Religion and Global Society

A research-led interdisciplinary blog that promotes an understanding of religion and its relevance in world affairs

Latest posts

Book Review: How Violence Shapes Religion: Belief and Conflict in the Middle East and Africa by Ziya Meral

May 17th, 2019

Jean Vanier: A Personal Reflection

May 10th, 2019

Rethinking difference: Muslim and Christian lives in comparative perspective

April 17th, 2019

Have we reached Peak Pentecostalism? Social development and the limits of personal transformation

April 11th, 2019

LSE Research

What could happen to Shamima Begum’s child? A Family law perspective

February 18th, 2019

The transcendental nation: The overlooked spiritual dimension of political polarisation

November 12th, 2018

When racialised assumptions don’t fit: White Muslims and the contestation of threat

October 24th, 2018

Populism and Religion

LSE FESTIVAL 2019 PODCAST: ‘Us’ and ‘Them’: populism and religious identity in the West

March 11th, 2019

Populism and Religion: A Conclusion

February 12th, 2019

The Religion Gap: Why right-wing populists underperform among Christian voters and what this means for the role of the Church in society

December 20th, 2018

Europe

The transcendental nation: The overlooked spiritual dimension of political polarisation

November 12th, 2018

The Catholic work ethic: Weber may have been wrong in linking hard work to Protestantism

August 30th, 2018

Beyond the Pew report: Christian identities and ‘Others’ in contemporary Europe

August 9th, 2018