Centre for the Study of Religion and Politics (CSRP)

The Centre for the Study of Religion and Politics (CSRP) aims to conduct collaborative research in the following areas: the relation of the practice of religion and its political context; theologies as religious narratives focusing on the religious communities that created them in a particular social and political context; the relation between religious and political histories; the relation between theology and history; the history of the Christian Churches in context with emphasis on the study of religion and politics in Latin America, Africa and Asia; the history of world religion and their involvement within particular social and political contexts; and indigenous religious narratives and their influence in contemporary political issues such as indigenous rights, political activism and new religious movements.
For more information please visit the Centre for the Study of Religion and Politics (CSRP) home page.
This material is presented to ensure timely dissemination of scholarly and technical work. Copyright and all rights therein are retained by authors or by other copyright holders. All persons copying this information are expected to adhere to the terms and constraints invoked by each author's copyright. In most cases, these works may not be reposted without the explicit permission of the copyright holder.
Collections in this community
Recent Submissions
-
Hope unexpected : an account of the Lebanese Christians' encounter with Syrian refugees
(University of St Andrews, 2016-06) - ThesisThis research explores the place of the Church in Lebanon and its response to the present Syrian refugee crisis. By means of interviews with a small number of Christian leaders in Beirut, this study narrates a current ...