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It is with regret that we announce today, 12th March 2020, that the joint USA Implicit Religion Conference and the SORAAAD workshop has been postponed until 1st -3rd June 2021 due to COVID-19 (Corona Virus). We have taken this difficult decision to ensure the health and well-being of our delegates, speakers, and their families to … Continue reading Implicit Religion and SORAAAD- March 2020 Joint Statement

We, the Trustees of the Centre for the Study of Implicit Religion and Contemporary Spirituality (CSIRCS), were pleased to establish in Bishop Grosseteste University, the three-year Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Implicit Religion and welcomed the appointment of Dr Francis Stewart to that position. We have been impressed by the way in which Bishop Grosseteste University … Continue reading A Statement by the CSIRCS Trustees

The first ever USA based Implicit Religion Conference was held at Monmouth University in New Jersey from the 3 -5th June 2019. It was based around a question rather than a theme, which was, Implicit Religion: What Might That Be? It was created to be a space in which students, early career scholars and marginalised … Continue reading US – 2019 – Implicit Religion, what might that be?

The Implicit Religion UK conference began in 1978 running annually and now located at Bishop Grosseteste University. From the beginning, Edward was determined to focus on the conferring aspect, the conversation and discussion rather than the presentation itself and we have remained true to that in subsequent years. As well as being a distinctive marker … Continue reading UK – Previous Conferences

Call for Papers Implicit Religion is a set of analytical tools or axioms in relation to the study of religion, the definitions of concepts around religion and its supposed corollary the secular. The first of these is commitment, which we take as our theme for this year’s conference. We understand Commitment(s) to be that to … Continue reading US – 2021 Implicit Religion: Commitment

Call for Papers This online only conference takes place against the backdrop of increased political authoritarianism and a noticeable rise in racial and religious intolerance across the world. Politicians are actively seeking to prevent teaching on critical race theory, colonial brutality and the ongoing legacy of enslavement. Concurrently we increasingly find ‘race’ being dismissed or … Continue reading UK – 2021 Implicit Religion, Race, and Representation

The Edward Bailey Centre for the Study of Implicit Religion is dedicated to inter-disciplinary research into contemporary spirituality and religious experience. We seek to do so in a way that will bring together people who have an interest in this study and to work with other organisations with overlapping interests. With that in mind, we … Continue reading Participation Policy

Theology, Philosophy and Ethics at Bishop Grosseteste University offers a range of single honours and joint BA honours degree programme for undergraduate students. Joint honours currently runs with History or Education Studies. The department also offers an MA in Theology and Religious Studies. As a department we are seeking to help you explore the big … Continue reading Religion at BGU

Francis Stewart is the Implicit Religion Research Fellow, a Lecturer, and Director of the Edward Bailey Research Center for the Study of Implicit Religion at Bishop Grosseteste University. She currently teaches at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels in the Theology, Philosophy and Ethics department. She also provides training for doctoral students throughout the university. She … Continue reading The Director

Edward Bailey (1935 – 2015), the originator of Implicit Religion, founded and ran the Implicit Religion journal (Equinox) from 1998 and the annual Implicit Religion conferences from 1978, known fondly as the Denton Conferences – named for the hall they were held in. Edward was also the first President of the British Association for the … Continue reading Edward Bailey (1935-2015)