Beckford, Robert

Robert Beckford is a Visiting Fellow in the department of Sociology at the University of Warwick, and is the author of a number of books in the field of religion, popular culture and politics, including Jesus is Dread (2008) and God and the Gangs (2004). He has presented several documentaries in the UK for the BBC and Channel 4, gained a BAFTA in 2001 for diversity in educational broadcasting and is currently the presenter of the Sunday Morning Show on BBC West Midlands.