Dr Jennifer Philippa joined the CRPL as Senior Research Fellow in Religion and Development in November 2021. Her position is jointly hosted with the Joint Learning Initiative on Faith and Local Communities (JLI) where she is also Acting Director of Research. Tell us a little about your ‘research journey’ –...
By Alan Benstock Earlier this year, Keith Kahn-Harris published a book called What does a Jew look like?, in collaboration with the photographer Rob Stothard. The book tries to challenge the use of stock photos of strictly orthodox Jews in the British media – of men in long black coats with...
By Professor Seán McLoughlin, Leeds TRS REF2021 Unit of Assessment Leader The results of the UK’s latest Research Excellence Framework (REF), which covers the period 2014-20, were published recently. The REF is the system for assessing the quality and impact of research conducted in UK higher education, as well as...
By Neha Khetrapal (Jindal Institute of Behvaioural Sciences) In this comment piece, Dr Neha Khetrapal reflects on the interactions between climate change and religious traditions. Several pertinent questions emerge in the midst of the reflection: Can ‘human exceptionalism’ lead us away from conservation? Will the world witness a new religion...
The Centre for Religion and Public Life at the University of Leeds invites you to a research day on 16th June, on the theme: Religious Creativity in a Changing World This interactive event will showcase how religion, culture and identity are being imagined, improvised and lived in a changing world. The hybrid...
Bonaventure Chia is a PhD researcher in the school of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science at the University of Leeds. His current research focuses on Religious Extremism and Deradicalisation Programmes in Nigeria. Tell us a little about your ‘research journey’ – how did you get to where you are...
On 27 April 2022, the Centre for Religion and Public Life at the University of Leeds hosted a seminar with Dr Brandon Gallaher, about “Orthodox Theology, Russian Nationalism, and the Invasion of Ukraine”. Dr Brandon Gallaher is Senior Lecturer of Systematic and Comparative Theology at the University of Exeter. A specialist...
Religion in Public interviewed Melissa M. Wilcox (University of California, Riverside) about her recently published book, Queer Religiosities: An Introduction to Queer and Transgender Studies in Religion, and about how she sees the exciting field of queer and trans studies in religion developing. This interview was conducted by Hollie Gowan,...
Grace Nwamah is a PhD student at the University of Leeds with the school of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science. Her research focuses on the ways in which religion can positively impact society. She is an assistant lecturer at Imo State University, Owerri, Nigeria. She received her BA...
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 theme “Religious Leaders as Agents of Change: Promoting LGBTIQ equality and inclusion in East Africa”. The workshop was organised as part of the Sexuality and...