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Overview
Background
Associate Professor Richard Hutch is an Honorary Associate Professor and Reader in Religion and Psychological Studies in the School of Historical and Philosopical Inquiry. His research interests include psychology of religion, sport and spirituality, self-narrations and life-writing, and death and dying.
His current research projects include:
- The American Civil Rights Movement: A Personal Narrative
- Sport, Spirituality and Productive Ageing
- History and Phenomenology of Religion
TO NOTE: Richard Hutch presented the keynote address at a symposium on the American Civil Rights Movement held at Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in the United States on the 150th anniversary of the end of the Civil War, 9 April 1865. It was also the 50th anniversary of the "Summer Community Organization and Political Education" project (SCOPE), which was sponsored by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), founded and led by Martin Luther King, Jr. Richard volunteered for the SCOPE project in rural counties in Alabama and Louisiana in the summer of 1965. The project spearheaded a massive voter registration drive throughout the South after "Bloody Sunday," the violent racial conflict that occurred at the beginning of the Selma to Montgomery march on March 7th that year. Through the efforts of SCOPE volunteers and others, who often faced life-threatening incidents of racial violence (as Richard himself did), the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was finally passed by the American Congress and signed by the President in August. The keynote address at Gettysburg College presented Richard's experiences in the South during his harrowing time there. He was honoured by his alma mater on the occasion with the establishment of an archive in his name in the Musselman Library at Gettysburg College, including the journal he kept during his summer in the South and other unique materials from the Civil Rights Movement. It can be noted at the town of Gettysburg was the site where the Civil War "Battle of Gettysburg" took place in July, 1863. Northern Union troops pushed the Southern Confederate troops from their so-called "high-water mark" back south across the Mason-Dixon Line (which separated "slave" states from "free" states, and was drawn on maps just beyond the southern border of the state of Pennsylvania near Gettysburg). The battle represented the beginning of the end of the Civil War, with the final defeat of the Confederacy by Abraham Lincoln's Union Army two years later on 9 April, 1865 at 3:15 in the afternoon, when church bells rang out throughout the North.
Associate Professor Hutch was the Director of Studies for the Faculty of Arts (2001-05) and Head of the School of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics (2005-08) at the University of Queensland. Before taking up his appointment at UQ in 1978, he was Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Southern Illinois University in the United States (1974-78). He graduated from Gettysburg College (BA, 1967), Yale University (BD, 1970) and the University of Chicago (MA, 1971; PhD, 1974).
Availability
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Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Arts, Gettysburg College
- Bachelor, Yale University
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Chicago
Research interests
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Religious Experience in World Religions
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American Civil Rights Movement: Personal Stories
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Life Narration Studies
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Sport and Spirituality
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Death and Dying
Research impacts
Social justice and healthy living are marks of human morality, an often overlooked but central pillar of daily life. My work asks how a person can be a constructive force for personal growth and social change, this in spite of the fear many people have about imagining wider than usual horizons for living. Assertions of human morality go beyond entrenched views. Pursuing freedom and justice can move current issues forward, such as comtroversies about race, religion, sexuality, gender and ageing.
Works
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2003
Book Chapter
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
Hutch, R. A. (2003). Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882). Dictionary of Literary Biography. American Philosophers before 1950. (pp. 103-119) edited by Philip B. Dematteis and Leemon McHenry. United States: Thompson Gale.
2002
Journal Article
Review and Critique of Jesus [Review of Donald Capps' Jesus: A Psychological Biography]
Hutch, R. (2002). Review and Critique of Jesus [Review of Donald Capps' Jesus: A Psychological Biography]. Pastoral Psychology, 50 (6), 469-474. doi: 10.1023/A:1015499916304
2002
Book Chapter
Heterosexuality
Hutch, R. (2002). Heterosexuality. SPCK Dictionary of Pastoral Studies. (pp. 152) edited by Wesley Carr. London: The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.
2002
Journal Article
Review and Critique of Jesus
Hutch, R. A. (2002). Review and Critique of Jesus. Pastoral Psychology, 50 (6), 469-474.
2001
Journal Article
Spiritual Autobiography as the Magical Deification of the Body
Hutch, R. A. (2001). Spiritual Autobiography as the Magical Deification of the Body. Soundings: An Interdisciplinary Journal, LXXXIV (1-2), 121-141.
2001
Book Chapter
Beyond the Reach of a Miracle
Hutch, R. A. (2001). Beyond the Reach of a Miracle. Psychohistory in Psychology of Religion: Interdisciplinary Studies. (pp. 113-136) edited by Jacob A. Belzen. Amsterdam - Atlanta GA: Rodopi.
