Sophie Gilliat-Ray OBE FBA FLSW is professor of Religious and Theological Studies and Director for the Centre for the Study of Islam in the UK at Cardiff University.[1]

Sophie Gilliat-Ray
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Wales, Lampeter
Academic work
DisciplineReligious studies; Islamic studies
InstitutionsUniversity of Cardiff

Career

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Gilliat-Ray studied Religious studies and interfaith studies at the University of Wales, Lampeter, where she completed her PhD 'Perspectives on the Religious Identity of Muslims in Britain' in 1994.[2] From 1994 until 1997 she was a research fellow in the department of sociology at the University of Warwick, and in 1998 at the University of Exeter.[3] Since 1998 she has worked at Cardiff University, where she was promoted to professor in 2013.[3] She is the director of the Centre for the Study of Islam in the UK.

She was the principal investigator on the AHRC-funded project 'Leadership and Capacity Building in the British Muslim Community: the case of 'Muslim Chaplains' (2008–12),[4][5][6] She has also been the co-investigator on numerous other projects, including 'Understanding Religion and Law: Muslims, Fatwas and Muftis in the UK’ (with Robert Gleave and Mustafa Baig, 2016–17),[7] 'Religion in multi-ethnic contexts: a multidisciplinary case study of global seafaring' (with Helen Anne Sampson, 2017–20)[8]

Awards

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Publications

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  • 2003. 'Nursing, professionalism, and spirituality', Journal of Contemporary Religion, 18:3, 335–349, DOI: 10.1080/13537900310001601695
  • 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, DOI: 10.1080/13537900500249921
  • 2010. Muslims in Britain. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-53688-2
  • 2011. 'Being there’ the experience of shadowing a British Muslim Hospital chaplain. Qualitative Research. 11(5), 469–486. doi:10.1177/1468794111413223
  • with Ali, M. M. and Pattison, S. 2013. Understanding Muslim Chaplaincy. Ashgate AHRC/ESRC Religion and Society Series.

References

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  1. ^ "People". Cardiff University. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  2. ^ Gilliat, Sophie (1994). Perspectives on the Religious Identity of Muslims in Britain (doctoral thesis). University of Wales Trinity Saint David.
  3. ^ a b Religious, Professor Sophie Gilliat-Ray Professor in; Studies, Theological; History, Director for the Centre for the Study of Islam in the UKSchool of; Archaeology. "Professor Sophie Gilliat-Ray". Cardiff University. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  4. ^ Religious, Professor Sophie Gilliat-Ray Professor in; Studies, Theological. "Muslim chaplains". Cardiff University. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Leadership and Capacity Building in the British Muslim Community: the case of 'Muslim Chaplains'". UKRI.
  6. ^ "Muslim chaplains as 'role models'". BBC News. 22 September 2011. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  7. ^ "People – British Fatwas". Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  8. ^ "Religion in multi-ethnic contexts: a multidisciplinary case study of global seafaring". UKRI.
  9. ^ "Achievement Award for Islam UK Centre Director". 21 November 2012. p. 1. Archived from the original on 5 May 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  10. ^ "Academics honoured". Cardiff University. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  11. ^ Wales, The Learned Society of. "Sophie Gilliat-Ray, OBE". The Learned Society of Wales. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  12. ^ "New Year Honours". Cardiff University. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  13. ^ "The British Academy welcomes 86 new Fellows in 2024". The British Academy. 18 July 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2024.