Religion in Political Life (RiPL)

Programme Leader:
Dr Tim Stanley

Chief Investigators:
A/Prof Roland Boer, Prof Hilar Carey, Emeritus Prof Terry Lovat, Prof Marion Maddox, Prof John McDowell, Dr Kathleen McPhillips

Summary and Significance of Programme:

Religion's new visibility in political life has provoked one of the most significant global debates of our day. This program directly intervenes by interrogating religion's dynamic interactions with democratic authority, radicalism, gender and the legacies of colonial nation building. The complexity of these four areas demands the interdisciplinary rigour demonstrated by this program's team of internationally recognised, leading-edge researchers on religion. Working together they will propel the debate in vital new directions and promote urgently needed public understanding.

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