Religion in Public Blog
In October, Professor Rachel Muers published an interview on the CRPL blog with Professor Anthony G. Reddie, about racism, theology and the new edition of his acclaimed book, 'Is God Colour Blind?'. You can read the full interview here: https://religioninpublic.com/2020/10/12/race-theology-and-the-uk-academy-a-conversation-with-anthony-reddie/
Our Researcher of the Month:
September: Jodie Salter (and you can read about their journey, here)
October: Colin Brewster (and you can read about their journey, here).
We are still accepting blog posts for our rich Faith and Activism series. If you would like to find out more, please contact Dr Hollie Gowan - h.g.gowan@leeds.ac.uk.
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CRPL Seminars 2020/21
We have a great line up of seminars for the rest of semester. All seminars take place over Microsoft TEAMS. All very welcome!
November 12th (11.30-1pm) Professor Simon Robinson (Leeds Beckett University) The Duty of Candour? Does Theology have a Contribution?
November 26th (11.30-1pm) Dr Megan Robertson (University of the Western Cape) Butch Lesbians, Femme Queens and Promiscious Clergy: Queering the Body Politics of the Methodist Church of Southern Africa.
December 10th (3pm - 4.30pm) Dr Philip Deslippe (UC Santa Barbara) The Healthy, Happy, Holy Organisation of Yogi Bhajan. Note change from usual seminar time.
If you would like to attend the seminars, and you haven't already been sent an Outlook link, please get in touch with Dr Hollie Gowan (h.g.gowan@leeds.ac.uk) for a TEAMS joining link.
We hope you will join us for what promises to be a super series of talks!
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CL Nash: New Article
CRPL Visiting Fellow, CL Nash, has published an article with Mutuality Magazine, entitled, 'She is in Bitter Distress: A Womanist Ethic of Advocacy So We Can Breathe'. September 2020. The publisher is Christians for Biblical Equity (CBE). Check it out, here:
https://www.cbeinternational.org/resource/article/mutuality-blog-magazine/she-bitter-distress-womanist-ethic-advocacy
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Islam and Feminism Critical Reading Group: An Invitation
Mustapha Sheikh (Arabic, Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Leeds and a member of CRPL) invites members of the University community to the Islam and Feminism Critical Reading Group. This reading group, hosted by the Iqbal Centre, is now admitting participants for the 2020/21 academic year.
The Islam and Feminism CRG is a unique opportunity to discuss issues pertaining to gender and Islam in the safe space of the University, while allowing for a full exploration of various themes from a scholarly and informed position . The CRG will run from the end of October 2020 through to June 2021, and is open to both students and staff members.
More information on how to register, as well as about session themes, dates and times, is available here: https://iqbalcentre.leeds.ac.uk/critical-madrasa-studies/islam-fem-crg/.
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Extraordinary Professorship Appointment
Adriaan van Klinken has been appointed as Extraordinary Professor at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa, where he will be associated wtih the Desmond Tutu Centre for Religion and Social Justice.
Adriaan has a long-standing interest in, and relationship with South Africa, ever since he was a visiting masters student at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in 2006. He has developed close connections with colleagues at the University of the Western Cape. Two years ago, this culminated in a formal collaboration agreement between the CRPL and the Desmond Tutu Centre. Adriaan’s honorary appointment at UWC provides an exciting opportunity to further develop this collaboration in areas such as research and postgraduate student supervision and exchange.
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New Film by Dr Jasjit Singh
In this video, Dr Singh focuses on the main impacts of his research on 'Sikh Radicalism' in shaping policy and practice, re-framing media debates, and empowering Sikh communities and organisations by providing open access resources and facilitating open dialogue community events, fostering greater community cohesion and education. The link to the video is here.
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Congratulations to Dr Atack!
CRPL would like to congratulate Ruth Atack on passing her PhD viva with minor corrections! Ruth's thesis has the title 'Education, Religion and National Identity in Israel: The Politicisation of Religious Values in Israel's Formal and Informal Education System'. Ruth was supervised by Nir Arielli (History) and Johanna Stiebert (TRS). Her examiners were Emma Tomalin (TRS) and Stefanie Sinclair (Religious Studies, The Open University). Well done, 'Dr Ruth', and thank you also for all your outreach work in high schools and the wider community, promoting the study of religions.
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New Publications
Jasjit Singh (2020) ‘Narratives in Action: Modelling the Types and Drivers of Sikh Activism in Diaspora’, Religions 11 (10), 539. Link here: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/11/10/539/pdf
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ABOUT THE Centre for Religion and Public Life
The Centre for Religion and Public Life at the University of Leeds is a hub for research into the important, and increasingly contentious, role of religion in public life in the world today, both locally, nationally and internationally. It provide a forum in which contemporary research and scholarship can be debated and disseminated. The Centre works closely with non-academic partners to identify the ways in which religion is relevant to their work and to produce research that is capable of meeting their need to better understand the nature of religion and religious organisations locally, nationally and internationally.
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