Secular and Sacred Spaces
This thematic section explores the spatial aspects of religion including the expressions of religion in prisons, designated prayer rooms, and the use of churches for non-sacred purposes.

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Religion and Diversity Project

Projects
L'aumônerie de prison: Le cas de l’établissement de détention Tanguay (Montréal) [Report in English]

La religiosité et le corps des détenues [Report in English]

Religious Diversity in the Prisons of Canada and England & Wales [Report]

Bibliographies
Prison Chaplaincy: A Selective Bibliography 

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Religions, the State, and Society
National Research Programme NRP 58


Project Reports [in German]
Religion in Swiss Prisons: Changing Pastoral Care and New Religious Actors

Religious Pluralism in Switzerland's Prisons [French]

Social Work Driven by the Divine Spirit?

The Costs and Benefits of Churches in Switzerland

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The Impact of Religion


Project Reports
The In-between Church: A Study of the Church of England's Role in Society through the Prism of Welfare

Utmaningar för Svenska kyrkans identitet: När behovet av kyrkan ökar men söndagsgudstjänsterna minskar [Swedish]

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Religare Project



Religare Project Summary Report
Access to and Use of Public Spaces

Policy Brief 
The Place of Religion and Belief in Public Spaces across the EU: Policy Dilemmas and Recommendations on Religious Symbols and Dress Codes

State of the Arts Reports
The Public Space: The Formal and Substantive Neutrality of the Public Sphere

Religion and the Workplace

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Religion and Society Programme


Projects
Landscape Aesthetics, Meaning and Experience in Christian Pilgrimage [Website]

• Modern Pilgrims in Ancient Landscapes [Summary report]

Leadership and Capacity Building in the British Muslim Community: The Case of Muslim Chaplains [Website]

• Muslim Chaplains are Changing Chaplaincy, and Chaplaincy is Changing Islam in Britain [Summary report]

Marking Transitions and Meaning across the Life Course: Older People's Memories of Religious and Secular Ceremonies in Eastern and Western Europe [Summary report]

Methodist Central Halls: Public Sacred Space [Website]

• Methodist Central Halls: A Mission with Ambition [Summary report]
• Methodist Central Halls as Public Sacred Spaces [Podcast]

Multi-Faith Spaces - Symptoms and Agents of Religious and Social Change [Website]

• Multi-Faith Spaces Exhibition [Website]

Queer Spiritual Space(s): An Investigation into the Practices of Non-Hegemonic Queer Spiritual Communities Using Case Studies [Summary report]

Survival and Success on Medieval Borders: Cistercian Houses in Medieval Scotland and Pomerania [Summary report]

• Interview with PI Emilia Jamroziak [Podcast]

The Production of Religious Architecture in a Diverse World [Summary report]

• Behind Closed Doors [Booklet]

Troubled Geographies: Two Centuries of Religious Division in Ireland [Summary report]

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