Religions 2008.” Social Compass 57 (3), September: 386–439.
2010(with Eleanor Nesbitt) “Religious Education and Pupils from ‘Mixed-Faith’ Families”, REsource 32 (3, Summer): 16–18.
2010(with Eleanor Nesbitt) “Close Encounters? The Intersection of Faith and Ethnicity in Mixed-Faith Families”, Journal of Beliefs and Values 31 (1, April): 39–52.
2010(with C. Chapman, G. Lindsay, D. Muijs, A. Harris, J. Goodall) “Governance, Leadership, and Management in Federations of Schools”, School Effectiveness and School Improvement 21 (1): 53–74.
2010(with Eleanor Nesbitt) “Plurality at Close Quarters: Mixed-Faith Families in the UK”, Journal of Religion in Europe 3 (1): 155–182.
pending(with Eleanor Nesbitt) “Enrichment or Estrangement: Young People in Mixed Faith Families and their Dual Heritage”
2010(with Eleanor Nesbitt) “Issues Arising from an Ethnographic Investigation of the Religious Identity Formation of Young People in Mixed-Faith Families”, Fieldwork in Religion Vol 5 (1): 7–30.
2010(with Eleanor Nesbitt) “Growing up in a Mixed-Faith Family: Intact or Fractured Chain of Memory?”, in Religion and Youth. Edited by Sylvie Collins–Mayo and Pink Dandelion, Ashgate: 167–174.
2010(with Eleanor Nesbitt) “Young People’s Identity Formation in Mixed-Faith Families: Continuity or Discontinuity of Religious Traditions?”, Journal of Contemporary Religion 25 (1, January): 67–87.
2009“Religious Studies, Religionswissenschaft, the Sociology of Religion, and the Study of New Religious Movements”, in Fluide Religion: Neue religiöse Bewegungen im Wandel. Theoretische und empirische Systematisierungen. Edited by Dorothea Lüddeckens and Rafael Walthert, transcript-Verlag: 55–76.
2009(Contributor) “International Bibliography of Sociology of Religions 2008.” Social Compass 56 (3), September: 420–494.
2009(with Dimitra Hartas, Geoff Lindsay, and Stephen Cullen) “The Nature and Outcomes of PGCE Plus as a Model for Teacher Professional Development”, Professional Development in Education 35: (1, March): 108–118.
2008(Contributor) “International Bibliography of Sociology of Religions 2007.” Social Compass 55 (3): 374–447.
2008-(with Eleanor Nesbitt) “Peace and Non-Violence: Sathya Sai Education in Human Values in British schools.” Journal of Peace Education 5 (1, March), forthcoming.
2007“Globalisation and New Religious Movements.” In Religion, Globalization and Culture. Edited by Peter Beyer and Lori Beaman, Brill: 253–280.
2007(Contributor) “International Bibliography of Sociology of Religions 2006.” Social Compass 54 (3): 495–542.
2007(with Eleanor Nesbitt) “Spirituality in Education: Promoting Children’s Spiritual Development through Values.” Journal of Contemporary Religion 22 (3), October: 311–326.
2006 (with Eleanor Nesbitt) “Retrospect and Prospect: sampradayas and Warwick Fieldwork in Religion and Education”, Fieldwork in Religion 2 (1): 49–63.
2006(Contributor) “International Bibliography of Sociology of Religions 2005.” Social Compass 53 (3): 401–446.
2005“The Anti-Cult Movement.” In Clarke, P. B. “Encyclopedia of New Religious Movements (Routledge, p. 31–34).
2005“L.Ron Hubbard”. In Clarke, P.B. Encyclopedia of New Religious Movements (Routledge, p. 254–258).
2005(with Eleanor Nesbitt and Robert Jackson) Educating the Next Generation in Universal Values? Hindu-related New Religious Movements and Values Education in the Common School, Scriptura, (International Journal for Bible, Religion and Theology in Southern Africa) 89: 328-337.
2005(with Eleanor Nesbitt & Robert Jackson) Common Values for the Common School? Using Two Values Education Programmes to Promote ‘Spiritual and Moral Development’. Journal of Moral Education 34 (3), 325-42.
2005“New Religious Movements.” In Sheldrake, P., ed. New SCM Dictionary of Christian Spirituality. (SCM P/Westminster John Knox P), p. 450-51.
2005(Contributor) “International Bibliography of Religions 2004”, Social Compass, 52 (3)
2004(with Eleanor Nesbitt). “Values Education: The Development and Classroom Use of an Educational Programme.” British Educational Research Journal 30 (2), April, 245–261.
