Books and Monographs
Miner, M. & Bickerton, G. (2020). A new model of Christian leadership: Insights from the job demands-resources model and Trinitarian theology. Journal of Psychology & Theology. Online prepublication DOI: 10.1177/009/647120908010.
Bickerton, G. & Miner, M. (2019). The inter-relationships between spiritual resources and work engagement. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality. DOI: 10.1037/rel10000253.
Yıldız, M., Bulut, M.B., & Miner, M. (2019). Adaptation of a Muslim Spiritual Attachment Scale (God Attachment) for Turkish Muslims: A Validity and Reliability Study. Mental Health, Religion & Culture.https://doi.org/10.1080/13674676.2019.1587745
Miner, M. & Stephens, M. (Eds.) (2018). Christian identity in the public arena. Proceedings of the conference of the Lumen Research Institute and Excelsia College, Sydney, Australia (10 August 2018). Sydney: CHILD.
Stevens, B., & Miner, M. (2017). Free to love: Schema therapy for Christians. Religion and Society Series. New York, NY: Nova Science.
Miner, M. & Dowson, M. (Eds.) (2017). Creativity and Spirituality: A multidisciplinary perspective. Charlotte, North Carolina: Information Age Publishing.
Miner, M. & Dowson, M. (Eds,) (2016). Spirituality, Culture and Well-Being, Proceedings of the Spirituality, Culture and Well-Being Conference of the Lumen Research Institute and Excelsia College, Sydney, Australia. Sydney: CHILD.
Miner, M., Dowson, M. & Devenish, S. (Eds.). (2012). Beyond well-being: Spirituality and human flourishing. Charlotte, North Carolina: Information Age Publishing.
Miner, M., Proctor, M.T., & Dowson, M. (2009). Spirituality in Australia: Volume 2 Directions and Applications. Sydney: Centre for Human Interaction, Learning and Development (CHILD)/Australasian Centre for Studies in Spirituality.
Dowson, M., Miner, M. & Devenish, S. (2008). Spirituality in Australia: Resurgence and Divergence. Sydney: Centre for Human Interaction, Learning and Development (CHILD)/Australasian Centre for Studies in Spirituality.
Book chapters
Miner, M. (2018). Stronger Christian voices for the public arena through intentional identity formation. In Miner, M. & Stephens, M. (Eds.) (2018). Christian identity in the public arena. Proceedings of the conference of the Lumen Research Institute and Excelsia College, Sydney, Australia (10 August 2018). Sydney: CHILD.
Bickerton, G. & Miner, M. (2018). Antecedents and outcomes of a perceived calling to work among the religious. In Miner, M. & Stephens, M. (Eds.) (2018). Christian identity in the public arena. Proceedings of the conference of the Lumen Research Institute and Excelsia College, Sydney, Australia (10 August 2018). Sydney: CHILD.
Miner, M. (2017). Creativity and Spirituality: Psychological perspectives. In Miner, M. & Dowson, M. (Eds.) Creativity and Spirituality: A multidisciplinary perspective. Charlotte, North Carolina: Information Age Publishing.
Miner, M. (2017). Creativity & spirituality in higher education: The case for inclusion. In Miner, M. & Dowson, M. (Eds.) Creativity and Spirituality: A multidisciplinary perspective. Charlotte, North Carolina: Information Age Publishing.
Miner, M. (2017). Integrating creativity & spirituality in higher education. In Miner, M. & Dowson, M. (Eds.) Creativity and Spirituality: A multidisciplinary perspective. Charlotte, North Carolina: Information Age Publishing.
Comely, C. & Miner, M. (2016). Faith in Therapy: Utilising the client’s Christian or Jewish faith as a strength in cognitive behavioural therapy. In K.A. Moore, P. Buchwald, F.Nasser & M.Israelashvili (Eds), Stress and Anxiety, strategies, opportunities and adaptation (pp.29-36). Logos Verlag Berlin.
Miner, M., & Dowson, M. (2016). Spirituality: Perspectives from psychology. In De Souza, M., Bone, J., & Watson, J. (Eds). Spirituality across disciplines: Research and practice (pp.165-178). Switzerland: Springer.
Miner, M., Dowson, M., Sterland, S. & Powell, R. (2013). Spirituality and burnout amongst church leaders: Findings from the 2011 Australian National Church Life Survey. In Doolittle, B. (Ed). Psychology of burnout: New research (pp.157-178). New York: Nova Science Publishers.
