Religion and the Public Sphere looks at how religion has - and can - inform and contribute to the UK today. Each chapter explores a different theme or topic on the subject of religion in the public realm, from law, liberalism, the environment and security to the public participation of religious minorities and immigration, with a balance between theoretical and more empirical chapters. This book engages with religion in new way, to go beyond religious literacy or debates around radicalisation, and to look at how religion can contribute to public discourse. Religion, this book will show,...

Religion and the Public Sphere looks at how religion has - and can - inform and contribute to the UK today. Each chapter explores a different theme or topic on the subject of religion in the public realm, from law, liberalism, the environment and security to the public participation of religious minorities and immigration, with a balance between theoretical and more empirical chapters. This book engages with religion in new way, to go beyond religious literacy or debates around radicalisation, and to look at how religion can contribute to public discourse. Religion, this book will show,...