Director of Studies in Theology, Hughes Hall
Affiliated Lecturer
Social scientific study of religion
Contemporary religious history
Psychology of religion
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Biography:
Dr. Lockhart carries out research in the field of contemporary religion and 20th century religious history with a special interest in new and non-mainstream religion and spirituality, the social scientific study of religion, and the psychology of religion.
Research themes include the ways in which modernity accommodates forms of spirituality outside traditional religious frameworks, the meaning and role of secularization-sacralization, apocalypticism, and the theologies and anthropologies entailed by contemporary ideas about medicine and healing. He also has an interest in the relationship of religious studies and technological innovation, especially computer sciences and space exploration.
BA (hons) (Cantab)
MSc (Lond)
MA (Lond)
MA (Cantab)
PhD (Cantab)
Memberships
American Academy of Religion
British Association for the Study of Religions
British Psychological Society: History and Philosophy of Psychology Section
Society for the Scientific Study of Religion
Subject area and speciality
- Religious Studies specialists:
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- Social scientific study of religion
- Contemporary religious history
- Psychology of Religion
Research Interests
Contemporary religion
20th century religious history
Social scientific study of religion
New forms of religion, spirituality, and para-religion
Psychology of religion
Religion and technology
Apocalypticism and millenarianism
Teaching
Affiliate Lecturer, Faculty of Divinity
Supervisor for A6 Understanding Contemporary Religion
Supervisor for D2b Apocalypse
Other Professional Activities
Deputy Senior Tutor, Hughes Hall
Academic Co-Director, Centre for the Critical Study of Apocalyptic and Millenarian Movements
Key Publications
Monograph
Lockhart, A (2019) Personal Religion and Spiritual Healing: The Panacea Society in the Twentieth Century. SUNY Press.
Articles
Lockhart, A. (2019) ‘A Bud from the Tree of Life: William McDougall’s Response to Freud’ in History and Philosophy of Psychology 20(1): 28-33.
Lockhart, A. (2015) 'Religious and Spiritual Mobility in Britain: The Panacea Society and Other Movements in the Twentieth Century' in Contemporary British History 29(2): 155-178.
Lockhart, A. (2013) 'Heterodox Healing and Alternative Religion in the 20th Century: An English Spiritual Healing Practice in Finland' in Suomen kirkkohistoriallisen seuran vuosikirja 2013. Helsinki: Suomen Kirkkohistoriallinen Seura/Societas Historiae Ecclesiasticae Fennica. pp. 74-97.
Lockhart, A. (2010) '"The "Parson's Clinic": Religion and Psychology at the Interwar Tavistock Clinic' in History and Philosophy of Psychology 12(2): 11-23.
Other Publications
Lockhart, A. (2017) Review of Bruce K. Alexander and Curtis P. Shelton A History of Psychology in Western Civilization in History and Philosophy of Psychology 18(1): 49-51.
Lockhart, A. (2017) 'A Southcottian Healing Panacea in the Twentieth Century' in J. Shaw and P. Lockley (eds.) The History of a Modern Millennial Movement: The Southcottians. London: I.B. Tauris.
Lockhart, A. (2012) 'The "Para-Freudians": A Project for a Spiritualized Psychoanalysis in Early Twentieth Century Britain' in D. Henderson (ed.) Psychoanalysis, Culture and Society. Newcastle-Upon-Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp. 2-19.
