Adriaan van Klinken and Ezra Chitando, Reimagining Christianity and Sexual Diversity in Africa (African Arguments series). London: Hurst & Co / New York: Oxford University Press, 2021. How has this book come about? A few years ago, I spoke at the launch of the book Pentecostal Republic: Religion and the Struggle for State Power in... Continue Reading →
Mikel Burley is Associate Professor of Religion and Philosophy at the University of Leeds, Co-Director of the Centre for Philosophy of Religion and a member of the Centre for Religion and Public Life. His new book, A Radical Pluralist Philosophy of Religion: Cross-Cultural, Multireligious, Interdisciplinary, was published by Bloomsbury in January 2020. For readers of... Continue Reading →
Johanna Stiebert is Professor of the Hebrew Bible at the University of Leeds, and a member of the Centre for Religion and Public Life. Her new book, Rape Myths, the Bible and #MeToo, has just been published by Routledge, and is the inaugural book in a series focused on current work being done by The... Continue Reading →
Dr Caroline Starkey is Associate Professor of Religion and Society at the University of Leeds, and a member of the Centre for Religion and Public Life. Her new book, Women in British Buddhism: Commitment, Connection, Community, has just been published by Routledge, in the series Critical Studies in Buddhism. For the readers of Religion in Public, she... Continue Reading →
Q&A with Adriaan van Klinken about his new book, Kenyan, Christian, Queer
By Prue Griffiths The first independent report into the UK Hajj industry reveals a sector that is rapidly expanding and changing – and becoming increasingly expensive for British Muslims. Written in partnership with the Council of British Hajjis, the University of Leeds report recommends measures to protect pilgrims from conflicting information – including about Hajj travel... Continue Reading →
In this piece, S Kay Oliver covers the launch of Rev Dr Carol Tomlin's new book, entitled Preach It: Understanding African Caribbean Preaching, reflecting on its key themes and questions raised by the audience, alongside 'take-away' messages that could help develop homiletic practices. Dr Tomlin is a visiting fellow in the Centre for Religion and... Continue Reading →
Dr Adriaan van klinken – Associate Professor of Religion and African Studies at the University of Leeds – is co-author of the recently published book, Religions in Contemporary Africa: An Introduction. Here he answers some questions to introduce the book to the readers of Religion in Public. How has this book come about? When I joined the University of... Continue Reading →
CRPL member Adriaan van Klinken recently had a new book, Christianity, Sexuality and Citizenship in Africa, published by Routledge. The volume, which was co-edited with Ebenezer Obadare, Professor of Sociology at the University of Kansas, is the outcome of an international research workshop about Pentecostalism and sexual citizenship in Africa that took place at the University... Continue Reading →
We are pleased to announce that Stuart McAnulla, Associate Professor in Politics at the University of Leeds, and member of the CRPL, has just published a new book. Entitled The Politics of New Atheism, he co-authored the book together with Steven Kettell from the University of Warwick, and Marcus Schulzke from the University of York. 'New... Continue Reading →
