Eleanor Nesbitt

Eleanor Nesbitt

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Professor in Religions and Education

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Institute of Education
Room WE 027
Institute of Education
University of Warwick
Kirby Corner Road
Coventry
CV4 7AL 		Tel: 024 7652 2579
Fax: 024 7652 4110
Email: Eleanor.Nesbitt@warwick.ac.uk
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RESEARCH PROFILE


The representation of faith traditions in the religious education curriculum; Religious nurture/transmission of religious culture; Gujarati and Punjabi communities in the UK; Hindu and Sikh communities in the UK; Brahma Kumaris, Sathya Sai Baba devotees; Values education in UK schools; Reflexive approaches to ethnographic research

RESEARCH GROUPS

BACKGROUND


Eleanor Nesbitt's teaching and research concern the interface between religions and education. This includes a focus on the religious socialisation of young Christians, Hindus and Sikhs. She is currently investigating the religious identity formation of young people in 'mixed-faith' families.

RESEARCH PROJECTS


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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS


  • Arweck, E. and Nesbitt, E. (2010) 'Plurality at close quarters : mixed-faith families in the UK' Journal of Religion in Europe 3 (1), 155 - 182 [article]
  • Arweck, E. and Nesbitt, E. (2010) 'Close encounters? The intersection of faith and ethnicity in mixed-faith families' Journal Of Beliefs And Values 31 (1), 39 - 52 [article]
  • Arweck, E. and Nesbitt, E. (2010) 'Young people's identity formation in mixed-faith families : continuity or discontinuity of religious traditions?' Journal Of Contemporary Religion 25 (1), 67 - 87 [article]
  • Nesbitt, E. (2009) 'Research report: studying the religious socialization of Sikh and 'mixed-faith' youth in Britain: contexts and issues' Journal of Religion in Europe 2 (1), 37 - 57 [article]
  • Nesbitt, E. (2009) 'The teacher of religion as ethnographer' in The Oxford handbook of the sociology of religion , 965 - 985, Editors: Clarke, P. B., Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press

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