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Professor Kim Knott

Emeritus Professor

  1. 2008
  2. Published

    Religion, Ethnicity and Society: Report on ESRC Challenge 2005-10

    Knott, K., 2008, ESRC.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

  3. Published

    Spatial theory for the study of religion

    Knott, K., 2008, In: Religion Compass. 2, 6, p. 1102-1116 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  4. Published

    The religions of South Asian communities in Britain

    Knott, K., 1/01/2008, A New Handbook of Living Religions. Wiley, p. 756-774 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  5. Published

    The Great Religions: Hinduism

    Knott, K., 06/2008, In: The Independent.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineSpecial issuepeer-review

  6. 2009
  7. Published

    A spatial analysis of the relationship between theology and religious studies: metaphors of containment and separation, insider and outsider

    Knott, K., 2009, Theology and Religious Studies in Higher Education: Global Perspectives. Bird, D. & Smith, S. G. (eds.). London ; New York: Continuum, p. 117-138 21 p. (Continuum advances in religious studies).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  8. Published

    Becoming a 'Faith Community': British Hindus, Identity, and the Politics of Representation

    Knott, K., 2009, In: Journal of Religion in Europe. 2, 2, p. 85-114 30 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  9. Published

    From locality to location and back again: A spatial journey in the study of religion

    Knott, K., 2009, In: Religion. 39, 2, p. 154-160 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  10. Published

    How to study religion in the modern world

    Knott, K., 2009, Religions in the Modern World: Traditions and Transformations. Woodhead, L., Kawanami, H. & Partridge, C. (eds.). London ; New York: Routledge, p. 13-36 23 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  11. Published

    Inside, outside and the space in-between: Territories and boundaries in the study of religion

    Knott, K., 2009, Religion on the borders : new challenges in the academic study of religion. Thurfjell, D. & Jackson, P. (eds.). Stockholm: Södertörn University Press, p. 69-101 32 p. (Södertörn studies on religion; vol. 1).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  12. Published

    Spatial Theory and Spatial Methodology, Their Relationship and Application: A Transatlantic Engagement

    Knott, K., 2009, In: Journal of the American Academy of Religion. 77, 2, p. 413-424 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  13. 2010
  14. Published

    Cutting through the postsecular city: A spatial interrogation

    Knott, K., 2010, Exploring the postsecular : the religious, the political and the urban. Molendijk, A. L., Beaumont, J. & Jedan, C. (eds.). Leiden: Brill, p. 19-38 20 p. (International studies in religion and society; vol. 13).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  15. Published

    Diasporas : concepts, intersections, identities

    Knott, K. (ed.) & McLoughlin, S. (ed.), 2010, London; New York: Zed Books. 319 p.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

  16. Published

    Diasporas, Migration and Identities: Final Director’s Report

    Knott, K., 2010, Arts & Humanities Research Council. 124 p.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsOther report

  17. Published
  18. Published

    Geography, space and the sacred

    Knott, K., 2010, The Routledge companion to the study of religion. Hinnells, J. R. (ed.). London ; New York: Routledge

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  19. Published

    Insider/outsider perspectives

    Knott, K., 2010, The Routledge companion to the study of religion. Hinnells, J. R. (ed.). London ; New York: Routledge

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  20. Published

    Introduction

    Knott, K. & McLoughlin, S., 2010, Diasporas : concepts, intersections, identities. Knott, K. & McLoughlin, S. (eds.). London ; New York: Zed Books, p. 1-16 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  21. Published

    New Directions

    Knott, K. & McLoughlin, S., 2010, Diasporas: Concepts, Intersections, Identities. Knott, K. & McLoughlin, S. (eds.). London ; New York: Zed Books, p. 269-273 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  22. Published

    Religion, space and place: The spatial turn in research on religion

    Knott, K., Coleman, S. (ed.) & Sarro, R. (ed.), 2010, In: Religion and Society: Advances in Research. 1, p. 29-43 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  23. Published

    Space and movement

    Knott, K. & McLoughlin, S., 2010, Diasporas : concepts, intersections, identities. London ; New York: Zed Books, p. 79-83 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  24. Published

