Impact

Our research influences and engages with the wider community, in Manchester and beyond, in many ways.

Current research with a strong focus on impact includes the following ongoing projects: 

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Jewish Divorce Project

Improving the lives of women facing a worldwide divorce-related challenge within the Orthodox Jewish community.
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Explaining Early Christianity Diversity

Enhancing church practitioner training, public understanding and the work of Christian communicators through a new paradigm.
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Genealogies of Knowledge

Corpus-assisted research for analysing evolution of scientific and political concepts.
Jewish ritual

Digital Jewish Community

Ethnographic Study of religious innovation among Orthodox Jewish women under Covid-19.

 

Learn more about out how our Religions and Theology research has been making a difference through our case studies below. 

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Manchester and the Dead Sea Scrolls

Stimulating imaginations, creativity and heritage conservation.