Dowson, M. & Miner, M. (2013). Religion, culture, motivation & achievement. In Liem, G.A. & Bernado, A.B. (Eds.) Advancing Cross-cultural Perspectives on Educational Psychology: A Festschrift for Dennis M. McInerney (pp. ). Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing, Inc.
Dowson, M., Miner, M. & Sterland, S. (2012). Burnout and job satisfaction among Australian Catholic clergy. In Ata, A.W. (Ed.), Catholics and Catholicism in contemporary Australia (pp.194-205). Melbourne, Australia: David Lovell.
Miner, M. & Dowson, M. (2012). Spirituality as a key resource for human flourishing. In Miner, M., Dowson, M. & Devenish, S. (Eds.). Beyond well-being: Spirituality and human flourishing (pp.5-32). Charlotte, North Carolina: Information Age Publishing.
George, T., Miner, M., & Dowson, M. (2012) . Human flourishing in education: The relationships among student attachments, attributions and self-regulation. In Miner, M., Dowson, M. & Devenish, S. (Eds.). Beyond well-being: Spirituality and human flourishing (pp.109-126). Charlotte, North Carolina: Information Age Publishing.
Dowson, M. & Miner, M. (2012) . Towards a theory of personal maturity: Links to spirituality and human flourishing. In Miner, M., Dowson, M. & Devenish, S. (Eds.). Beyond well-being: Spirituality and human flourishing (pp.127-150). Charlotte, North Carolina: Information Age Publishing.
Kaldor, S. & Miner, M. (2012). Spirituality and community flourishing: A case of circular causality. In Miner, M., Dowson, M. & Devenish, S. (Eds.). Beyond well-being: Spirituality and human flourishing (pp.183-198). Charlotte, North Carolina: Information Age Publishing.
Brouwer, R. & Miner, M. (2012). Wholistic coaching: A case study and analysis. In Miner, M., Dowson, M. & Devenish, S. (Eds.). Beyond well-being: Spirituality and human flourishing (pp.215-230). Charlotte, North Carolina: Information Age Publishing.
Miner, M. (2006). A proposed comprehensive model for ethical decision making. In Morrissey, S.A. and Reddy, P. (Eds). Ethics and professional practice for psychologists (pp. 25-37). Melbourne: Thomson.
Peer-reviewed journal articles
Bickerton, G. & Miner, M. (2019). The inter-relationships between spiritual resources and work engagement. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality. DOI: 10.1037/rel10000253.
Yıldız, M., Bulut, M.B., & Miner, M. (2019). Adaptation of a Muslim Spiritual Attachment Scale (God Attachment) for Turkish Muslims: A Validity and Reliability Study. Mental Health, Religion & Culture. https://doi.org/10.1080/13674676.2019.1587745
Miner, M. (2018). Psychological Contributions to Understanding Prejudice and the Evangelical Mind. Christian Scholars Review, XLVII:4, 363-372.
Miner, M., Ghobary-Bonab, B., & Dowson, M. (2017). Development of a measure of attachment to God for Muslims. Review of Religious Research, 59(2), 183-206. DOI: 10.1007/s13644-016-0281-2.
Miner, M. (2015). A Christian attachment-based therapy can support psychological healing and spiritual growth. Counselling Connections Across Australia, 6, 7-13.
Bickerton, G. R., Miner, M. H., Dowson, M., & Griffin, B. (2015). Spiritual resources as antecedents of clergy well-being: The importance of occupationally specific variables. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 87, 123-133. doi: 10.1016/j.jvb.2015.01.002.
Miner, M., Bickerton, G., Dowson, M., & Sterland, S. (2015). Spirituality and work engagement amongst church leaders. Mental Health, Religion and Culture,18(1), 57–71. DOI: 10.1080/13674676.2014.1003168.
Dowson, M., & Miner, M. (2015). Interacting religious orientations and personal well-being. Mental Health, Religion and Culture, 18(1), 72–84. DOI:10.1080/13674676.2014.1003167.
Miner, M., Dowson, M., & Malone, K. (2014). Attachment to God, psychological need satisfaction, and well-being among Christians. Journal of Psychology & Theology, 42(4), 326- 342.
Bickerton, G., Miner, M., Dowson, M., & Griffin, B. (2014). Spiritual resources and work engagement among religious workers: A three-wave longitudinal study. Journal of Occupational & Organizational Psychology, 87(2), 370-391. DOI: 10.1111/joop.12052.
