Professor Andrew Dawson
Professor of Modern SocietyQualifications
DPhil, Oxford University, UK.
MA Social Science (Distinction), University of Liverpool, UK.
STM (First in year), Chicago Theological Seminary, USA.
BA Hons Theology & Religious Studies (First Class), University of Manchester, UK.
Research Interests
My intellectual curiosity is driven in large part by the transformative nature of global-modernity and its socio-cultural impact on institutional, associational and subjective aspects of contemporary life. I'm currently researching the contribution of classical liberal thought to the contemporary challenges of political governance in our characteristically individualised age.
Current Research
Liberalism, State and Culture.
My Role
As Professor of Modern Society, I contribute to The Work Foundation by way of contextualising its primary concerns relative to the prevailing processes of our global-modern world and dynamically diverse society.
AHRC International Research Network
31/12/2014 → 30/07/2016
Other
Santo Daime: A new world religion
01/01/2012 → 30/06/2012
Research
Religious Diversity in Europe
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
AHRC (External organisation)
Membership of committee
Sociology of Religion in a Pluralistic Society
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Beijing International Academic Symposium on Cultic Groups and Religious Culture
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
British Council (External organisation)
Membership of committee
UNESCO World Ayahuasca Conference, Ibiza. ‘Re-traditionalising Tradition: Ritual Transformation in De-traditionalising Contexts.’
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
AHRC (External organisation)
Membership of committee
Religious Freedom and Religious Equality in the 21st Century
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Danish CARD Network
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
International Symposium on Culture, Politics and Eschatology
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
NorLarNet Latin American Workshop
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Rituals of Possession: Dissociation as Therapy
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Amazon Religion in Social Context
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Imaginaries of Modernity: Modernization, Globalization and Alterglobalization in Latin America
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Inner-Life Spirituality Workshop
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
New Interpretations of Spirit Possession
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience