Wilson, Prof. Erin
Erin Wilson is an associate professor of Politics and religion at the Faculty of Religion, Culture and Society . She studied Political Sciences and was awarded a PhD by the University of Queensland in 2008. Her research is at the interface of religious studies, international relations and philosophy. Wilson developed the ‘relational dialogism’ model, which provides new explanations for the roles and meaning of religion in terms of international relations. Her work is intended to be practical for politicians and policy-makers.
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Erin Wilson encourages students to think critically; the link between theory and social practice is pivotal. ‘The university is not only an institution for acquiring knowledge, it also has a responsibility to produce good citizens, people who can think critically and are committed to making the world a better place,' says Wilson.
Her blog The Religion Factor has gained international renown. She is also co-editor of the book ‘The Refugee Crisis and Religion’. From 2012 to 2017, she was director of the Centre for Religion, Conflict and the Public Domain and she is currently a member of the Young Academy Groningen.
Previously in the news
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We zijn geseculariseerd, maar The Passion is een hit. Waarom? [We may be secularized, but The Passion is a hit. Why?] (in Dutch only)
2024
Bos-Beeken,
F., & Wilson, E. (2024, Mar 14). The
End of the World as We Know It Is Exactly What We Need: Climate
change demands new ways of knowing the world, beyond our core
secular, state-centric beliefs. Social Science Research
Council.
2022
Wilson,
E. K. (2022). Blurring Boundaries or Deepening
Discourses on FoRB? From Global to Local and Back Again.
Review of Faith and International Affairs,
20(2), 69-80. https://doi.org/10.1080/15570274.2022.2065812
Wilson,
E. (2022). Religion and World Politics: Connecting
Theory with Practice. (1 ed.) Routledge, Taylor and
Francis group. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003037057
2020
Bartelink,
B., & Wilson, E. (2020). The
spiritual is political: Reflecting on gender, religion and
secularism in international development. In K. Kraft, &
O. Wilkinson (Eds.), International Development Actors and Local
Faith Communities: Ideological and Cultural Encounters (1 ed.,
pp. 45-58). Article section 1 (Routledge Research in Religion and
Development). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429285257-5
2019
Wilson,
E. (2019). Being critical of/about/on religion in
International Relations. In J. Edkins (Ed.), Routledge
Handbook of Critical International Relations (1 ed., pp.
143-160). Routledge, Taylor and Francis group. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315692449-12
Wilson,
E., & Schewel, B. (2019). Introduction. In
B. Schewel, & E. K. Wilson (Eds.), Religion and European
Society: A Primer (pp. 1-12). Wiley-Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119162766.ch0
Davie,
G., & Wilson, E. (2019). Religion and
European Society: The Factors to Take Into Account. In B.
Schewel, & E. K. Wilson (Eds.), Religion and European
Society: A Primer (pp. 15-30). Wiley-Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119162766.ch1
2018
Wilson,
E. (2018). Religion. In R. Bleiker (Ed.),
Visual Global Politics (pp. 251-257). (Interventions).
Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315856506-39
Marshall,
K., Casey, S., Fitzgibbon, A., Karam, A., Lyck-Bowen, M., Nitschke,
U., Owen, M., Phiri, I. A., Quatrucci, A., Soetendorp, R. A.,
Vitillo, R. J., & Wilson, E. (2018).
Religious roles in refugee resettlement: pertinent
experience and insights, addressed to G20 members. (pp.
7). (Economics Discussion Papers; No. 2018-11). Kiel Institute for
the World Economy. http://www.economics-ejournal.org/economics/discussionpapers/2018-11
Wilson,
E. (2018). Secularization and Secularism. In H.
Callan (Ed.), The International Encyclopaedia of
Anthropology (pp. 1-8). John Wiley and Sons Ltd. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118924396.wbiea2085
Wilson,
E. (2018). Solidarity beyond religious and secular:
Multiple ontologies as an ethical framework in the politics of
forced displacement. In B. J. Steele, & E. A. Heinze
(Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Ethics and International
Relations (pp. 527-542). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315725932-44
Klomp,
M., van der Meulen, M., Wilson, E., & Zijdemans,
A. (2018). The Passion as Public Reflexivity: How the Dutch
in a Ritual-musical Event Reflect on Religious and Moral
Discussions in Society. Journal of Religion in
Europe, 11(2-3), 195-221. https://doi.org/10.1163/18748929-01102007
Grüll,
C., & Wilson, E. (2018). Universal or
Particular … or Both? The Right to Freedom of
Religion or Belief in Cross-Cultural Perspective.