Bickerton, G., Miner, M., Dowson, M., & Griffin, B. (2014). Spiritual resources in the job demands-resources model. Journal of Management, Spirituality & Religion, pp.1-24 DOI: 10.1080/14766086.2014.886517.
Bickerton, G.R., Miner, M.H., Dowson, M. & Griffin, B. (2014). The incremental validity of spiritual resources in the job demands-resources model. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality. doi: 10.1037/rel0000012.
Miner, M., Ghobary, B.B., Dowson, M., & Proctor,M.T. (2014). Spiritual attachment in Islam and Christianity. Mental Health, Religion and Culture, 17(1), 79-93. DOI: 10.1080/13674676.2012.749452.
Miner, M., Dowson, M., & Malone, K. (2013). Spiritual satisfaction of basic psychological needs and psychological health. Journal of Psychology and Theology, 41, 298-314.
Ghobary B.B., Miner, M., & Proctor, M.T. (2013). Attachment to God in Islamic spirituality.
Journal of Muslim Mental Health, 7 (2), 77-104.
Miner, M. & Dowson, M. (2012). Spiritual experiences reconsidered: A relational approach to the integration of psychology and theology. Journal of Psychology and Theology, 40(1), 55-59.
Miner, M., Dowson, M. & Sterland, S. (2010). Ministry orientation and ministry outcomes: Evaluation of a new multidimensional model. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 83(1), 167-188.
Proctor, M., Miner, M., Mclean, L., Devenish, S., & Bonab, B. (2009). Exploring Christians’ explicit attachment to God representations: The Development of a template. Journal of Psychology and Theology, 37(4), 245-264.
Miner, M. (2009). The impact of child-parent attachment, attachment to God and religious orientation on psychological adjustment. Journal of Psychology & Theology, 37(2), 114-124.
Miner, M. (2009). Applying relational and contextual reasoning (RCR) to understand human – divine relationships. Theology and Science, 7(3), 245-259.
Miner, M.H., Sterland, S. & Dowson, M. (2009). Orientation to the demands of ministry: Construct validity and relationship with burnout. Review of Religious Research, 50, 463-479.
Miner, M., Dowson, M., & Sterland, S. (2009). Burnout and work satisfaction in Australian church leaders. InPsych, August, http://www.psychology.org.au/inpsych/burnout/.
Miner, M. (2008). Resonance, attunement and attachment: Contribution to an understanding of human-divine relationships by developmental psychology and trinitarian theology. Crucible – theology & ministry, 1(2).
Miner, M. (2008). Healthy questing and mature religious reflection: Critique, antecedents, and relevance of attachment theory. Journal of Psychology and Theology, 36(3), 222-233.
Dover, H., Miner, M., & Dowson, M. (2007). The nature and structure of Muslim religious reflection. Journal of Muslim Mental Health, 2(2), 189-210.
Miner, M. (2007). Back to the basics in attachment to God: Revisiting theory in light of theology. Journal of Psychology and Theology, 35(2), 112-122.
Miner, M. (2007). Changes in burnout over the first 12 months in ministry: Links with stress and orientation to ministry. Mental Health, Religion and Culture, 10(1), 9-16.
Miner, M. (2007). Burnout in the first year of ministry: Personality and belief style as important predictors. Mental Health, Religion and Culture, 10(1), 17-29.
Miner, M., Sterland, S., & Dowson, M. (2006). Coping with Ministry: Development of a multidimensional measure of internal orientation to the demands of ministry. Review of Religious Research, 48(1), 212-230.
Miner, M.H. (2005). Ethics education: Further reasons why a grounding in ethical theory is essential. A comment on Davidson, Garton and Joyce (2003). Australian Psychologist, 40(1), 54-56.
Miner, M.H. & Petocz, A. (2003). Moral theory in ethical decision making: Problems, clarifications and recommendations from a psychological perspective Journal of Business Ethics, 42(1), 11-25.
Goldfried, J. & Miner, M.H. (2002). Quest religion and the problem of limited compassion. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 41(4), 685-695.
Miner, M.H. & McKnight, J. (1999). Religious attributions: Situational factors and effects on coping. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 38(2), 273-285.
Miner, M.H. (1991). Self concept of homeless adolescents. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 20(5), 545-560.
Miner, M.H. (1991). The adjustment of long-term homeless youth. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 26(1), 24-34.
Miner, M. & Gorta, A. (1987). Heroin use in the lives of women prisoners in Australia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 20(1), 3-15.
