Research is integral to practice at the St Giles’ Centre, informing our work and shaping our curriculum publications.
This page highlights selected peer‑reviewed research published in internationally recognised academic journals.
Publishing in these journals helps demonstrate the quality and rigour of the work undertaken at the Centre.
Publications
ap Siôn, T. (2026). Praying for peace: A study of visitors’ prayers offered at Liverpool Cathedral. In Leslie J. Francis and Stephen G. Parker (Eds), Sustaining Cathedrals Sacred Space and Common Ground, pp. . Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Sustaining-Cathedrals-Sacred-Space-and-Common-Ground/Francis-Parker/p/book/9781041023227
ap Siôn, T. Cullen, S., Danner, S., Kappelhoff, B., & Kodácsy-Simon, E. (12 August 2025, online). Listening to the voices of Religious Education professionals: the relationship between technology and Religious Education. British Journal of Religious Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/01416200.2025.2543881
ap Siôn, T. Cullen, S., Danner, S., Kappelhoff, B., & Kodácsy-Simon, E. (9 October 2024, online). How does the social unrest of 2020/21 affect the teaching of Religious Education? Findings of a European study on the effects of the Covid-19 period. Journal of Beliefs & Values, 1-14. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13617672.2024.2409545#abstract
ap Siôn, T., Cullen, S., Danner, S., Kappelhoff, B., & Kodácsy-Simon, E. (28 February 2024, online). “Covid made me think about…” What really matters in RE: A European research project. Journal of Religious Education. Open access: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40839-024-00225-4
ap Siôn, T. (20 February 2024, online). Praying for peace: A study of visitors’ prayers offered at Liverpool Cathedral. Journal of Beliefs & Values. DOI: 10.1080/13617672.2024.2315402 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13617672.2024.2315402
ap Siôn, T. (2021). Insights from adolescents’ prayer requests within a Christian ethos school: A qualitative perspective. Journal of Empirical Theology, 34, 1-22. Open access: https://brill.com/view/journals/jet/34/1/article-p49_4.xml
Deschner, A., Francis, L. J., & ap Siôn, T. (2021). Exploring religions today: A quest for international knowledge transfer within the field of education for religious diversity. Zeitschrift für Pädagogik und Theologie, 73 (1), 51-60. https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/zpt-2021-0006/html
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