Research summary

  • Fear is fundamental to human experience.
  • It tends to be analysed as a negative and disempowering emotion, but it can also create solidarity and be a potent force for change.
  • This project will investigate the productive role of fear in contemporary religious belonging through studies of two distinct minority Buddhist communities in the UK and Japan.
  • This project is funded by a Leverhulme Trust Research Project Grant.
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