We are holding a research day, on Monday 4th July 2016, that may be of interest to many of you who read our blog. The details are below! We hope to see you there (please RSVP to Dr Caroline Starkey, c.starkey@leeds.ac.uk). Building Minority Faith Heritage : Research, Innovation, and Opportunities...
Johanna Stiebert (University of Leeds) and Katie Edwards (University of Sheffield) have written a great piece for The Conversation, which we re-publish (with permission) below: The greatest taboo? What The Bible says about incest Katie Edwards, University of Sheffield and Johanna Stiebert, University of Leeds Incest sparks strong emotions –...
By Dr Caroline Starkey Whilst the world (or at least, some of it) waits with baited breath for the Chelsea v Tottenham score to see whether Leicester City FC top the Premiership, an interesting side-story has been doing the media rounds. Can the meteoric rise of ‘the Foxes’, as Leicester are known, be attributed...
By Dr Johanna Stiebert While I cannot take any credit, I do feel enormous pride for the vibrant event that was Orange is the new Bible, hosted by the Sheffield Institute for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies (SIIBS) on 19 February 2016, and organized by TRS of Leeds alumni Joanne Merrygold and...
7th April 2016, 13.00-17.00, University of Leeds Speakers Dr Barbara Bompani, University of Edinburgh Prof Ezra Chitando, University of Zimbabwe Rev Jide Macaulay, House of Rainbow Ministries Dr Adriaan van Klinken, University of Leeds Dr Matthew Waites, University of Glasgow Occasion The symposium marks the launch of two books,...
by Dr Sean McLoughlin A few years ago I was fortunate to be invited to undertake a three-day lecture tour in the United States organised by the British Council in Washington as part of its “Our Shared Future” programme. A partnership with the Carnegie Corporation of New York, this programme...
Today we launch our new blog, Religion in Public, providing current analysis of topics relating to religion in the public sphere, in Britain and beyond. We hope that this blog will stimulate debate and encourage public engagement with the work that we do at the Centre. Please feel free to share...