Queer Empathy in Contemporary Nigerian Literature
Queer Empathy in Contemporary Nigerian Literature: Religion and Intersex in Buki Papillon’s An Ordinary Wonder By Elizabeth West For several decades, the Nigerian literary scene...
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The Colonial Christian Kernel of African Anti-LGBT+ Politics and Queer Humanitarianism: Conversation with Kwame E. Otu
Adriaan van Klinken is Professor of Religion and African Studies and a member of the Centre for Religion and Public Life at the University of...
Abdellah Taïa: Reimagining being Muslim, queer and African
By Gibson Ncube (University of Stellenbosch) and Adriaan van Klinken (University of Leeds). This piece was first published by The Conversation (25 May 2023) and...
Satanism, ritual cults and Hollywood
By Bethan Juliet Oake, originally published by The Conversation Earlier this year the non-binary singer-songwriter, Sam Smith, performed their song Unholy, at the Grammys. Dressed...
Speaking Truth to Power: Christian Faith Actors and Kenya's Liberation Movements
By Dr. Alice Karuri (Strathmore University) This blog post is the second one in a series that captures some of the learning that took place...
Decolonisation, development and faith
By Olivia Wilkinson, Emma Tomalin and Jennifer Philippa Eggert This blog post is the first one in a series that captures some of the learning...
Christian and Jewish Charities in Leeds after WW1: The Response to Disabled Ex-Servicemen
In this blog post, historian Dr Bethany Rowley writes about an often-overlooked part of Leeds’ religious history: the response of Christian and Jewish charities to...
Pentecostalism, Public Health, and COVID-19 in Nigeria
Dr Xavier Moyet is a Visiting Research Fellow in the Centre for Religion and Public Life at the University of Leeds. He also is a...
Sikh Radicalisation in Britain
CRPL researcher Dr Jasjit Singh writes about the findings of his recently completed research project on Sikh radicalisation in Britain, the report of which was...
Beyond African religious homophobia: How Christianity is a source of African LGBT activism
The emergence of anti-homosexuality politics in Africa is often explained with reference to religion. Although religion is a major factor in fuelling homophobia in Africa,...