NEICE Research Interests
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NEICE Research Interests
NEICE 1981 – 2013
ARCHIVE WEBSITE
The Institute ceased its activity and the charity was dissolved at the end of April 2013
This is a copy of the NEICE website active at that date
Faith Development Studies
Some Relevant Publications
David Heywood, ‘Piaget and Faith Development: a true marriage of minds?’, British Journal of Religious Education, 8, 1986
Elizabeth Fisher, ‘Some Reservations on a Faith Stage Theory’, Christian, 10, 1986
Jeff Astley, ‘Stages of Faith’, in Edward Bailey (ed.), A Workbook in Popular Religion, Partners Publications, 1986
Jeff Astley et al., How Faith Grows: faith development and Christian education, National Society/Church House Publishing, 1991
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Jeff Astley and Leslie J Francis (eds), Christian Perspectives on Faith Development: A Reader, Fowler Wright/Eerdmans, 1992
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Judith M Sadler, ‘All-Age Learning: implications for faith development, education and nurture in a changing church’, MA thesis, University of Durham, 1995
Jeff Astley, ‘Adolescent Faith and Conversion’, Journal of Beliefs and Values, 17, 1996
Jeff Astley, ‘The Role of the Family in the Formation and Criticism of Faith’, in S Barton (ed.), The Family in Theological Perspective, T & T Clark, 1996
Jeff Astley, ‘Non-realism for Beginners?’, in C Crowder (ed.), God and Reality, Mowbray, 1996
Jeff Astley and Nick Wills, ‘Adolescent “Faith” and its Development: introduction and implications’, Youth and Policy, 65, 1999
Philip Drake, ‘A Connection of Friends: The Church’s Relationship with Young Adults’, MA thesis, University of Durham, 1999
Jeff Astley, ‘Insights from Faith Development Theory and Research’, in Learning in the Way, Gracewing, 2000
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Jeff Astley, ‘On Gaining and Losing Faith with Style: a study of post-modernity and/or confusion among college students’, in Leslie J Francis and Yaacov J Katz (eds), Joining and Leaving Religion: research perspectives, Gracewing, 2000
Jeff Astley and Leslie J Francis, ‘Christian Education and Openness: An Empirical Investigation among Undergraduates’, Religious Education, 97, 2002
Marion Smith, Ways of Faith: A Handbook of Adult Faith Development, NEICE, 2003
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Jeff Astley, ‘The Psychology of Faith Development’, in Marian de Souza, Leslie J. Francis, James O’Higgins-Norman and Daniel G. Scott (eds), International Handbook of Education for Spirituality, Care and Wellbeing, Part One, Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer, 2009, 231-245
Jeff Astley, ‘Forms of Faith and Forms of Communication’, in John Sullivan (ed), Communicating Faith (Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, 2011), 16-30
See also Books, Articles, essays and reports and Research theses.
Current Projects
- gender issues in faith formation and expression