Dr Sarah Lane Ritchie (BA, MDiv, MSc, PhD)
Lecturer in Theology and Science
Address
- Street
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School of Divinity
Mound Place - City
- Edinburgh
- Post code
- EH1 2LX
Background
I work at the intersection of theology and the sciences, and am particularly involved with questions surrounding the human mind, the relationship between God and the physical world, divine action, the phenomenology and cognitive development of religious belief, and the complex ways in which scientific research can play a role in constructive theological scholarship. Current research interests also include theistic naturalisms, epistemology and psychology of religious intuition, the neuropsychology of religious experience, and the cognitive science of belief formation.
CV
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Qualifications
BA (Major: Philosophy and Religion, Minors: Biology and Psychology): Spring Arbor University, 2008
MDiv: Princeton Theological Seminary, 2012
MSc (Science and Religion): University of Edinburgh, 2014
PhD (Science and Religion): University of Edinburgh, 2017
Responsibilities & affiliations
Council Member of the European Society for the Study of Science and Theology (ESSSAT)
Research activities
- ESSSAT Council (European Society for the Study of Science and Theology) (External organisation)
- Theology in Scotland (Journal)
- "Wait, but why?" Challenging the Intuitive Force of Substance Dualism
- God and the 'Hard Problem': Does Religion Need Consciousness to Remain a Mystery?
- God, Mind, and Neurobiology: Matters of the Soul
- Vice-Convener, Theological Forum of the Church of Scotland (External organisation)
- An Elephant in the Room: Divine Action, Naturalism(s), and Why the Causal Joint is Still Worth Talking About
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Pascal Boyer. Minds Make Societies: How Cognition Explains the World Humans Create
(5 pages)
In:
Philosophy, Theology and the Sciences, vol. 6, pp. 108-112
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1628/ptsc-2019-0010
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Book/Film/Article review (Published) -
Divine Action and the Human Mind
(384 pages)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108568609
Research output: › Book (Published) -
The divine action 'problem'? An Eastern Orthodox challenge to science and theology
Research output: › Chapter (Published) -
Magnets, magic, and other anomalies: In defense of methodological naturalism
In:
Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science, vol. 53, pp. 1064-1093
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/zygo.12473
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
The physicalized mind and the gut-brain axis: Taking mental health out of our heads
In:
Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/zygo.12404
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Book Review: Thinking Theologically About Neuroethics: Neil Messer, Theological Neuroethics: Christian Ethics Meets the Science of the Human Brain
(1 page)
In:
The Expository Times, vol. 129, pp. 395-395
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0014524618768738
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Book/Film/Article review (Published) -
For My Gut Bacteria Tell Me So: The Effects of Diet and the Gut Microbiome on Religious Belief
Research output: Contribution to Conference › Paper (Published) -
God and the ‘Hard Problem’: Does Religion Need Consciousness to Remain a Mystery?
Research output: Contribution to Conference › Paper (Published) -
Flower petals and female bodies
Research output: › Chapter (Published) -
Transcendence and neuroscience
In:
The Philosophers' Magazine, vol. 83, pp. 73-79
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5840/tpm201883106
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)