Peer-reviewed papers in published conference proceedings
Latukefu, L., Miner-Bridges, M., & Webb, L. (2018). Spiritual formation and community engagement in a Bachelor of Music Program. In A. Gibson and C. Chihota (Eds.) Proceedings of International Conference for Christian Educators (pp. 177-193) Tauranga New Zealand. Bethlehem Tertiary Institute.
Miner, M., Dowson, M., & Ghobary B. (2016). Spirituality and psychological well-being of Muslim Australians: A quantitative study of attachment to people and God. In M.Miner & M.Dowson (Eds.) Proceedings of the Spirituality, Culture and Well-Being Conference of the Lumen Research Institute and Excelsia College, Sydney, Australia, on 5 October 2016.
McLean Hawthorne, Martin Dowson, Maureen Miner & Marie-Thérèse Proctor (2016, October). Re-development of a measure of attachment processes in Christian conversion and spiritual maturity using a cross-cultural sample. In Spirituality, Culture and Well-Being, Conference of the Lumen Research Institute and Excelsia College, Sydney, Australia, on 5 October.
McLean Hawthorne, Martin Dowson, Maureen Miner & Marie-Thérèse Proctor (2016, October). Attachment processes in Christian conversion and spiritual maturity in a cross-cultural sample. In Spirituality, Culture and Well-Being, Conference of the Lumen Research Institute and Excelsia College, Sydney, Australia, on 5 October.
Miller, H. & Miner, M. (2016, October). The relational self in therapeutic encounter: Towards an understanding of therapeutic relationship through a lens of theological anthropology. In Spirituality, Culture and Well-Being, Conference of the Lumen Research Institute and Excelsia College, Sydney, Australia, on 5 October.
Clanfield, J., Dowson, M., & Miner, M. (2016, October). School ethos, religiosity & orthodoxy. In Spirituality, Culture and Well-Being, Conference of the Lumen Research Institute and Excelsia College, Sydney, Australia, on 5 October.
Miner, M. & Dowson, M. (2009). Does religion compromise autonomy? In K. McPhillips (Ed). proceedings of the AASR Conference (pp.55-70). University Of Auckland, New Zealand.
Dover, H., Miner, M., & Dowson, M. (2007). Religious Reflection amongst Muslims. In M. Miner & M.Dowson (Eds.), Spirituality in Australia: Psychological, Social and Religious Perspectives. Proceedings of the UWS Psychology and Spirituality Society Annual Conference, University of Western Sydney. Sydney: University of Western Sydney.
Miner, M., Dowson, M., Sterland, S. (2007). The plight of the Australian clergy revisited: Orientation to ministry, burnout and ministry satisfaction. In M. Miner & M.Dowson (Eds.). Spirituality in Australia: Psychological, Social and Religious Perspectives. Proceedings of the UWS Psychology and Spirituality Society Annual Conference, University of Western Sydney.
Miner, M. & Dowson, M. (2007). Spirituality in Australia: Psychological, Social and Religious Perspectives. Proceedings of the UWS Psychology and Spirituality Society Annual Conference, University of Western Sydney.
Dowson, M., Parker, P., & Miner, M. (2007). Internal orientation to Ministry: Theory, construct validation and measurement invariance. In M. Miner & M. Dowson (Eds.), Spirituality in Australia; Psychological, Social and Religious Perspectives. Proceedings of the UWS Psychology and Spirituality Society Annual Conference, University of Western Sydney.
Dowson, M., Miner M., & Nelson, G. (2006). Internal orientation to ministry: A secularisation perspective on the social structure of ministry coping. In R. Craven, J. Eccles, & M.T. Ha (Eds.), Self-concept, motivation, social & personal identity for the 21st Century: Proceedings of the 4th International Biennial Conference of the Self-Concept Enhancement and Learning Facilitation Centre. Sydney: SELF Research Centre.
Dowson, M., Miner, M., Nelson, G.F., & Sterland, S. (2005). Coping with ministry: Confirmatory factor analysis of a multidimensional measure of orientations to the demands of ministry. In M. Atherton (Ed.), Proceedings of Scholarship and Community: The inaugural conference of the College of Arts, Education, and Social Sciences, University of Western Sydney.
Miner, M.H. (1995). Spiritual Well-Being: Measurement, Research and Clinical Issues. In W. Vialle, (Ed.), Why Psychology? Selected Papers from the Annual Conference, Wollongong, 1994. Wollongong: APS Ltd.