    Specialness and the sacred: Ann Taves, Religious Experience Reconsidered

    Knott, K., 2010, In: Religion. 40, 4, p. 305-307 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  25. Published

    Theoretical and methodological resources for breaking open the secular and exploring the boundary between religion and non-religion

    Knott, K., 2010, In: Historia Religionum. An International Journal. 2, n/a, p. 115-133 23 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  26. 2011
  27. Published

    Moving People, Changing Places

    Knott, K., 2011, Leeds: Community Religions Project. 48 p.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

  28. Published

    Moving People, Changing Places (website)

    Knott, K., 2011

    Research output: Other contribution

  29. Published

    Religion in the British media

    Knott, K., 2011, In: Britain In. 116 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  30. Published
  31. Published

    Spatial methods

    Knott, K., 2011, The Routledge handbook of research methods in the study of religion. Stausberg, M. & Engler, S. (eds.). London; New York: Routledge, p. 491-501 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  32. Published

    Spatial theory for the study of religion

    Knott, K., 2011, In: Religion and Place.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  33. Published
  34. 2012
  35. Published

    Religion in the British media today

    Taira, T., Poole, E. & Knott, K., 2012, Religion and the News. Mitchell, J. & Gower, O. (eds.). Farnham: Ashgate, p. 31-44 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  36. Published

    The Changing Faces of Media and Religion

    Knott, K. & Mitchell, J., 2012, Religion and change in modern Britain. Woodhead, L. & Catto, R. (eds.). London ; New York: Routledge, p. 243-264 22 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  37. 2013
  38. Published

    Religion, space and contemporary media

    Knott, K., 2013, Religion across media: from early antiquity to late modernity. Lundby, K. (ed.). New York: Peter Lang, p. 105-120 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  39. Published

    The secular sacred: in-between or both/and?

    Knott, K., 2013, Social Identities between the Sacred and the Secular. Day, A., Vincett, G. & Cotter, C. (eds.). Farnham: Ashgate, p. 145-160 16 p. (AHRC/ESRC Religion and Society Series).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  40. Published

    Christianity, secularism and religious diversity in the British media

    Knott, K., Poole, E. & Taira, T., 10/2013, Social media and religious change. Gillespie, M., Herbert, D. E. J. & Greenhill, A. (eds.). Berlin: De Gruyter, p. 37-58 22 p. (Religion and Society; vol. 53).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  41. Published

    Hinduism in the United Kingdom

    Knott, K., 10/2013, Brill's Encyclopedia of Hinduism. Jacobsen, K. (ed.). Leiden: Brill, Vol. V. p. 334-341 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  42. Published

    Media portrayals of religion and the secular sacred: representation and change

    Knott, K., Poole, E. & Taira, T., 10/2013, Farnham: Ashgate. 226 p. (Ashgate AHRC/ESRC Religion and Society Series)

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

  43. Published

    Interrogating the secular: a spatial approach

    Knott, K., 11/2013, Secular and sacred: the Scandinavian case of religion in human rights, law and public space. Wyller, T., van Breemer, R. & Casanova, J. (eds.). Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, p. 34-55 22 p. (Research in Contemporary Religion ; vol. 15).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  44. 2014
  45. Published

    Three dimensions of religious place-making in diaspora

    Vasquez, M. A. & Knott, K., 1/06/2014, In: Global Networks. II, p. 326-347 21 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  46. Published

    Three dimensions of religious place-making in diaspora

    Vasquez, M. A. & Knott, K., 07/2014, In: Global Networks. 14, 3, p. 326-347 22 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  47. 2015
  48. Published

    “Return? It never left.”: exploring the "sacred" as a resource for bridging the gap between the religious and the secular

    Francis, M., Knott, K., Kutz, C. (ed.), Riss, H. (ed.) & Roy, O., 2015, Religious norms in the public sphere: proceedings of a conference held at UC Berkeley on May 6-7, 2011. Kutz, C., Riss, H. & Roy, O. (eds.). Florence, Italy: European University Institute, p. 48-57 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)peer-review

  49. Published

    Religion, Raum und Ort: Der Spatial Turn in der Religionsforschung

    Knott, K., 2015, 103 Jahre Religionswissenschaft in Münster. Radermacher, M., Stander, J. & Wilke, A. (eds.). Münster: Lit Verlag, p. 199-225 27 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  50. Published

    Religious differentiation and diversity in discourse and practice

    Knott, K., 2015, Routledge international handbook of diversity studies. Vertovec, S. (ed.). London: Routledge, p. 91-97 7 p. (Routledge International Handbooks).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)peer-review

  51. Published

    Walls and other unremarkable boundaries in South London: impenetrable infrastructure or portals of time, space and cultural difference?

