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Jeff Astley
Researcher at Bishop Grosseteste University
Publications - 87
Citations - 825
Jeff Astley is an academic researcher from Bishop Grosseteste University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Religious education & Faith. The author has an hindex of 13, co-authored 76 publications receiving 778 citations. Previous affiliations of Jeff Astley include Durham University & Universities UK.
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Ordinary Theology: Looking, Listening and Learning in Theology
TL;DR: In this article, the learning context of theology is discussed, including the centrality of practical theology, the importance of practical learning as the key term, and the means of Christian learning.
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Promoting positive attitudes towards science and religion among sixth‐form pupils: dealing with scientism and creationism
Jeff Astley,Leslie J. Francis +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that it is important to challenge scientism by developing a better understanding of the role and limits of scientific methods and that religious belief about creation should be recognized as essentially a claim about the ontological dependence of Nature rather than about the details of its origins and development.
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Assessing attitude towards religion: the Astley–Francis Scale of Attitude towards Theistic Faith
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors build on the research tradition modelled by the Francis Scale of Attitude towards Christianity, the Katz-Francis scale of attitude towards Judaism, the Sahin-Fernández scale of attitudes towards Islam and the Santosh-Santosh scale of sentiment towards Hinduism to propose a generic instrument concerned with attitudes towards theistic faith.
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Exploring Ordinary Theology: Everyday Christian Believing and the Church
Jeff Astley,Leslie J. Francis +1 more
TL;DR: This paper explored Ordinary Theology: Looking, Listening and Learning in Theology, arguing that speaking statistically ordinary theology is the theology of God's Church, and presented fresh contributions from a wide range of authors, who address the theological, empirical and practical dimensions of this central feature of the Church.