Professor Sophie Gilliat-Ray FBA

Islam and Muslim communities in Britain; religious leadership, chaplaincy in public institutions, ethnographic research methodology.
A photo of Sophie Gilliat-Ray FBA standing in front of a bookcase.
Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year elected
2024
Honours
OBE, FBA, FLSW

Current post

Cardiff University Professor of Religious Studies and Director, Islam-UK Centre

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Anna Sapir Abulafia FBA

Interactions between Christians and Jews in the Middle Ages within the broad context of 12th and 13th-century theological and ecclesiastical developments; the place of Jews and Muslims in canon law

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Professor Reinhard Kratz FBA

Reinhard Kratz's research interests focus on the origin of the Hebrew Bible with special emphasis on Pentateuch, historical books, prophets and psalms, the Dead Sea Scrolls (Qumran) and the history of ancient Judaism in Persian and Hellenistic-Roman times

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Professor Michael Snape

Religion, war and society in the English-speaking world, c.1700 to the present day, with a particular focus on the experience of military service.

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