Linda Woodhead | |
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| Born | Linda Jane Pauline Woodhead 15 February 1964 |
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| Education | Bishop Fox's School Richard Huish College, Taunton |
| Alma mater | Emmanuel College, Cambridge |
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| Discipline | Religious studies |
| Sub-discipline | Christian theology Sociology of religion Comparative religion |
| Institutions | Ripon College Cuddesdon Lancaster University King's College London |
Linda Jane Pauline Woodhead MBE FBA FRSE (born 15 February 1964)[1] is a British sociologist of religion and scholar of religious studies at King's College London Faculty of Arts and Humanities.[2] She is best known for her work on religious change since the 1980s, and for initiating public debates about faith. She has been described by Matthew Taylor, head of the Royal Society of Arts, as "one of the world's leading experts on religion".[3]
Since 2022, Woodhead has been the FD Maurice Professor and Head of the Department of Theology and Religious Studies[4] at King's College London. Prior to this, she was Professor of Sociology of Religion in the Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion at Lancaster University from 2006 to 2021. Furthermore, from 2007 to 2012, she was director of the AHRC/ESRC Religion and Society Programme.[5]
- ^ "Woodhead, Prof. Linda Jane Pauline, (born 15 Feb. 1964), Professor of Sociology of Religion, since 2006, and Director, Institute for Social Futures, since 2015, Lancaster University". Who's Who. 2014. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.279199.
- ^ The Institute of Art and Ideas. (2021b, March 17). What’s replacing religious values? | Linda Woodhead [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpGznkVXdjE
- ^ "General Ignorance: It's all about what you don't know". thersa.org. 6 December 2012. Archived from the original on 5 June 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
- ^ "Professor Linda Woodhead MBE FRSE". www.kcl.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 5 October 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
- ^ "Professor Linda Woodhead: Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Religion and Society Programme. July 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 February 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016.