Philosophy, Theology and Religion

From the philosophy of mind, ethics, and philosophy of religion, to Christian-Muslim relations and electronic editions of theological texts

Research centres

Our research projects

  • ALTERUMMA

    A five-year interdisciplinary project investigating the transformation of Shii Islam in the Middle East and Europe since the 1950s.

  • CATENA

    Groundbreaking research into catenae, collections of commentaries on early New Testament texts

  • Commonwealth Initiative for Freedom of Religion or Belief (CIFORB)

    Empowering Commonwealth parliamentarians to protect and promote the freedom of religion or belief through research, education and advocacy.

  • EverydayLookism

    A social media campaign which shares stories of ‘lookism’ and body shaming

  • FraMEPhys

    A Framework for Metaphysical Explanation in Physics

  • Global Philosophy of Religion Project

    A major initiative that aims to make the philosophy of religion a truly global field

  • PERFECT

    Pragmatic and epistemic role of factually erroneous cognitions and thoughts

Our subject areas

Research groups

The School of Philosophy, Theology and Religion

  • Academic staff

    Find a researcher in our departments

  • Forthcoming events

    Research seminars, workshops, lectures and conferences

  • The Edward Cadbury Lectures

    An annual series of lectures open to the public on the history, theology and culture of Christianity.

  • Postgraduate study

    Our postgraduate community comes from all over the world, with students studying towards Masters or Doctoral degrees.