Journal Article

Breskaya, Olga, Francis, Leslie J. and Giordan, Giuseppe (2020) Perceptions of the functions of religion and attitude toward religious freedom : introducing the New Indices of the Functions of Religion (NIFoR). Religions, 11 (10). e507. doi:10.3390/rel11100507

Clayton, Matthew (2016) Liberal equality : political not erinaceous. Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, 19 (4). pp. 416-433. doi:10.1080/13698230.2016.1146307

Clayton, Matthew and Stevens, David M. (2018) What is the point of religious education? Theory and Research in Education, 16 (1). pp. 65-81.

Dean, Deborah and Greene, Anne-Marie (2017) How do we understand worker silence despite poor conditions - as the actress said to the woman bishop. Human Relations, 70 (10). pp. 1237-1257. doi:10.1177/0018726717694371

Din-Kariuki, Natalya (2021) This musique hath life in it' : harmony in Lancelot Andrewes's Preaching. Huntington Library Quarterly . (In Press)

Ellis, Randolph (2017) Golden rule (standing theology). Rural Theology, 15 (1). pp. 52-53. doi:10.1080/14704994.2017.1298261

Ellis, Randolph (2015) Moving from idle talk to transformative conversation : practising Christian formation within a group. Rural Theology, 13 (1). pp. 31-41. doi:10.1179/1470499415Z.00000000039

Fawcett, Bruce G., Francis, Leslie J., Henderson, Amanda J., Robbins, Mandy and Linkletter, Jody (2013) Religiosity and music copyright theft among Canadian Baptist youth. Journal of Research on Christian Education, Volume 22 (Number 2). pp. 153-164. doi:10.1080/10656219.2013.808974

Fawcett, Bruce G., Francis, Leslie J. and McKenna, Ursula (2021) Sustaining young Canadian Baptists in the faith : exploring the connection between religious affect and parental religious attendance. Journal of Research on Christian Education . pp. 1-20. doi:10.1080/10656219.2021.1988013 (In Press)

Francis, Leslie J. (2019) From a rural pulpit : holy baptism. Rural Theology, 17 (1). pp. 60-61. doi:10.1080/14704994.2019.1585108

Francis, Leslie J. (2013) Mystical orientation, mystical experience, and mysticism : psychological perspectives. Studies in Chinese Religions (Number 3). pp. 67-99.

Francis, Leslie J. (2016) New directions in clergy psychological profiling : connections with church growth? Theology, 119 (2). pp. 91-98. doi:10.1177/0040571X15615329

Francis, Leslie J. (2020) Parental and peer influence on church attendance among adolescent Anglicans in England and Wales. Journal of Anglican Studies, 18 (1). pp. 61-73. doi:10.1017/S1740355320000169

Francis, Leslie J. and Crea, G. (2021) Psychological predictors of professional burnout among priests and religious sisters in Italy : the dark triad versus the bright trinity? Pastoral Psychology, 70 . pp. 399-418. doi:10.1007/s11089-021-00951-8

Francis, Leslie J., Crea, G. and Laycock, P. (2021) Factor structure, reliability and validity of the Francis Burnout Inventory Revised among Catholic priests and religious sisters in Italy. Mental Health, Religion and Culture, 24 (3). pp. 271-282. doi:10.1080/13674676.2020.1786507

Francis, Leslie J. and Crea, Giueppe (2015) Work-related psychological health and psychological type : a study among Catholic priests in Italy. Mental Health, Religion & Culture, 18 (7). pp. 593-604. doi:10.1080/13674676.2014.963996

Francis, Leslie J. and Crea, Giuseppe (2019) Personality and vocational motivation : a study among Catholic seminarians in Italy employing the Big Five and the NIRO. Review of Religious Research, 61 . pp. 259-271. doi:10.1007/s13644-019-00377-y

Francis, Leslie J., Edwards, O. D. and ap Siôn, Tania (2021) Applying psychological type and psychological temperament theory to the congregations at cathedral carol services. Mental Health, Religion and Culture, 24 (4). 412-424 . doi:10.1080/13674676.2020.1764516

Francis, Leslie J., Fawcett, B. G., Freeze, T., Embrée, R. and Lankshear, David W. (2021) What helps young Christians grow in discipleship? Exploring connections between discipleship pathways and psychological type. Mental Health, Religion and Culture, 24 (6). pp. 563-580. doi:10.1080/13674676.2020.1767556

