I chose Chester because of the lively research community and excellent supervision and support from academics and administrative staff. TRS is friendly and student focused and committed to challenging and developing its PGR students.
Summary of research
My research examines the categories of religion and spirituality among people identifying as in recovery from addiction.
Published work
Special Issues
2020 Religion, Spirituality and Addiction Recovery. Special issue of Implicit Religion, co-edited with Wendy Dossett. Vol. 2, no. 2.
Articles:
2020 Dossett, W. & Metcalf-White, L. Religion, Spirituality and Addiction Recovery: An Introduction. Implicit Religion, Vol. 2, no. 2.
2020 Metcalf-White, L. A Qualitative and Critical Religion Analysis of the Category of Spirituality within The Visible Recovery Advocacy Movement. Implicit Religion, Vol. 2, no. 2.
Book reviews:
2018 Metcalf-White, L. Review of Robert C. Holub’s, ‘Nietzsche’s Jewish Problem: Between Anti-Semitism and Anti-Judaism’. (New Jersey: Princeton University Press). Jewish Culture & History, 19 (2).
2016 Metcalf-White, L. Review of Abby Day and Mia Lövheim’s, ‘Modernities, Memory and Mutations: Grace Davie and the Study of Religion’. (Farnham; Burlington: Ashgate, 2015). Theology, 119 (4), 306-307.
Contact:
https://csarsg.org.uk/staff/liam-metcalf-white/
https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/Liam-Metcalf-White-2111899618