Department for Spiritual Care, Psychology of Religion and Religious Education

Research focuses in Pastoral & Spiritual Care and Psychology of Religion:

  • Mental health and religiosity / spirituality
  • Multi- & Interreligious care
  • Pastoral psychology
  • History of pastoral care and psychology of religion

 

Research focuses in Religious Education:

  • Religious development in childhood and adolescence
  • Theories of Religious Education, socialization, and education for tolerance in a pluralistic society
  • Didactics and methodology of Religious Education
  • Perspectives on the future viability of Religious Education
  • The concept of students in Religious Education

 

Information on specific research projects is available on the German website.

Newly published books

Yearbook for Pastoral Care, Spiritual Care and Pastoral Psychology

The new trilingual academic journal is the official open access organ of the training and continuing education program in pastoral care, spiritual care, and pastoral psychology (AWS Switzerland).

Edited by Isabelle Noth, Dorothee Arnold-Krüger, Evelyn Krimmer

Protestant Health Chaplaincy: Foundations of Health-Sensitive Poimenics Beyond the Hospital

Edited by Isabelle Noth, Thomas Wild, Sabina Ingold, Martin Roth

Health Chaplaincy in Switzerland: Reformed Perspectives

Edited by Evelyn Krimmer

The Student Image in Religious Education: A Critical Analysis of the Construction of Students in Religious Instruction