Francis, Leslie J., Fisher, John W. and Annis, Jennie (2015) Spiritual well-being and psychological type : a study among visitors to a medieval cathedral in Wales. Mental Health, Religion & Culture, 18 (8). pp. 675-692. doi:10.1080/13674676.2014.964002

Francis, Leslie J., Foster, Simon, Lankshear, David W. and Jones, Ian (2019) What helps Christians grow? An exploratory study distinguishing among four distinctive pathways. Pastoral Psychology, 68 . pp. 379-392. doi:10.1007/s11089-019-00866-5

Francis, Leslie J., Howell, David, Hill, Phoebe and McKenna, Ursula (2019) Assessing the impact of a paid children, youth or family worker on Anglican congregations in England. Journal of Research on Christian Education, 28 (1). pp. 43-50. doi:10.1080/10656219.2019.1593267

Francis, Leslie J. and Jones, S. H. (2020) The mysterious case of the Ethiopian eunuch : an empirical and psychological examination in biblical hermeneutics. Mental Health, Religion and Culture . doi:10.1080/13674676.2020.1764514 (In Press)

Francis, Leslie J., Jones, S. H. and Village, A. (2021) Psychological type and psychological temperament among Readers within the Church of England : a complementary ministry? Mental Health, Religion and Culture, 24 (4). 389-403 . doi:10.1080/13674676.2020.1764517

Francis, Leslie J. and Jones, Susan H. (2015) An empirical approach to Mark's account of discipleship : conversation between the Word of God and the People of God. Rural Theology, 13 (1). pp. 69-81. doi:10.1179/1470499415Z.00000000042

Francis, Leslie J., Jones, Susan H. and Hebden, K. (2019) Binding and loosing on earth : evaluating the strategy for church disciplinary procedures proposed in Matthew 18: 15-18 through the lenses of thinking and feeling. HTS Theological Studies, 75 (3). pp. 1-10. doi:10.4102/hts.v75i3.5476

Francis, Leslie J., Jones, Susan H. and McKenna, Ursula (2020) The Holly Bough service at Liverpool Cathedral and psychological type theory : fresh expressions or inherited church? HTS Theological Studies, 76 (3). a6275. doi:10.4102/hts.v76i3.6275

Francis, Leslie J., Jones, Susan H. and McKenna, Ursula (2021) Religious attendance and psychological health and wellbeing : assessing the impact of Cathedral Carol Services on personal happiness. HTS Theological Studies . (In Press)

Francis, Leslie J., Jones, Susan H. and McKenna, Ursula (2021) The science of congregation studies and psychographic segmentation : O come all ye thinking types? HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies, 77 (4). doi:10.4102/hts.v77i4.6747

Francis, Leslie J., Jones, Susan H., McKenna, Ursula, Pike, Nelson and Williams, Emma (2021) Belonging through events? Exploring the demographic profile, motivations, and experiences of those attending the afternoon Carol services on Christmas Eve at Liverpool Cathedral. Religions, 12 (2). 90. doi:10.3390/rel12020090

Francis, Leslie J., Jones, Susan H., McKenna, Ursula, Pike, Nelson and Williams, Emma (2020) The science of cathedral studies : exploring the demographic profile, motivational intentions, and perceived impact among those attending the Holly Bough service in Liverpool Cathedral. Religions, 11 (9). 478. doi:10.3390/rel11090478

Francis, Leslie J. and Lankshear, David W. (2015) Inside Southwark Cathedral : a study in the congregation’s motivational style. Journal of Beliefs & Values, 36 (3). pp. 276-284. doi:10.1080/13617672.2015.1095543

Francis, Leslie J., Lankshear, David W. and Eccles, Emma L. (2021) Introducing the Junior Spiritual Health Scale (JSHS) : assessing the impact of religious affect on spiritual health among 8- to 11-year-old students. International Journal of Children's Spirituality . pp. 1-15. doi:10.1080/1364436x.2021.1968801 (In Press)

Francis, Leslie J., Lankshear, David W., Eccles, Emma L. and McKenna, Ursula (2020) Sustaining churchgoing young Anglicans in England and Wales : assessing influence of the home. Journal of Beliefs and Values, 41 (1). pp. 34-50. doi:10.1080/13617672.2019.1607013

Francis, Leslie J., McKenna, Ursula and Powell, Ruth (2020) Ecclesia domestica and the role of the home in sustaining churchgoing among Catholics : an empirical enquiry among 8- to 14-year-olds in Australia. Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, 31 . pp. 338-359. doi:10.1163/9789004443969_017

