Sophie Gilliat-Ray's Full Publication List
i) Sole authored books
Fieldwork in Religion: a guide for qualitative researchers, London: Continuum Press. Forthcoming 2011.
Muslims in Britain: an Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. In Press, 2009/2010.
2000 Religion in Higher Education: The Politics of the Multi-Faith Campus Aldershot: Ashgate
pp. xiii + 199, ISBN 0 7546 1562 6
ii) Joint authored Books
1998 Religion in Prison: Equal Rites in a Multi-Faith Society, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (with Professor James Beckford), pp. xiv + 232, ISBN 0 521 62246 8
iii) Chapters in edited books
2009 'Mosques in the United Kingdom' (with Yahya Birt) in Mosque Controversies in Europe, Stefano Allievi (ed.), Rome: Ethnobarometer.
2008 'From 'Visiting Minister' to 'Muslim Chaplain': the growth of Muslim Chaplaincy in Britain, 1970-2007', in Barker, E & Richardson, J. (eds.), The Centrality of Religion in Social Life, Aldershot: Ashgate
2002 ‘Invitation and Enculturation: the dissemination and development of Islam in contemporary societies’, in Wolffe, J. (ed.), Global Religious Movements in Regional Context, Milton Keynes: Open University Press/Aldershot:Ashgate
2001 ‘Sociological perspectives on the care of minority faiths’ in Orchard, H. (ed), Spirituality in Health Care Contexts, London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, pp. 135-146
‘The Sociology of Religious Specialists’ in Smelser, N. and Baltes, P (eds.), International Encyclopaedia of the Social and Behavioural Sciences, Surrey: Elsevier Science Ltd. Vol. 19:13132-6
1999 ‘Religion in 1998’ in Contemporary Britain, London: Institute of Contemporary British History
‘Religion in 1997’, in Contemporary Britain, London: Institute of Contemporary British History.
‘Rediscovering Islam: a Muslim journey of faith’ in Lamb, C. and Bryant, D. (eds.), Religious Conversion: Contemporary Practices and Controversies, London: Cassell, pp.315-332
‘Sector Ministry in a Sociological Perspective’ in Legood, G. (ed.), Chaplaincy – The Church’s Sector Ministries, London: Cassell, pp.25-37
1998 ‘Back to Basics: The Place of Islam in the Self-Identity of Young British Muslims’ in Clarke, P. (ed.), New Trends and Movements in the World of Islam, London: Luzak Oriental, pp. 93-103
iv) Refereed/Peer-review Journal Articles (including those accepted for forthcoming publication)
2006 ‘Educating the Ulama: Centres of Islamic Religious Training in Britain’. Islam and Christian- Muslim Relations, 17(1): 55-76
2005 Closed worlds: (not) accessing Deobandi dar ul-uloom in Britain’, Fieldwork in Religion, 1(1): 7- 33
2005 ‘The use of “sacred” space in public institutions: a case study of worship facilities at the Millennium Dome’. Culture and Religion 6(2): 281-302
2005 ‘Sacralising’ sacred space in public institutions: a case study of the Prayer Space at the Millennium Dome. Journal of Contemporary Religion, 20(3): 357-372
2005 ‘Fieldwork Projects in the Sociology of Religion and the Development of Employability Skills: findings from a small-scale study’, Discourse, vol 4(2): 120-135
2004 ‘The Trouble with ‘Inclusion’: a case study of the Faith Zone at the Millennium Dome’, The Sociological Review, 52(4): 459-477
2003 ‘Nursing, Professionalism and Spirituality’, Journal of Contemporary Religion, 18(3):335-349
2003 ‘Ministerial Formation in a Multi-Faith Society’, Teaching Theology and Religion, 6(1):9-17
2003 ‘“Breaking down the classroom walls”: Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods in Religious Studies and Theology - some perspectives from the University of Wales’ PRS-LTSN Journal 2(2):200-210
2002 ‘“No place called home”: Re-imagining Muslim identity and belonging’, Muslim World Book Review, 22(4): 5-15
2002 ‘Islam in European Societies’, Muslim World Book Review, 22(2):5-15
2001 ‘The Fate of the Anglican Clergy and the class of ’97: some implications of the changing sociological profile of ordinands’, Journal of Contemporary Religion 16 (2):209-225
1999 ‘Civic Religion in England: Traditions and Transformations’, Journal of Contemporary Religion, 14 (2): 233-244
1998 ‘Multiculturalism and Identity: their relationship for British Muslims’, Journal – Institute of Muslim
Minority Affairs, 18 (2): 347-354.
‘English Cathedrals and Civic Rituals’, Theology, CI (801):179-188.
‘Comparing and Contrasting Minority Experiences: Christians in Pakistan and Muslims in Britain’, Encounters, 3(2): 175-183.
1997 ‘Muslim Youth Organisations in Britain: a descriptive analysis’, The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences, 14(1): 99-111.