2004(with Eleanor Nesbitt) “Living Values: An Educational Program—from Initiative to Uptake.” British Journal of Religious Education 26 (2), June, 133–149.
2004“Frank Buchman.” The New Dictionary of National Biography. (Oxford UP).
2004(Contributor) "International Bibliography of Sociology of Religions 2003." Social Compass 51 (3).
2003(with Eleanor Nesbitt) “Researching a New Interface between Religions and Publicly Funded Schools in the UK.” International Journal of Children’s Spirituality, 8 (3).
2003(Contributor) "International Bibliography of Sociology of Religions 2002." Social Compass 50 (3).
2002(Contributor) "International Bibliography of Sociology of Religions 2001." Social Compass 49 (3).
2001“The Insider/Outsider Problem in the Study of New Religious Movements.” In Arweck, E. & Stringer, M., eds. Theorising Faith: The Insider/Outsider Problem in the Study of Ritual. (U of BirminghamP).
2001“New Religious Movements.” In Woodhead, L. et al., eds. Religion in the Modern World: Traditions and Transformations (Routledge).
2001“Sociologists as Prophets? The Case of New Religious Movements.” In Holmes-Edinger, B.; Gasper, H. & Müller, J., eds. Neue Wege zum Heil? Die Religiöse Frage und die Vielzahl der Antworten. Festschrift für Dr Friederike Valentin. Vienna: Referat für Weltanschauungsfragen der Erdiözese Wien.
2001(Contributor) “International Bibliography of Sociology of Religions 2000.” Social Compass 48 (3).
2000“Apologetik im Dialog mit neuen religiösen Bewegungen.” In Hempelmann, R. & Dehn, U., eds. Festschrift für Reinhart Hummel. Dialog und Unterscheidung: Religionen und neue religiöse Bewegungen im Gespräch. Berlin: EZW.
2000(Contributor) "International Bibliography of Sociology of Religions 1999." Social Compass 47 (3).
Research Reports
2012Contributions to End of Project Report of AHRC/ESRC funded project on “Young People’s Attitudes to Religious Dversity”, 2009–2012 (principal investigator: Prof. Robert Jackson)
2011(Geoff Lindsay, Mairi Ann Cullen, Stephen Cullen, Julie Dockrell, Steve Strand, Elisabeth Arweck, Seamus Hegarty, Susan Goodlad) “Evaluation of Impact of DfE Investment in Initiatives Designed to Improve Teacher Workforce Skills in Relation to SEN and Disabilities: Final Report.” CEDAR, University of Warwick & London, Psychology and Human Development, Institute of Education, University of London.
2010“Evaluation of Impact of DfE Investment in Initiatives Designed to Improve Teacher Workforce Skills in Relation to SEN and Disabilities: 1st Interim Report.” CEDAR, University of Warwick, October 2010.
2009Contributions to End of Project Report of AHRC funded project on “Investigating the Religious Identity Formation of Young People in Mixed-Faith Families”, 2006–2009 (principal investigator: Dr Eleanor Nesbitt)
2007(with Geoff Lindsay, Daniel Muijs, Alma Harris, Chris Chapman, and Janet Goodall) School Federations Pilot Study 2003-2007, Research Report DCSF-RR015, Department for Children, Schools and Families. Nottingham: DfES Publications.
2006(with Stephen Cullen, Dimitra Hartas, and Geoff Lindsay) The National Academy for Gifted and Talented Youth: Evaluation of PGCE Plus 2006, Interim Report 2. CEDAR, University of Warwick, March 2006.
2005(with Mairi Ann Cullen, Stephen Cullen, and Geoff Lindsay) The National Academy for Gifted and Talented Youth: Evaluation of PGCE Plus 2004, Interim Report 1. CEDAR, University of Warwick, March 2005.
2004–05Contributions to interim reports and final report for CEDAR (DfES sponsored) evaluation project: Primary Modern Foreign Languages
2004–06Contributions to interim reports and final report for CEDAR (DfES sponsored) evaluation project on Federations
2003Contributions to End of Project Report of AHRB funded project on “Assessing the Approach of Sathya Sai Baba’s Followers’ to Young People’s Spiritual and Moral Development”, January 2003–July 2004 (principal investigator: Dr Eleanor Nesbitt)
2002Contributions to End of Project Report of AHRB funded project on “Fostering Spirituality in Late Modernity: Brahma Kumaris in the UK”, October 2001–September 2002 (principal investigator: Dr Eleanor Nesbitt)
Other
2002Register of Membership 2002–2003, BSA Sociology of Religion Study Group.
2001Register of Membership 2001–2002, BSA Sociology of Religion Study Group
2000Register of Membership 2000–2001, BSA Sociology of Religion Study Group
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