Francis, Leslie J., McKenna, Ursula and Powell, Ruth (2020) The internal consistency reliability and construct validity of the Francis Scale of Attitude toward Christianity (modified short-form) among 8- to 14-year-old churchgoers in Australia. Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, 31 . pp. 300-318. doi:10.1163/9789004443969_015

Francis, Leslie J., Penny, Gemma and Powell, Ruth, Ph.D. (2018) Assessing peer and parental influence on the religious attitudes and attendance of young churchgoers : exploring the Australian National Church Life Survey. Journal of Beliefs & Values, 39 (1). pp. 57-72. doi:10.1080/13617672.2016.1209923

Francis, Leslie J., Powell, Ruth and McKenna, Ursula (2020) Religion and personal happiness among young churchgoers in Australia : the importance of the affective dimension. Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, 31 . pp. 319-337. doi:10.1163/9789004443969_016

Francis, Leslie J., Pyke, Alice and Penny, Gemma (2015) Christian affiliation, Christian practice, and attitudes to religious diversity : a quantitative analysis among 13- to 15-year-old female students in the UK. Journal of Contemporary Religion, 30 (2). pp. 249-263. doi:10.1080/13537903.2015.1026116

Francis, Leslie J., Ratter, Henry and Longden, Gareth (2015) Linking clergy psychological type profile and church growth in the Diocese of Chester : a pilot study. Journal of Beliefs & Values, 36 (3). pp. 354-358. doi:10.1080/13617672.2015.1095544

Francis, Leslie J. and Robbins, Mandy (2015) Learning styles and psychological preferences among Christian disciples. Rural Theology, 13 (1). pp. 54-68. doi:10.1179/1470499415Z.00000000041

Francis, Leslie J., Robbins, Mandy and Powell, Ruth, Ph.D. (2015) The psychological type profile of Christians participating in fellowship groups or in small study groups : insights from the Australian National Church Life Survey. Mental Health, Religion & Culture, 18 (8). pp. 635-640. doi:10.1080/13674676.2014.964000

Francis, Leslie J. and Smith, Greg (2015) Experiencing and reflecting on thinking and feeling in pastoral care : deploying psychological type theory in continuing ministerial formation. Journal of Adult Theological Education, 12 (1). pp. 69-78. doi:10.1179/1740714115Z.00000000037

Francis, Leslie J. and Smith, Greg (2016) Introverts and extraverts reflecting on the experience of Parish Ministry : conversation between training incumbents and curates. Journal of Research on Christian Education, 25 (1). pp. 76-85. doi:10.1080/10656219.2016.1139999

Francis, Leslie J., Smith, Greg and Evans, Jonathan (2021) Preaching on the revised common lectionary for the feast of Christ the King : joy for intuitive thinking types, nightmare for sensing feeling types? HTS Theological Studies, 77 (4). a6746 . doi:10.4102/hts.v77i4.6746 (In Press)

Francis, Leslie J., Village, A. and Lewis, C. A. (2021) Spiritual awakening among Anglican clergy during the pandemic : exploring the effects of personal factors, personality, church orientation, and religious practice. Spirituality of a Personality, 101 (2 Part 1). pp. 234-257. doi:10.33216/2220-6310-2021-101-2_1-234-257

Francis, Leslie J., Village, A. and Payne, V. John (2021) Introducing the Francis Owl-Lark Indices (FOLI) : assessing the implications of diurnal activity patterns for clergy work-related psychological health. Mental Health, Religion and Culture, 24 (8). pp. 780-795. doi:10.1080/13674676.2021.1871595

Francis, Leslie J. and Village, Andrew (2015) Go and observe the sower : seeing empirical theology at work. Journal of Empirical Theology, 28 (2). pp. 155-183. doi:10.1163/15709256-12341325

Francis, Leslie J. and Village, Andrew (2021) Introducing The Index of Balanced Affect Change (TIBACh) : a study among Church of England clergy and laity. Mental Health, Religion and Culture, 24 (8). pp. 770-779. doi:10.1080/13674676.2021.1923679

Francis, Leslie J. and Village, Andrew (2021) Reading the Church of England’s response to the Covid-19 crisis : the diverging views of Anglo-Catholic and Evangelical clergy. Journal of Anglican Studies . doi:10.1017/S1740355321000267 (In Press)

