Mathew Guest

Mathew Guest
Guest in 2018
Born
Wolverhampton, West Midlands, UK.
OccupationProfessor of Sociology of Religion
LanguageEnglish
EducationBA Hons (First Class); MA; PhD.
Alma materUniversity of Nottingham and Lancaster University
SpouseKatie B. Edwards

Mathew Guest (born 9 February 1975) is a British sociologist and professor of sociology of religion at Durham University. Guest is the author or editor of numerous academic books, reports, journal articles and essays. His publications cover various topics in the sociology of religion, particularly evangelical Christianity in the UK, value transmission within clergy families, and the status of Christianity and Islam within university contexts.

Beyond academic contexts, he has published essays in popular outlets including The Conversation, Open Democracy, The Tablet and The Church Times.

During 2021–2024, he is serving as chair of the British Sociological Association's Religion Study Group.

He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

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