Research at Luther
Luther's faculty and students are involved in research that advances the body of knowledge in their chosen specialties.
Their work falls into three broad categories — academic, community and performance — that include theoretical and applied research. Some of their most recent work is gathered in the sections below.
A portion of our research is featured in the online publication Consensus: A Canadian Journal of Public Theology.
More extensive publications lists are included on each faculty member's faculty profile page.
PUBLISHED/CONDUCTED
- MacGregor, Laura: 2021 "A Present Absence: The Spiritual Paradox of Parenting a Medically Complex Child." The Canadian Journal of Theology, Mental Health and Disability https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/cjtmhd/article/view/36909
- Mona Tokarek LaFosse: 2021 “CSPS/ACÉP: A Small But Stable Society,” in a special edition of Studies in Religion / Sciences Religieuses.
- Debbie Lou Ludolph: 2021 Singing Difference Amid Relational Connectedness: A Narrative Study of How Singing Together Shapes Worldview (video presentation)
- Marc Blainey: 2021 Christ Returns from the Jungle: Ayahuasca Religion as Mystical Healing. Albany, NY: SUNY Press.
- Laura MacGregor: 2021 "Embodied Spirituality: Maternal Reflections on the Intellectualization of Worship and the Embodied Worship of People with Intellectual Disabilities. Canadian Journal of Theology, Mental Health, and Disability https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/cjtmhd/article/view/35012/27480
- Kyoung Jung Kim: 2021 Korean Canadian Christian Young Adults’ Attitudes Towards Mental Health Issues (MHI) and services (MHS)
- Susan Lankowski: 2021 The Sower, the Story and Kingdom Space in the Gospel of Mark
- Allen Jorgenson: 2020 Indigenous and Christian Perspectives in Dialogue: Kairotic Place and Borders. Lexington. (theoretical)
- Mary Philip (aka Joy): 2020 Religion, Sustainability and Education: Pedagogy, perspectives and Praxis towards Ecological Sustainability, Mary Philip, Chad Rimmer, Tom S. Tomren, Eds., Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Lutheran World Federation: Embla Akademisk, 2021. (theoretical)
- Mary Philip (aka Joy): 2020 “Revisiting the Earth Charter: Where are We, What did we Choose, 19 Years later?,” in Earth Charter, Education and the Sustainable Development Goal 4.7: Research, Experiences and Reflections, Mirian Vilela, Alicia Jimenez, Eds., Costa Rica: Earth Charter International Publications. (theoretical)
- Lauren Price: 2019 "Faith, Loss and Meaning: Frameworks of Meaning as a Practical Approach to Spirituality in the Therapy Room," Consensus: Vol. 40 : Iss. 1 , Article 9. (theoretical)
- Kate Harper: (2019). Alexander Bain's Mind and Body (1872): An underappreciated contribution to early neuropsychology. Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, 55(2), 139-160. (theoretical)
- Christopher Ross:(2019) Personality, Religion, and Leadership: The Spiritual Dimensions of Psychological Type Theory
IN PROGRESS
PUBLISHED/CONDUCTED
- Politics and Faith in a Polarized World, by John Milloy, assistant professor of public ethics; director of the Centre for Public Ethics. 2021
- Shifting Paradigms: Martin Luther's Enduring Global Impact is an eight-lecture series presented in early 2020 (in co-operation with Third Age Learning K-W).
- The Art of Dying Well, by David Pfrimmer, professor emeritus; fellow, Centre for Public Ethics.
- Faith and Politics Matters, by John Milloy, assistant professor of public ethics; director of the Centre for Public Ethics.
IN PROGRESS
- Please return to this section as we continue to populate our research page with content.
PUBLISHED/CONDUCTED
- Inshallah: Sing the Circle Wide Songbook, by the Kanata Centre for Worship and Global Song. (applied)
IN PROGRESS
- Please return to this section as we continue to populate our research page with content.
UNDERGRADUATE CAPSTONE PROJECTS
- Loza Abebe: 2021 Faith and democracy: Participating in elections as members of a faith community
- Justin Doolittle: 2021 Common Ground:Finding the intersection between social justice and conservatism in Canada
- Shaylene Jones: 2021 Changing my view of a pew
- Sarah Stockford: 2021 Understanding domestic violence: Education for university students
- Janelle Webster Berry: 2021 Making the Canadian immigration process more human