1995 ‘The life and work of Brother Roger of Taizé' Theology, XCVIII (784): 289-296
iv) Other publications/writing and non-refereed articles
2007 ‘Muslims in Britain: a brief overview’ – in Engaging Women in Mosques and Community Centres, Cardiff: Muslim Council of Wales, pp. 2-6
2005 ‘Islam and Muslims in Wales’, Agenda, (Institute of Contemporary Welsh Affairs), December.
2002 ‘Inter faith activity in higher education: miracles that don’t make news’, World Faiths Encounter, no.31, (March), pp.31-39
2001 ‘Islam in Britain’, The Daily Telegraph, 15th November (part of 16-page supplement)
2000 ‘Being a Study Group Convenor’, Network (Newsletter of the British Sociological Association), no. 76 (May), pp.25
1999 Higher Education and Student Religious Identity, Exeter: University of Exeter in association with the Inter Faith Network for the UK, pp. vii + 92, ISBN 1 871 597013
1998 ‘Struggle, Interpretation and Dialogue’, World Faiths Encounter, 21: 48-53
Higher Education and Student Religious Identity, Report (unpublished) for the Inter Faith Network for the UK, pp. v + 266
1997 ‘Religious Studies at the University of Warwick’, BASR Bulletin, No.80, pp.11-16.
‘Dealing with tragedy through inter-faith’, in Dialogue (Newsletter of the Public Affairs Committee for Shi’a Muslims, London), March, pp.2.
The Church of England and Other Faiths in a Multi-faith Society, (with Professor James Beckford) - Report to the Church of England and the Leverhulme Trust, pp. ix + 520
The Church of England and Other Faiths in a Multi-faith Society, (with Professor James Beckford)
Warwick Working Papers in Sociology, Number 21, pp. 53, ISBN 0947829 17 2
‘Inter-faith initiatives tackle aftermath of 25 Cromwell Street’, in Faith Interaction - Newsletter of the Inner Cities Religious Council, Issue 6, (June) pp.6.
‘The prison chaplaincy - the Church of England and Other Faiths Project’ (with Professor James Beckford) in AmBOV Quarterly, 60, April, pp.16-17
‘Prison Chaplaincy and “other faiths”’, Newsheet of the National Advisory Council of Boards of Visitors,2, (with Professor James Beckford), pp.6
1995 ‘The Church of England and Other Faith Communities in a Multi-Faith Society, in World Faiths Encounter, No.10, (with Professor James Beckford)
1994 ‘Safar-e-Justujoo’ in Tarjuman-ul-Qur’an, (Lahore, Pakistan) February, 120(2): 61-74 (subsequently re-printed in Urdu Digest, Pakistan,)
‘Encounters and Confrontations: a review of some recent literature on Islam’, World Faiths Encounter, 7: 57-62.
‘Advertising as a Pseudo-religion', Media Development, January, pp.29-31.
1993 ‘Islamic and Buddhist Doctrines of Personhood: Some Reflections for Interfaith Dialogue', World Faiths Encounter, 6:28-32.
‘Multi-faith Worship: Some Issues and Controversies', World Faiths Encounter, 4: 17-22.
1992 ‘Dialogue at Bendorf', World Faiths Encounter, 2:31-34
‘Divine Health Warning: adverts can damage your sense of religion', Media Development, May, pp.42-44.
REVIEWS
2005, Muslims in the Enlarged Europe: Religion and Society (Brigitte Maréchal, Stefano Allievi, Felice Dassetto, Jørgen Nielsen), Leiden: Brill, 2003, for The Muslim World Book Review, 25(2): 51-53
2004, Muslim Women in the United Kingdom and Beyond: Experiences and Images (Haifaa Jawad & Tansin Benn, eds.), Leiden: Brill, 2003, for Journal of Contemporary Religion 19(1): 111-112
2003, Understanding Fundamentalism: Christian, Islamic and Jewish Movements (Richard Antoun), Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press, 2001, for The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences 20(1): 125-128
2003, Muslim Europe or Euro-Islam: Politics, Culture, and Citizenship in the Age of Globalisation (Nezar AlSayyad & Manuel Castells, eds.) Oxford: Lexington Books2002, for The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences 20(2): 130-132
2003, Muslim Minorities in the West: Visible and Invisible (Yvonne Haddad & Jane Smith, eds.) Oxford: AltaMira Press, 2002, for The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences 20(3-4): 196-198
2002, Challenging Time: the Churches’ Millennium Experience (Stephen Lynas), London: Churches Together in England, 2001, for World Faiths Encounter, 32(July): 62-3
2002, Religion, Health and Suffering (John Hinnells & Roy Porter, eds.) London: Kegan Paul International, 1999, for Mental Health, Religion and Culture 5(1): 104-106
2002, Law and Religion in Contemporary Society: Communities, Individualism and the State, Peter W Edge and Graham Harvey eds.), Aldershot: Ashgate 2000, for World Faiths Encounter, 32(July): 61-2
2002, Religion, Theology and the Human Sciences (Richard H. Roberts), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002, for Journal of Contemporary Religion, 17(3): 375-6