2000
Journal Article
Mortal losses, vital gains: The role of spirituality
Hutch, Richard A. (2000). Mortal losses, vital gains: The role of spirituality. Journal of Religion and Health, 39 (4), 329-337. doi: 10.1023/A:1010309002167
2000
Journal Article
On being a "hip" doctor today
Hutch, Richard A. (2000). On being a "hip" doctor today. Pastoral Psychology, 49 (1), 51-68. doi: 10.1023/A:1004673515865
2000
Journal Article
The healer's mandate: Seeing things unseen
Hutch, R. A. (2000). The healer's mandate: Seeing things unseen. Pastoral Psychology, 48 (5), 387-404. doi: 10.1023/A:1022088521071
2000
Journal Article
Character and cure: "Patient, heal thyself"
Hutch R.A. (2000). Character and cure: "Patient, heal thyself". Pastoral Psychology, 49 (2), 147-164. doi: 10.1023/A:1004661211072
1999
Journal Article
Review of Recasting the stone: Human suffering and the business of blame
Hutch, R. A. (1999). Review of Recasting the stone: Human suffering and the business of blame. Australian Religion Studies Review, 12 (1), 107-108.
1999
Book Chapter
Depersonalisation and the magic of deifying the body: Clinical notes on a political hostage
Hutch, R. A. (1999). Depersonalisation and the magic of deifying the body: Clinical notes on a political hostage. Crossing the boundaries in psychology of religion: Case studies in cross-national and cross-denominational context. (pp. 61-80) edited by J. A. Belzen and J. Corveleyn. Abo, Norway: Abo Akademis University.
1997
Book
The meaning of lives: biography, autobiography and the spiritual quest
Hutch, Richard A. (1997). The meaning of lives: biography, autobiography and the spiritual quest. London, UK: Cassell.
1995
Journal Article
“Before I'd Be a Slave, I'd Be Buried in My Grave, and Go Home to My Lord and Be Free”
Hutch R.A. (1995). “Before I'd Be a Slave, I'd Be Buried in My Grave, and Go Home to My Lord and Be Free”. The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 5 (3), 171-176. doi: 10.1207/s15327582ijpr0503_2
Funding
Past funding
Supervision
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Supervision history
Completed supervision
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2013
Doctor Philosophy
Church Personnel Child Abuse in Child Welfare: Foucauldian Insights. The Continuums of Silence, Scandal, Response and Maintenance. Giving Rise to Continuum Theory, Child Welfare Continuum Theory.
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Aurelia Armstrong
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2011
Doctor Philosophy
Light Broken through the Prism of Life: René Schwaller de Lubicz and the Hermetic Problem of Salt
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Philip Almond
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2008
Doctor Philosophy
A Cognitive Developmental Analysis of Apostasy from Religious Fundamentalism
Principal Advisor
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2007
Doctor Philosophy
RHETORIC AND ACTION: THE POLICIES AND ATTITUDES OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH WITH REGARD TO AUSTRALIA'S INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, 1885-1967
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Lynne Hume
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2006
Master Philosophy
PRESUMPTUOUS AND IMPIOUS: A FEMINIST ANALYSIS OF THE NARRATIVES AND DISCOURSES OF DIVORCED WHITE WOMEN HOLINESS PREACHERS AT THE TURN OF THE 20TH CENTURY
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
AUTHORITY AND 'EGOLESSNESS' IN THE EMERGENCE AND IMPACT OF MEHER BABA
Principal Advisor
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2013
Doctor Philosophy
Swimming Against the Tide: A History of the Leadership System of the Apostolic Church of Queensland
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Rick Strelan
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2012
Doctor Philosophy
Pastor, Counsellor, and Friend: Exploring Multiple Role Relationships in Pastoral Work
Associate Advisor
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2011
Doctor Philosophy
The Naked Vine (A Novel) Return to the Theophanic Theatre: Shamanism, Magical Realism and the Ontology of the Imaginal Realm (A Critical Exegesis)
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Venero Armanno
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2011
Doctor Philosophy
Action Research on the Ministry of Spiritual Companion of Staff Members in Three Catholic Schools in Northern New South Wales
Associate Advisor
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2010
Doctor Philosophy
The development of Cyril Scott's aesthetic thinking: An interpretation informed by literary and biographical sources
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Simon Perry
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2010
Doctor Philosophy
Theology as Education: John Dewey in Dialogue with Christian Doctrine
Associate Advisor
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2009
Doctor Philosophy
An Approach to Ecological Mission in and through the Christian Community in Australia: Beyond apathy to committed action
Associate Advisor
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2009
Master Philosophy
Yonggi Cho's Understanding of the Holy Spirit
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Rick Strelan
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2009
Doctor Philosophy
The Origins of Left Behind Eschatology
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Philip Almond
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2007
Doctor Philosophy
TAROT: AN EVOLUTIONARY SYMBOLISM
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Philip Almond
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2006
Doctor Philosophy
VAPOURS AND VISIONS: RELIGIOUS DIMENSIONS OF DMT USE
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Lynne Hume
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- Civil rights
- Psychology and religion
- Race in American History
- Sport and religion
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