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We have a successful track record in attracting funding for research projects that further debate in Theology and Religion, contribute to interdisciplinary knowledge, and impact significantly on both the academic community and policy and practice in public life.

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Architecture and Asceticism: Cultural Interaction between Syria and Georgia in Late Antiquity

This ERC-funded project, directed by Professor Emma Loosley, explores the links between Syria and Georgia in the fourth to seventh centuries. Monks of the differing branches of Syrian Christianity are known to have spread their faith as far afield as Ethiopia, southern India and China by the eighth century, so it is not surprising that there are many Georgian stories of “Thirteen Syrian Fathers”. They reportedly came to the country in the sixth century to consolidate the conversion process said to have been begun by St. Nino in the fourth century. However all sources relating to these monks were written several centuries after the purported events occurred and nobody has yet researched the evidence for such a relationship between the two cultures from an interdisciplinary viewpoint.

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Christian Diversity in Late Antique Sirmium (ca 350 – ca 450): A Historical, Literary and Theological Study

Professor Morwenna Ludlow
Hajnalka Tamas
Mind the Gap Dr Susannah Cornwall
Queering the Pilling Report Penelope Cowell Doe (doctoral research project)
Variant Sex and Gender, Religion and Faith Dr Susannah Cornwall
Buddhist-Christian Relations  Dr Brandon Gallaher
Bible and Bedlam: 'Madness' and 'Mental Illness' in New Testament Interpretation Professor Louise Lawrence
The Art of Narrative Theology in Religious Education Dr Esther D. Reed
Religion in the Public Sphere: Comparing the Iranian and British Experiences Dr Esther D. Reed
The Role of Values in Responding to Major Social Change: Christian Churches and the Transition Town Movement Professor Tim Gorringe
The Social Life of the Corpse in the Ancient World Professor Francesca Stavrakopoulou
The Role of Ancestor Veneration in Biblical Land Claims Professor Francesca Stavrakopoulou
Information and the Origin of Life Professor Christopher Southgate
Ministry Training as Formation Professor Christopher Southgate
Texts of Land, Sea and Hope Dr Louise Lawrence
Sense and Stigma: Sensory-Disabled Characters in the Gospels Dr Louise Lawrence
Uses of the Bible in Environmental Ethics Professor David Horrell
Targeted Killing: Clearing the 'Fog of Law' Day Conference  Dr Esther D. Reed
Critiques of Capitalism: Christian and Muslim Voices Dr Esther D. Reed
Tax for the Common Good Dr Esther D. Reed
Security and Human Rights: Conflict or Complementarity? Dr Esther D. Reed
Vegetarianism as a Spiritual Choice in Historical and Contemporary Theology Dr Rachel Muers, Dr David Grumett
Beyond Stewardship? Biblical Texts and Environmental Ethics: A Pilot Study Resourcing Teachers in the South West Professor David Horrell
The Church and Climate Change Dr Michael DeLashmutt
Readings from the Road: Contextual Hermeneutics of Homelessness Dr Louise Lawrence
Scriptural Reasoning as a Civic Practice in the South West  Dr Esther D. Reed
60 Years of the UNHDR Dr Esther D. Reed
Democracy, the Rule of Law, and Access to Justice Dr Esther D. Reed
The Bible and the Devotional Life Dr Cherryl Hunt