Francis, Leslie J. and Village, Andrew (2021) Shielding, but not shielded : comparing the experience of the Covid-19 lockdown for Anglican churchgoers aged seventy and over with those under the age of sixty. Rural Theology, 19 (1). pp. 31-40. doi:10.1080/14704994.2021.1895421

Francis, Leslie J. and Village, Andrew (2021) The pandemic and the feminisation of the Church? How male and female churchgoers experienced the Church of England’s response to Covid-19. Journal of Beliefs & Values . pp. 1-10. doi:10.1080/13617672.2021.1933304

Francis, Leslie J., Village, Andrew and Lawson, S. Anne (2021) Impact of Covid-19 on fragile churches : listening to the voices of lay people. Rural Theology, 19 (1). pp. 41-47. doi:10.1080/14704994.2021.1895422

Francis, Leslie J., Village, Andrew and Powell, R. (2019) Quest religious orientation among church leaders in Australia : a function of psychological predisposition or openness to mystical experience? Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 11 (2). pp. 123-130. doi:10.1037/rel0000125

Francis, Leslie J., Village, Andrew and Voas, David (2020) The changing psychological type profile and psychological temperament of Church of England clergy. Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, 31 . pp. 93-110. doi:10.1163/9789004443969_007

Jakušić, Dino (2020) Grounding religious toleration : Kant and Wolff on dogmatic conflict. Diametros, 17 (65). pp. 12-31. doi:10.33392/diam.1559

Kettell, Steven (2016) Always read the label : the identity and strategy of Britain’s ‘Christian Right'. Politics, Religion & Ideology, 17 (1). pp. 1-17. doi:10.1080/21567689.2016.1157073

Kettell, Steven (2019) How, when and why do religious actors use public reason? The case of assisted dying in Britain. Politics and Religion, 12 (2). pp. 385-408. doi:10.1017/S175504831800086X

Kümin, Beat A. and Tramontana, Felicita (2020) Catholicism decentralized : local religion in the early modern periphery. Church History, 89 (2). pp. 268-287. doi:10.1017/S0009640720001298

Lankshear, David W. and Francis, Leslie J. (2015) Inside Southwark Cathedral : a study in psychological-type profiling. Mental Health, Religion & Culture, 18 (8). pp. 664-674. doi:10.1080/13674676.2014.961705

Lewis, C. A., Francis, Leslie J. and Geary, A. (2021) Psychological type profile of Methodist churchgoers in England. Mental Health, Religion and Culture, 24 (6). pp. 638-646. doi:10.1080/13674676.2020.1846509

McKenna, Ursula (2020) Resilience in ministry : listening to the voice of Church of Scotland ministers. Rural Theology . doi:10.1080/14704994.2020.1815390 (In Press)

Penny, Gemma, Francis, Leslie J. and Robbins, Mandy (2015) Why are women more religious than men? : testing the explanatory power of personality theory among undergraduate students in Wales. Mental Health, Religion & Culture, 18 (6). pp. 492-502. doi:10.1080/13674676.2015.1079603

Rogobete, Silviu E., Francis, Leslie J. and McKenna, Ursula (2021) Examining the connection between religion and attitude toward socio-economic human rights and attitude toward euthanasia and abortion among Romanian Orthodox adolescents : contrasting the effects of intrinsic and extrinsic religiosity. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18 (20). 10837. doi:10.3390/ijerph182010837

Smith, G. and Francis, Leslie J. (2021) Training incumbents and The Book of Common Prayer. Faith and Worship . pp. 6-13.

Walker, David Stuart (2012) Attending the service of nine lessons and carols at a rural cathedral : an empirical study in religious orientation and motivational style. Rural Theology, 10 (1). pp. 56-69. doi:10.1558/ruth.v10i1.56

Walker, David Stuart (2011) Marks of Mission and ways of belonging : shaping the Anglican agenda for occasional churchgoers in the countryside. Journal of Anglican Studies, 9 (1). pp. 100-116. doi:10.1017/S1740355310000082

Walker, David Stuart (2012) O Come all ye thinking types : the wider appeal of the cathedral carol service. Mental Health, Religion and Culture, 15 (10). pp. 987-995. doi:10.1080/13674676.2012.707436

Walker, David Stuart (2011) Personal prayer, church attendance and social capital among rural churchgoers : quantitative empirical methods as a tool for mission and ministry. Rural Theology, 9 (1). pp. 39-47. doi:10.1558/ruth.v9i1.39

