Reclaiming Histories: Slavery, Race and the Churches
Yesterday, on 5 June 2025, there was a collaborative day of impact, co-organised by USPG, LCI (Leeds Church Institute), and CRPL. The purpose was to...
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Two events with Revd Dr Helen Paynter on the Far Right and Christianity
In March Revd Dr. Helen Paynter is coming to Yorkshire to lead two events on the topic of her recent co-edited volume. Event 1 Universities...
Agaba Masquerade in Yorkshire
Today's post is by CRPL member and University of Leeds PhD candidate Gloria Adaeze Adichie. On 14 December 2024 in Leeds, the Igbo Union Yorkshire (IUY)...
A Day all about Mel Prideaux and the Community Religions Project
Today’s post is by Professor Melanie Prideaux. Mel has been a key member, shaper, and supporter of the Centre for Religion and Public Life (CRPL)...
Liberal Arts Students Host ‘Exploring “Cults” and “Cult” Rhetoric’ Conference
Second year Liberal Arts students at the University of Leeds, supervised by Dr Aled Thomas, recently hosted a conference and workshop on ‘cult’ rhetoric in...
Postgraduate Research Day on 22 January 2024
On Monday 22 January 2024 the Centre for Religion and Public Life hosted a Postgraduate Day focused on research, impact, and networking. The day had...
Update on the Abuse in Religious Contexts Project
The AHRC-funded Abuse in Religious Contexts Project is well under way. As one Co-Investigator of the Project, CRPL Director Johanna Stiebert has been running a...
CRPL at the British Association for the Study of Religions
The CRPL at BASR 2023 Today's post is by Dr. Aled Thomas The University of Leeds and Centre for Religion and Public Life were represented...
Religious Leaders as Agents of Change: Impressions of a workshop
In February 2022, a group of twenty-five religious leaders, activists and academics came together at Egerton University, in Nakuru, Kenya, for a workshop about the...
When a book becomes a cake: the launch of Sacred Queer Stories
by Adriaan van Klinken On Valentine’s Day 2022, the book Sacred Queer Stories: Ugandan LGBTQ+ Refugees and the Bible, was launched at The Nature Network...