Remembering Our Lost Ties To Place
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating effect on our world: millions have lost their lives to the virus, national economies have been shattered, and relationships fractured. We hear and…
Ideas that Count…
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating effect on our world: millions have lost their lives to the virus, national economies have been shattered, and relationships fractured. We hear and…
Originally published on ABC's God Forbid website. https://abcmedia.akamaized.net/rn/podcast/2022/02/gfd_20220213.mp3 Has the new year brought a fresh approach to life amid the uncertainty of the pandemic? In achieving human flourishing, developing good habits…
It is with great delight that I announce that our special issue on Religion, Spirituality, and the New African Diaspora has been published in the Journal for the Academic Study of Religion 34(3). Articles…
Radical extremism has increased by 320% in the last five years and cost the world an estimated US$14.1 trillion as of 2018. It’s a worldwide problem. From the agitations of separatist movements and Boko…
Originally published in Psychology Today! This pandemic has been a constant source of change, loss, and isolation. How do we find meaning and hope when all hope seems to be…
by Richard G. Cowden, Victor Counted, Tim Lomas and Andre Renzaho. Original version was published in the Harvard University's The Human Flourishing Program blog It is a truism that the…
Published in The Conversation with Kenneth Pargament and Richard G. Cowden. Strict lock-down regulations, that have been implemented during the COVID-19, pandemic have broad implications for well-being. In many countries,…
The Journal for the Academic Study of Religion, the publication of the Australian Association for the Study of Religion, is inviting expressions of interest for a planned special issue on…
Originally published in Psychology Today! Recent studies in the psychology of religion and positive psychology circles point to the various benefits of religious coping. Dealing with the shock of a natural disaster…
Originally published in The Conversation. Life can be very challenging for new migrants who are faced with the realities of racism, loneliness and underemployment in their adopted countries. It is…