Robert Gleave's research interests are Islamic law; Shi’i Legal thought; Hermeneutics and legal theory in the Islamic intellectual history; and Muslim seminary studies.
Indian philosophy focusing on Sanskrit and Pali, comparative philosophy of epistemology, metaphysics and phenomenology; classical Indian religions, especially Hindu theology in Sanskrit and Tamil, and comparative Hindu-Christian studies
Social history of Christianity in western Europe and the USA in the 19th and 20th century, including urban and working class history, secularisation and international comparison
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