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Phenomenology and Sufism: A New Podcast Series

Aug 4th, 2025 | By

My colleague, medieval historian Adnan Husain and I are beginning a series discussing the Names of God in Islamic mystical tradition. In parallel I’m creating the Phenomenology and Sufism podcast as supplements for those interested in my work as a phenomenological psychologist who studies religious experience.  



Beyond Scientism and Relativism

Sep 29th, 2013 | By

Here is a link to my 2010 contribution to the festschrift  celebrating Amedeo Giorgi’s career in phenomenological psychology. I pose the question: why should the scientific status of our work be a compelling issue for the next generation of qualitative psychological researchers?  I explore the criteria for science proposed by Giorgi, and discuss van Manen’s

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