Research projects in Theology and Religion

Some of our current research projects

Study of Islam

• Science and British Muslim Religious Leadership
• Gender Mainstreaming and Returnees
• Narratives of Displacement: Iraqi and Syrian Refugees in Europe and the Middle East
• Euro-Islam - news and analysis on Islam in Europe and North America
• Christian-Muslim Relations 1500-1900 (CMR1900)
• Creating an alternative umma - clerical authority and religio-political mobilisation in transnational Shii Islam

Biblical Studies

• The Birmingham Research Network on the Bible and Culture
• Codex Zacynthius - discovering the secrets of the oldest Greek New Testament catena manuscript
• The development of complex literary traditions in the second temple period
• A Critical Edition of the Gospel according to St John, in print and electronic forms
• The Virtual Manuscript Room and Mingana Online
• The Dead Sea Scrolls: a window on ancient Jewish history
• Second Temple Early Career Academy - a virtual common room for early career researchers
• CATENA: Commentary Manuscripts in the History and Transmission of the Greek New Testament
• Ezra's Legacy and the Dead Sea Scrolls: Law and Narratives of Exclusion

Other religion-related study

• Science, Knowledge and Belief in Society Research Group
• Women, Faith and Humanitarian Interventions
• Youth work and countering radicalisation and violent extremism
• The Hyphen Project: cultural conflict to religious transition
• The Commonwealth Initiative for Freedom of Religion and Belief (CIFoRB)
• Changing the self-understanding of Pentecostal Christians worldwide
• Women, faith and humanitarian intervention - creating gender- and faith-responsive humanitarian programmes
• Humanities for resilience - forming an alternative framework for international development aid
• The Multimedia Yasna - editing Zoroastrian texts

Some of our previous research projects

Study of Religion

• Christian-Muslim relations 600-1500 
• Megachurches and Social Engagement in London
• The role of faith communities in conflict transformation and long term development
• New forms of religious transnationalism and development initiatives

Biblical Studies

•  The Codex Sinaiticus Project: the oldest complete Bible online
• Vetus Latina Iohannes: electronic editions of the Old Latin Gospels
• Early Pauline Commentaries as sources for the biblical text
• The Syneidon Project

Theology

• Social Exclusion and Urban Youth Spiritualities’ – Graffiti Art Project
• Transnational Nigerian Pentecostal churches, networks and believers in three northern countries: migrant churches as a potential and potent social force (NORFACE Project)

Study of Islam

• Levelling the playing field for Muslim women