Research centres and networks

Our research centres and networks are founded on a 500-year tradition of creative thought.

Examining the emergence and early developments in Christianity.

Advancing scholarship in Christianity outside the western hemisphere.

Promoting reflection and research on important public issues to which Christian theology can make a constructive contribution.

Creating academic links between Western scholars and religious thinkers in the Middle East, Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia.

Bringing together Buddhist Studies enthusiasts in Scotland and the north of the UK.

Bringing together research scholars at the University of Edinburgh and from across the central belt of Scotland.

Our network shares knowledge and develops research possibilities around the dynamic relationship between literature and religions.