Shaping debate on religion in public life.

Blog

Professor Chris Baker applauds the recent From Lament to Action report, and challenges the church to create a community where all of its members can breathe. Last week saw the […]


Read Chris Baker's article...

To bury or to praise?

by John Reader

23 Apr 2021

John Reader responds to our recent seminar on ‘Spaces of Trust’ and warns of the dangers of binaries in a digital age. ‘I come to bury Caesar not to praise […]


Read John Reader's article...

William Temple scholar Val Barron reflects on just how radical Christian social enterprise can be. One thing I had never expected when I began my research journey was that it […]


Read Val Barron's article...

Surviving Trauma at the Foot of the Cross

by Karen O'Donnell

2 Apr 2021

This week’s blog, by Karen O’Donnell, is adapted from her chapter ‘Surviving Trauma at the Foot of the Cross’ in the recently published book ‘When Did We See You Naked? […]


Read Karen O'Donnell's article...

Matthew Barber-Rowell reflects on Hilary Cottam’s recent call for a revolution in social policy akin to the post-war welfare state, and proposes that faith-based organisations have an important role to […]


Read Matthew Barber-Rowell's article...

Silence, solidarity, society

by Matthew Stemp

5 Feb 2021

In a final blog on Extinction Rebellion’s recent activities, Matt Stemp turns to stillness and meditation as a vital grounding for social connection and political transformation. You can read the […]


Read Matthew Stemp's article...

Peter Lumsden, a member of the Lancashire Forum of Faiths, reflects on the role that faith groups have played in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic in Lancashire. With numbers of […]


Read Peter Lumsden's article...

Navigating 2020 as a Social Researcher

by Gill Reeve

22 Jan 2021

Gill Reeve charts some of the new challenges, unavoidable losses and unexpected opportunities of 2020, drawing out lessons that are relevant for us all. Starting my PhD in September 2018, […]


Read Gill Reeve's article...

Fantasy or Reality?

by John Reader

15 Jan 2021

In the wake of recent events in US politics, John Reader interrogates the role of social media in blurring the distinction between fantasy and reality. One of the most interesting […]


Read John Reader's article...

Staying with the trouble

by Tim Howles

11 Dec 2020

Associate Research Fellow Tim Howles reflects on what we’ve learnt from our podcast series. As part of the Foundation’s commitment to engage with debates on religion in public life, we’ve […]


Read Tim Howles's article...