2001, Religion as a Chain of Memory (Danièle Hervieu-Léger), Oxford: Polity Press, 2000, for the Journal of Contemporary Religion, 16(1): 125-6)
2001, Religion in English Everyday Life: An Ethnographic Approach, (Timothy Jenkins), Oxford: Berghahn Books 1999, for World Faiths Encounter, no. 28, July, pp. 64-5
2001, The Making of Them: the British Attitude to Children and the Boarding School System (Nick Duffell) London: Lone Arrow Press, 2000, for International Journal of Children’s Spirituality, 6(1): 113-128
2000, The Future of Religion: Postmodern Perspectives – Essays in Honour of Ninian Smart (Christopher Lamb & Dan Cohn-Sherbok, eds.) Middlesex: Middlesex University Press, 1999, for the Journal of Contemporary Religion 15(2): 276-277
1999, Encyclopaedia of Religion and Society (William H. Swatos Jr., ed.) London: AltaMira Press, 1998, for Journal of Contemporary Religion 14(2): 303-304
1999, Islam in Transition: Religion and Identity among British Pakistani Youth, (Jessica Jacobson), London: LSE/Routledge, 1998, and, Muslim European Youth: Reproducing Ethnicity, Religion and Culture, (Steven Vertovec and Alisdair Rogers, eds.) Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing Ltd, 1998, for Muslim World Book Review, for Muslim World Book Review, 19(Spr): 32-36
1999, Freedom of Religion and Belief: a World Report, (Kevin Boyle and Juliet Sheen), London: Routledge, 1997, for BASR Bulletin, no.88, November 1999, pp.44-5
1999, Religion in the Twenty-first Century, (Mary Pat Fisher) & Islam (Jamal Elias) London: Routledge, 1999, for World Faiths Encounter, no. 23, July, pp.58-9
1998, Muhammad: a short biography (Martin Forward), Oxford: Oneworld, 1997, for Muslim World Book Review, 18(Winter): 16-17
1998, Women in Religion (Jean Holm & John Bowker, eds.) London: Pinter Publishers, 1994, for Muslim World Book Review, 19 (Spr): 39-40
1998, Christian-Muslim Dialogue in the Twentieth Century, (Ataullah Siddiqui) Basingstoke:Macmillan Press (UK) and St. Martins Press, Inc., (USA), 1997, for Muslim World Book Review, 18(Spr): 37-9
1998, Religious Truth for our Time’ (William Montgomery Watt), Oxford: Oneworld, 1995, for World Faiths Encounter, no.19, March, pp. 63-4
1997, The Rainbow of Faiths, (John Hick), SCM Press, London, 1995, for Muslim World Book Review, 18(Autumn): 24-5
1996, Voices of Islam, (John Bowker), Oxford: Oneworld, 1995, for World Faiths Encounter, no. 15, November, pp. 56-7
1995, Britannia’s Crescent: Making a Place for Muslims in British Society, (Danièle Joly) Aldershot: Avebury, 1995, for World Faiths Encounter, no. 12, November, pp. 62-3
1994, The Islamic Threat: Myth or Reality? (John Esposito), Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1992, for World Faiths Encounter, no.8, July, pp. 76-7
1994, What is Scripture? A comparative Approach (Wilfred Cantwell Smith) London: SCM, 1993, for Journal, Institute of Muslim Minority Affairs, 14(1-2): 240-244
1997, Rúmí - poet and mystic, (Reynold Nicholson), Oxford: Oneworld, 1995 & Rabi’a - the life and work of Rabi’a and other women mystics in Islam, (Margaret Smith), Oxford: Oneworld, 1994, for World Faiths Encounter, no. 17, March, pp. 60-61
1995, Ultimate Visions: Reflections on the Religions We Choose, (Martin Forward), Oxford: Oneworld, 1995, for World Faiths Encounter, no. 17, July, pp. 58-60
1995, A Student's Approach to World Religions – Islam, (Victor Watton) London: Hodder & Stoughton; 1993, for World Religions in Education, Shap Journal of Religious Education 1994/5, pp.70
1994, Muslims - Their Religious Beliefs and Practices Volume 2: The Contemporary Period, (Andrew Rippin) London: Routledge, 1993, for World Faiths Encounter, no.9, November, pp.72-3
1993, Christ in Islam and Christianity: the representation of Jesus in the Qur'an and the Classical Muslim Commentaries (Neal Robinson), Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1991, for World Faiths Encounter, no. 4, March, pp. 70-71
1993, Attitudes to Islam (BBC Education Video), for World Faiths Encounter, no. 10, March, pp. 74-5
1993, Guidelines for Dialogue Between Christians and Muslims – Pontifical Council for Interfaith Dialogue, London: Paulist Press, 1990, for World Faiths Encounter, no. 5, July, pp. 79
1992 The Separated Ones: Jesus, the Pharisees and Islam, (Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood) London: S.C.M. 1991, for The Muslim News, 5th June 1992, no. 39, p6
1992, Towards a Spiritual Humanism: a Muslim-Humanist Dialogue (Hasan Askari & Jon Avery). London: Seven Mirrors Publishing Ltd., 1991, for World Faiths Encounter, no 2, pp.60-61