Head of Religious Studies, Professor Jeremy Carrette, recently contributed to BBC1’s The Big Questions on Sunday, 6 January 2013. Discussing questions as wide as the … Read more
Category: Religious Studies
SKEPSI Conference – Call for papers
Skepsi is inviting proposals for papers for its upcoming sixth conference, Ghosts in the Flesh. Please send abstracts (350 words) and a short bio-bibliographic note to skepsi@kent.ac.uk … Read more
Radio appearances over the Christmas holidays
Two voices familiar to SECL students can be heard on the radio over the Christmas holidays. First is Dr William Rowlandson from the Department of … Read more
Census results released today show that Christianity continues to dominate
Census results released today show Christians continue to dominate. This might be surprising to some, considering the continuous decline in most obvious forms of church … Read more
Successful year for Religious Studies’ Dr Abby Day
Belief and belonging in Kent and beyond Since launching her book Believing in Belonging: Belief and Social Identity in the Modern World (Oxford: Oxford University … Read more
Religious Studies staff and students speak at major American conferences
Staff and doctoral researchers in the Department of Religious Studies have been involved in convening panels and presenting work at two major American conferences this … Read more
Conference: ‘Religious NGOs, Civil Society and the United Nations’
AHRC/ESRC Religion and Society Programme, University of Kent and Theos present: Big Society or Global Village? Religious NGOs, Civil Society and the United Nations 28th … Read more
Symposium: Religion and Citizenship: Re-Thinking the Boundaries of Religion and the Secular
Anna Strhan and Abby Day in Religious Studies at Kent are co-organising a BSA Socrel / HEA symposium alongside Paul-Francois Tremlett from the Open University. … Read more
Call for Papers – British Conference of Undergraduate Research 2013
The British Conference of Undergraduate Research promotes undergraduate research in all disciplines. The Conference meets annually every spring in a different British university to give … Read more
Jessica Frazier discusses the Hindu festival of Dussehra on the BBC
Dr Jessica Frazier, Lecturer in Religious Studies in the Department of Religious Studies, has just appeared in a BBC documentary celebrating the Hindu festival of … Read more