    Knott, K., 1/06/2015, In: New Diversities. 17, 2, p. 15-34 20 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  52. 2016
  53. Published

    Geographies of the urban sacred

    Knott, K., 2016, The urban sacred : how religion makes and takes place in Amsterdam, Berlin and London. Lanwerd, S. (ed.). Berlin: Metropol Verlag, p. 51-57 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  54. Published

    Hinduism: a very short introduction

    Knott, K., 2016, 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 131 p. (Very Short Introductions)

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

  55. Published

    Iconic religion in urban space

    Knott, K., Krech, V. & Meyer, B., 2016, In: Material Religion. 12, 2, p. 123-136 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  56. Published

    Ideological Transmission I: The Family

    Lee, B. J. & Knott, K., 2016, Lancaster: Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats. 50 p.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsCommissioned report

  57. Published

    Islam: the five pillars

    Knott, K., 2016, 8 p. Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats.

    Research output: Other contribution

  58. Published

    Sunni and Shi’a Islam: differences and relationships

    Knott, K., 2016, 8 p. Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats.

    Research output: Other contribution

  59. Published

    Tips for connecting your research with the media

    Knott, K. & Lefebvre, S., 2016, In: Bulletin for the Study of Religion. 45, 1

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineComment/debatepeer-review

  60. Published

    How to study religion in the modern world

    Knott, K., 01/2016, Religion in the Modern World : Traditions and Transformations. Woodhead, L., Partridge, C. & Kawanami, H. (eds.). 3rd ed. ed. London: Routledge, p. 15-40 26 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  61. Published

    Living religious practices

    Knott, K., 25/10/2016, Intersections of religion and migration: issues at the global crossroads. Saunders, J. B., Fiddian-Qasmiyeh, E. & Snyder, S. (eds.). London: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 71-90 20 p. (Religion and Global Migrations).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)peer-review

  62. 2017
  63. Published

    The tactics of (in)visibility of religious communities in contemporary Europe

    Knott, K., 1/01/2017, Dynamics of religion: past and present. Bochinger, C. & Rüpke, J. (eds.). Berlin: De Gruyter, (Religionsgeschichtliche Versuche und Vorarbeiten; no. 67).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  64. Published

    Islam: Conversion

    Knott, K., 23/01/2017, 9 p. Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats.

    Research output: Other contribution

  65. Published

    Ideological Transmission: Mind map

    Knott, K. & Lee, B. J., 30/01/2017, CREST Security Review, 3, p. 30-31 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to specialist publicationArticle

  66. Published

    Why Transmission?

    Knott, K., 30/01/2017, CREST Security Review, 3, p. 3-4 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to specialist publicationEditorial

  67. Published

    The study of religion in the UK in its institutional context

    Knott, K., 11/04/2017, In: Nederlands Theologisch Tijdschrift. 71, 1, p. 44-57 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  68. Published

    Countering Violent Extremism: An Introduction

    Marsden, S. V., Knott, K. & Lewis, J., 29/08/2017, Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats. 7 p.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsCommissioned report

  69. Published

    Ideological Transmission II: Peers, Education and Prisons

    Lee, B. J. & Knott, K., 15/11/2017, Lancaster: Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats. 51 p.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsCommissioned report

  70. 2018
  71. Published

    British Muslims: A History

    Knott, K., 26/03/2018, Lancaster : Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats.

    Research output: Other contribution

  72. Published

    British Muslims: Charities and Organisations

    Knott, K., 26/03/2018, Lancaster : Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats.

    Research output: Other contribution

  73. Published

    British Muslims: Demography and Communities

    Knott, K., 26/03/2018, Lancaster : Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats.

