Discourses on Religious Diversity: Explorations in an Urban Ecology

Religious diversity is an ever present, and increasingly visible, reality in cities across the world. It is an issue of immediate concern to city leaders and members of religious communities but do we really know what ordinary members of the public, the people who live in the city, really think about it? Major news items, inter-religious violence and notorious public events often lead to negative views being expressed, especially among those who would not consider themselves to have a religious identity of their own.

Martin Stringer explores the highly complex series of discourses around religion and religious diversity that are held by ordinary members of the city