Dr KATIE CROSS

Dr KATIE CROSS
Dr KATIE CROSS
Dr KATIE CROSS

MA (Hons), MTh, PhD

Lecturer

Accepting PhDs

About
Email Address
k.cross@abdn.ac.uk
Office Address
KCS14 King's College
Old Aberdeen Campus
King's College
AB24 3UB

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School/Department
School of Divinity, History, Philosophy & Art History

Biography

I currently hold the post of Christ’s College Lecturer in Practical Theology. My work and teaching is centred around theologies of trauma, suffering, and division. My first book was a theological engagement with the Sunday Assembly, a "godless congregation," and I have also co-edited two volumes on trauma theology (Feminist Trauma Theologies and Bearing Witness, both with SCM Press). My current research explores the beliefs, practices, and traumas of Christians who have left the church. I am an active qualitative researcher, and I regularly share my research in public forums.

Memberships and Affiliations

Internal Memberships
  • Senior Undergraduate Tutor, Divinity
  • Sophia Network (Divinity and Religious Studies) 
  • Member, Gifford Lecture Committee
External Memberships

Latest Publications

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Research

Research Overview

My research interests include:
  • Trauma theology
  • Theology and disaster/religious responses to tragic events
  • Theodicy and the problem of evil
  • Secularity, atheism and unbelief
  • Non-religious spirituality
  • Church-leaving 
  • Qualitative research/qualitative methodologies 

Research Areas

Accepting PhDs

I am currently accepting PhDs in Divinity.


Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your research ideas further.

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Accepting PhDs

Research Specialisms

  • Theology
  • Religion in Society
  • Theology and Religious Studies

Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.

Knowledge Exchange

Common Awards Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging Series, "Trauma and pastoral care" with Rev Dr Delroy Hall (February 2023). A webinar considering issues of trauma and pastoral care in church settings.

Church Times, "Our polite evasion is a threat to survival" (August 2021) A short opinion piece on privilege, materialism, and climate anxiety in churches.

smallVoice Podcast, “A Thousand Words" (June 2021) A discussion about my work in trauma, centred on theologies of Holy Saturday.

Politics in the Pulpit, “Episode 14 with Katie Cross” (June 2021) A discussion for the Joint Public Issues Team (JPIT) podcast, on the need for politics in theology. Topics of protest, hostile environment, and trauma theology are also covered.

The Shiloh Project, “Traumatised People Are Not Your Mission Field” (April 2021) A short blog for The Shiloh Project on the uneasy relationship between trauma and church mission.

 

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