    Research output: Other contribution

  74. Published

    British Muslims: Families and Family Life

    Knott, K., 26/03/2018, Lancaster : Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats.

    Research output: Other contribution

  75. Published

    British Muslims: Gender and Generations

    Knott, K., 26/03/2018, Lancaster : Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats.

    Research output: Other contribution

  76. Published

    British Muslims: Mosques

    Knott, K., 26/03/2018, Lancaster : Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats.

    Research output: Other contribution

  77. Published

    British Muslims: Sectarian Movements

    Knott, K., 26/03/2018, Lancaster : Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats.

    Research output: Other contribution

  78. Published

    Muslims and Islam in the UK: A Research Synthesis

    Knott, K., 26/03/2018, 87 p. Lancaster : Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats.

    Research output: Other contribution

  79. Published

    Muslims and Islam in the UK: Executive Summary

    Knott, K., 26/03/2018, Lancaster : Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats.

    Research output: Other contribution

  80. Published

    Musing on a Muse: An Image Encounter

    Knott, K., 27/04/2018, In: Journal of the British Association for the Study of Religions. 19, p. 18-35 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  81. Published

    Ideological Transmission III: Political and Religious Organisations

    Lee, B. J. & Knott, K., 10/09/2018, Lancaster: Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsCommissioned report

  82. Published

    Applying the study of religions in the security domain: knowledge, skills and collaboration

    Knott, K., 11/2018, In: Journal of Religious and Political Practice. 4, 3, p. 332-351 20 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  83. 2020
  84. Published

    Ideological Transmission in Extremist Contexts: Towards a framework of how ideas are shared

    Knott, K. & Lee, B., 26/03/2020, In: Politics, Religion and Ideology. 21, 1, p. 1-23 23 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  85. Published

    How do religious and other ideological minorities respond to uncertainties?

    Knott, K. & Francis, M., 14/05/2020, Minority Religions and Uncertainty. Francis, M. D. & Knott, K. (eds.). London: Routledge, p. 1-21 (Routledge Inform Series on Minority Religions and Spiritual Movements).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)peer-review

  86. Published

    Minority Religions and Uncertainty

    Francis, M. D. (ed.) & Knott, K. (ed.), 14/05/2020, London: Routledge. 226 p. (Routledge Inform Series on Minority Religions and Spiritual Movements)

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

  87. Published

    More Grist to the Mill? Reciprocal Radicalisation and Reactions to Terrorism in the Extreme Right Digital Milieu

    Lee, B. & Knott, K., 2/07/2020, In: Perspectives on Terrorism . 14, 3, p. 98-115 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  88. Published

    How and why ideologies are shared and learned

    Knott, K. & Lee, B., 11/12/2020, 7 p. Lancaster : Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats.

    Research output: Other contribution

  89. 2021
  90. Published

    Afterword on Islam and Space in Europe: The Dynamism of a Field

    Knott, K., 18/06/2021, In: Ethnic and Racial Studies. 44, 10, p. 1886-1893 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  91. 2022
  92. Published

    Afterword on Islam and space in Europe: The dynamism of a field

    Knott, K., 5/09/2022, Rethinking Islam and Space in Europe: The Politics of Race, Time and Secularism. Moses, C. J. J., Muller, T. & Taleb, A. (eds.). 1 ed. Abingdon and New York: Routledge, (Ethnic and Racial Studies).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)peer-review

  93. Published

    Diaspora

    Knott, K., 8/09/2022, Contested Concepts in the Study of Religion: A Critical Exploration. Chryssides, G. D. & Whitehead, A. R. (eds.). London: Bloomsbury, p. 33-37 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)peer-review

  94. Published

    Fascist Aspirants: Fascist Forge and Ideological Learning in the Extreme Right Online Milieu

    Lee, B. & Knott, K., 30/09/2022, In: Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression. 14, 3, p. 216-240 25 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  95. 2024
  96. Forthcoming

    Can a case be made for ‘unlearning’ in the study of religions? Applying the concept to the journeys of religious leavers

    Knott, K., 6/02/2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Approaching Religion.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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