Research centres and networks

Examining the emergence and early developments in Christianity, focusing on the first two centuries of the common era.

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

Edinburgh Buddhist Studies is a network of research scholars convened at the University of Edinburgh and with members from across the north of the UK.

Edinburgh Jewish Studies Network brings together research scholars at at the University of Edinburgh and includes members from across the central belt of Scotland.

A multi-disciplinary and multi-institutional research network investigating theologies of the natural sciences and theologies of nature.

The Scottish Network for Religion and Literature shares knowledge and develops research possibilities around the dynamic relationship between literature and religions.