Thomas Sealy is currently a Research Associate on the Horizon 2020 project GREASE: Radicalisation, Secularism and the Governance of Religion at the School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies at the University of Bristol. His research interests are in the areas of multiculturalism, religious identity, religious conversion, and religion, politics and secularism.
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Published in: Global Extremes: OpinionWhat can multiculturalism offer in the fight against racism in Britain?
Claims about the failure of multiculturalism are persistent yet, they are also consistently inaccurate.
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Published in: Global ExtremesBack to the future of multi-ethnic Britain
The route towards an anti-racist, inclusive Britain exists, but who is willing to take it?
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Published in: Global ExtremesIs there a difference between a niqab and a face mask?
The prevalence of face masks to fight the COVID-19 pandemic might help spark a more constructive conversation on the niqab.
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Published in: Global ExtremesWhat is the fate of religion in Europe?
Can Europe’s traditional norms of secularism be applied to an extra-Christian religious diversity that the continent...
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Published in: Global ExtremesWhat is the ‘proper’ place of religion?
The reality of multiculturalism in Western Europe has reawakened debates around religion’s relation to politics and...
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Published in: Global ExtremesTo face the rise of extremism we need words as much as actions
Religious and political responses to the Christchurch attack can tell us a great deal.