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Eleanor Nesbitt

TITLE

Professor in Religions and Education

CONTACT

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

Warwick Religions and Education Research Unit (WRERU)

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) 'Close encounters? The intersection of faith and ethnicity in mixed-faith families' Journal Of Beliefs And Values 31 (1), 39 - 52 (1361-7672) [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 (1874-8910) [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. (9780199279791), Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press
Arweck, E. and Nesbitt, E.(2008) 'Peace and non-violence: Sathya Sai Education in Human Values in British schools' Journal of Peace Education 5 (1), 17 - 32 (1740-0201) [article]
Nesbitt, E.(2008) 'South Asian christians in the UK' in South Asian christian diaspora : invisible diaspora in Europe and North America, 17 - 38, Editors: Jacobsen, K. A. and Raj, S. J. (9780754662617), Aldershot: Ashgate