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“We will travel together”. Can we use picture books to support our understanding of Black autism?
No full textHadiza Kere Abdulrahman, Clare Lawrence, Clare Mahon, Sheine Peart ask whether we can use picture books to challenge the perceptions of the children we teach and – more – those of ourselves as teachers and as individuals
Civilian internment in the Raj: Central and family internment camps c.1939-43
No full textSeptember 1939 marked the beginning of a new chapter in the history of civilian internment in the British Raj. During the Second World War, India reprised the role of ‘gaol of Empire’. In addition to interning European enemy aliens present in 1939, thousands more were shipped from the Middle and Far East to camps across India. This chapter provides a survey of the development of the main internment camps where German, Italian and other European nationalities were detained before the opening of the Dehra Dun Central Internment Camp (CIC). It outlines pre-war preparations, the initial arrest of enemy aliens and transfer from local reception camps to the Ahmednagar CIC before their interim stay at Deolali cantonment in the Nashik district of the Bombay Province. The establishment of family camps at Purandhar and Satara, also in Bombay, after the re-internment of enemy aliens in 1940 is discussed, as well as the Deoli camp in Ajmer which briefly held European internees from the Far East.Finally, the current status and legacy of these camps is considere
Building a relational culture and empirical theology: exploring the impact of congregational bonding social capital on perceived faith development and perceived church growth
No full textBuilding on recent interest to assess and encourage a relational culture within the Church of England and drawing on the Signs of Growth survey conducted within the Diocese of Southwark, this study examines the association between congregational bonding social capital and both perceived faith development and perceived church growth among 7,924 weekly churchgoers between the ages of 20 and 69 who had been established in their church for at least three years. The data confirmed that a relational culture goes hand-in-hand with personal faith development and with potential for church growth
Exploring the connections between confidence in the digital/online future and changes in Anglican clergy psychological wellbeing during the third Covid lockdown in England during 2021
No full textInspired by the objectives of the Church of England’s Living Ministry Research Project (to understand the factors that enable clergy to flourish and to understand how these factors vary according to person, background, etc.), the present analyses were designed to test the capacity of an individual differences approach to the science of clergy wellbeing for delivering such objectives. The specific case in point concerned understanding the connections between migration to digital technology and changes in clergy wellbeing during the pandemic. The data demonstrated how the individual differences approach both offered explanatory power and provided insights into how personal support and professional development could be most effectively structured and targeted
Revising the Francis Psychological Type and Emotional Temperament Scales (FPTETS)
No full textThe Francis Psychological Type and Emotional Temperament Scales were developed from the Francis Psychological Type Scales to operationalize both the four components of psychological type theory and a component related to emotional temperament. Several studies of the parent and extended scales have suggested that, although the factor structure is generally robust, a few items consistently fail to correlate closely with their intended component. This study revises the FPTETS by testing 13 new items alongside the old in a sample of 4,370 Anglicans in England who took part in the Coronavirus, Church & You survey. Seven items were replaced across the five components and the revised scale had an improved factor structure. Comparing psychological-type profiles derived from the original and revised instruments in four sub samples of the dataset showed that the revision had not affected the categorisations needed to produce the sixteen-fold typology
From dictator to democrat? The ‘Black Legend’ of Louis-Napoleon and subsequent historical revisionism
No full textThis chapter is a study of the major historiographical assessments of Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte and the Second Empire. It begins with an analysis of the original 'Black Legend', first popularised by Victor Hugo who viewed Louis-Napoleon as a retrograde step, a dictatorial anomaly in the course of historical progress. The study looks at the development of this ‘Black Legend’ in nineteenth-century France, Britain and Germany before seeking to understand subsequent revisionism that focused on the economic policy, personality and ideology of Louis-Napoleon. It concludes with an overview of new scholarly interest in Louis-Napoleon and the Second Empire as a fundamental part of the histories of French imperialism and democratic practice
Introducing the Francis Psychological Type and Emotional Temperament Scales (FPTETS): a study among church leaders and church members
No full textThe Francis Psychological Type Scales were developed during the early
2000s to operationalize the four components of psychological type
theory within survey-style research, proposing measures of introversion
and extraversion, sensing and intuition, feeling and thinking, judging
and perceiving. Drawing on four datasets of clergy and churchgoers (N
= 291, 879, 1,296, 1,525), the present study tests the factor structure of
these established measures alongside the fifth construct of emotional
temperament, distinguishing between calm emotional temperament
and volatile emotional temperament. The data both support the
satisfactory performance of the proposed Francis Psychological Type
and Emotional Temperament Scales (FPTETS) and suggest a research
program for the further development and refinement of this measure
“Infused with multicultural education”: Teaching Preparedness for the Contemporary Classroom
No full textThere is a growing need to rethink ways to teach both Black and White pupils in multicultural and diverse societies. This paper explores the creation of teaching materials reflecting the contributions of the African diaspora undertaken by student secondary school teachers at a university in the East Midlands, UK. Consideration of the effect of this on the students’ attitudes was collected via on-line survey and the findings from this analysed thematically. Findings reflect that, given ‘permission’ and through developing an understanding of their own agency, the White students were enthusiastic about developing resources that challenge the marginalisation of Black people in their subjects. The paper emphasises the need for organisations to support students to find creative ways of teaching in diverse communities and explores how understandings and respectful representations of race need to infuse every aspect of contemporary curricula (r3)
The Effects of Spiritual Wellbeing on Self-Perceived Health Changes Among Members of the Church of England During the COVID-19 Pandemic in England
No full textThis paper tests whether changes in spiritual wellbeing were correlated with self-rated changes in mental and physical health after controlling for changes in psychological wellbeing in a sample from the Church of England taken during the third national COVID-19 lockdown in 2021. During the third lockdown in England an online survey, named Covid-19 and Church-21, was delivered through the Qualtrics XM platform from 22 January to 23 July 2021. The responses included 1878 Anglicans living in England. The change in spiritual wellbeing scale was produced using self-reported changes in the frequency of key spiritual practices (prayer and Bible reading), trust in God, the quality of spiritual life, and spiritual health. Changes in mental and physical health were assessed using single self-report items. Changes in psychological wellbeing were assessed using the Index of Balanced Affect Change (TIBACh). After controlling for changes in psychological wellbeing, better change in spiritual wellbeing was positively correlated with better change in both mental and physical health. Negative affect may have mediated the relationship between spiritual wellbeing and both mental and physical health, and positive affect may also have mediated the relationship with mental health. The results suggest changes in spiritual wellbeing, as defined within a Christian religious context, may have had positive effects in promoting better mental and physical health during a sudden crisis such as the COVID-19 pandemic
The linear earthworks of Cornwall: what if they were early medieval?
No full textThis article examines various linear earthworks in Cornwall that may date to the early medieval period. The
dating evidence for the earthworks is discussed. While incontrovertible evidence for when they were built is lacking, the article asks how they might fit into the early medieval period if that is when most or all of them were built. The article postulates that they may have provided refuges against raiding, probably from the kingdom of Wessex in the eighth and ninth century, so allowing the Cornish to preserve their distinctive identity and language until the
modern era (Padel 2017)