Walker, David Stuart (2015) Unsettling the guardian : quest religiosity and psychological type among Anglican churchgoers. Mental Health, Religion and Culture, 18 (8). pp. 655-663. doi:10.1080/13674676.2014.963291

Walker, David Stuart, Francis, Leslie J. and Robbins, Mandy (2013) You don’t have to go to church to be a good Christian : the implicit religion of rural Anglican churchgoers celebrating harvest. Mental Health, Religion and Culture, 16 (9). pp. 903-908. doi:10.1080/13674676.2012.758401

Williams, Emyr, Francis, Leslie J. and Village, Andrew (2009) Changing patterns of religious affiliation, church attendance and marriage across five areas of Europe since the early 1980s: trends and associations. Journal of Beliefs and Values, Vol.30 (No.2). pp. 173-182. doi:10.1080/13617670903175113

ap Siôn, Tania (2016) The Church of England’s pray one for me intercessory prayer site : a virtual cathedral? Journal of Beliefs & Values, 37 (1). pp. 78-92. doi:10.1080/13617672.2016.1141531

ap Siôn, Tania (2017) Creating a place of prayer for the ‘other’ : a comparative case study in Wales exploring the effects of re-shaping congregational space in an Anglican cathedral. Journal of Empirical Theology, 30 (2). pp. 218-235. doi:10.1163/15709256-12341356

ap Siôn, Tania (2018) Such faith. Rural Theology, 16 (1). pp. 51-53. doi:10.1080/14704994.2018.1447847

Book Item

Cassam, Quassim (2019) The anatomy of vice. In: Cassam, Quassim, (ed.) Vices of the Mind : From the Intellectual to the Political. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 1-27. ISBN 9780198826903

Francis, Leslie J., McKenna, Ursula and Sahin, Abdullah (2020) Religion and socio-economic human rights : an empirical enquiry among adolescents in England and Wales. In: Ziebertz, H. G., (ed.) International Empirical Studies on Religion and Socioeconomic Human Rights. Religion and Human Rights , 5 . Cham: Springer, pp. 169-191. ISBN 9783030309336

Walker, David Stuart (2015) Cathedral carol services : who attends and why? In: Francis, Leslie J., (ed.) Anglican cathedrals in modern life : The science of cathedral studies. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 111-129. ISBN 9781137553010

Walker, David Stuart (2013) How far is it to Bethlehem? Exploring the ordinary theology of occasional churchgoers. In: Astley, Jeff and Francis, Leslie J., (eds.) Exploring Ordinary Theology : Everyday Christian Believing and the Church. Explorations in practical, pastoral, and empirical theology . Routledge, pp. 137-145. ISBN 9781409442578

Working or Discussion Paper

Becker, Sascha O., Pino, Francisco J. and Vidal-Robert, Jordi (2021) Freedom of the Press? Catholic censorship during the Counter Reformation. Working Paper. Coventry, UK: University of Warwick. Department of Economics. Warwick economics research papers series (WERPS) (1356). (Unpublished)

Becker, Sascha O., Rubin, Jared and Woessmann , Ludger (2020) Religion in economic history : a survey. Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick. Department of Economics. Warwick economics research papers series (WERPS) (1273). (Unpublished)

Becker, Sascha O. and Won, Cheongyeon (2021) Jesus speaks Korean : Christianity and literacy in colonial Korea. Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick. Department of Economics. Warwick economics research papers series (WERPS) (1322). (Unpublished)

Rei, Claudia (2020) Priests and postmen : historical origins of national identity. Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick. Department of Economics. Warwick economics research papers series (WERPS), 1291 . (Unpublished)

Submitted Journal Article

Robbins, Mandy, Francis, Leslie J. and Williams, Emyr (2007) Church attendance and self-esteem among adolescents. Psychologist in Wales, Issue.20 . pp. 4-5.

Thesis or Dissertation

Bento da Silva, Jose A. (2012) The organising principles of the society of Jesus - from the pastorate to governmentality. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.

Hamid, Samsuddin bin Abd (2020) Assessing attitude toward interreligious harmony among Muslim students in Malaysian secondary schools. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.

Penny, Gemma (2014) The attitudinal dimension of religiosity : an empirical study among 13- to 15-year-old students. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.

Sinnett-Smith, Jane (2019) Blood, bones, and gold: rewriting relics in Medieval French verse saints’ lives 1150-1300. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.

Williams, Michael R. R. (2013) Alcohol dependency and individual differences. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.

ap Siôn, Tania (2010) An empirical study of ordinary prayer. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.