Research projects in Theology and Religion

Some of our current research projects

Study of Islam

• Gender Mainstreaming and Returnees
• Euro-Islam - news and analysis on Islam in Europe and North America
• Christian-Muslim Relations 1500-1900 (CMR1900)

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

• Women, Faith and Humanitarian Interventions
• Youth work and countering radicalisation and violent extremism
• The Hyphen Project: cultural conflict to religious transition
• 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