The Centre for Religion and Public Life (CRPL) is a hub of research, impact and public engagement activities at the intersections of religion and public life in local, national and global contexts. The aims of the Centre are: To carry out research into the immensely important, and increasingly contentious, role of religion in public life in the world today, and to provide a forum in which contemporary research and scholarship can be debated and disseminated, Through our weblog Religion in Public, to provide an online forum for the analysis of, and commentary on, current and critical issues regarding religion in public life, To work closely with non-academic partners to identify the ways in which religion is relevant to their work and to produce research that is capable of meeting their need to better understand the nature of religion and religious organisations locally, nationally and internationally and Through our Community Religions Project, to support innovative research-led teaching at both undergraduate and MA level that also has a focus on students obtaining first-hand experience of putting research methods into practice as well as opportunities for work placements and other types of engagement with non-academic audiences. These aims are met through on-going high quality scholarship, reflected in grant successes and the production of academic publications, as well as a long tradition beginning nearly 40 years ago with the Community Religions Project - of engagement with local community members, policy makers, arts and culture bodies to carry out research that has a direct relevance to their activities.