Dr Ulrich Schmiedel

Ulrich is Lecturer in Theology, Politics and Ethics. As Deputy Director of Edinburgh’s Centre for Theology and Public Issues, he has written widely on political and public theology.

Ulrich is the author of Elasticized Ecclesiology: The Concept of Community after Ernst Troeltsch (2017) and the co-author of The Claim to Christianity: Responding to the Far Right (2020). Most of his recent research has been concerned with the significance of religion for constructions of identity in migrant and post-migrant societies, particularly in Europe.