The Review of Faith and International
Affairs, 16(4), 88-101. https://doi.org/10.1080/15570274.2018.1535046
2017
Mapril,
J., Blanes, R., Giumbelli, E., & Wilson, E. K.
(2017). Introduction: Secularities, Religiosities, and
Subjectivities. In J. Mapril, R. Blanes, E. Giumbelli, &
E. K. Wilson (Eds.), Secularisms in a Postsecular Age?:
Religiosities and Subjectivities in Comparative Perspective
(pp. 1-16). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43726-2_1
Wilson,
E. K. (2017). ‘Power Differences’ and
‘the Power of Difference’: The Dominance of Secularism
as Ontological Injustice.
Globalizations, 14(7), 1076-1093. https://doi.org/10.1080/14747731.2017.1308062
Mapril,
J., Blanes, R., Guimbelli, E., & Wilson, E. (Eds.)
(2017). Secularisms in a Postsecular Age? Religiosities
and Subjectivities in Comparative Perspective. Palgrave
MacMillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43726-2
Wilson,
E. (2017, Jan 27). The insidious inequality of
contemporary democracy. The Religion Factor. https://religionfactor.net/2017/01/27/the-insidious-inequality-of-contemporary-democracy/
Wilson,
E. K. (2017). The socio-political dynamics of
secularism and epistemological injustice in global justice theory
and practice. European Societies,
19(5), 529-550. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616696.2017.1334948
2016
Wilson,
E. (2016). Beyond Dualism: Expanded Understandings of
Religion and Global Justice. In S. Nelson, & N. Soguk
(Eds.), The Ashgate Research Companion to Modern Theory, Modern
Power, World Politics (pp. 313-336). Ashgate Publishing.
Fiddian-Qasmiyeh,
E. (Ed.), Wilson, E., Abdulaziz, S., El Ella, O.,
Fiddian-Qasmiyeh, E., Hansen, E., le Roux, E., Poirier, M.-C.,
Riera-Cézanne, J., Stawski, H., & Wilkinson, O. (2016).
Gender, Religion and Humanitarian responses to
refugees. University College London. https://jliflc.com/resources/gender-religion-humanitarian-responses-refugees/
Wilson,
E., & Mavelli, L. (2016). ‘Good Muslim/ bad
Muslim’ and ‘good refugee/bad refugee’ narratives
are shaping European responses to the refugee crisis. LSE
Religion and the Public Sphere Blog.
Mavelli,
L., & Wilson, E. (2016). Post secularism and
International Relations. In J. Haynes (Ed.), Routledge
Handbook of Religion and Politics (2 ed., pp. 251-269).
Routledge.
Wilson,
E. (2016). Religious identity and the refugee crisis:
Remarks for the European Parliament Platform on Secularism in
Politics meeting on the Role of Religion in Asylum Policies.
Web publication/site, The Religion Factor.
Wilson,
E., & Mavelli, L. (2016, Jun). Religious identity
and the Refugee Crisis. The Religion Factor. https://religionfactor.net/2016/06/20/religious-identity-and-the-refugee-crisis/
Wilson,
E. (2016, Mar). The problem is religion - but not in
the way we think. The Religion Factor. https://religionfactor.net/2016/03/23/the-problem-is-religion-but-not-in-the-way-we-think/
Wilson,
E., & Mavelli, L. (2016). The Refugee Crisis and
Religion: Beyond Conceptual and Physical Boundaries. In E.
Wilson, & L. Mavelli (Eds.), The Refugee Crisis and
Religion: Secularism, Security and Hospitality in Question
(pp. 1-22). (Critical Perspectives on Religion in International
Politics ). Rowman and Littlefield.
Wilson,
E., & Mavelli, L. (2016). The refugee crisis and
religion: Beyond Physical and Conceptual Boundaries. Social
Science Research Council. http://blogs.ssrc.org/tif/2016/12/01/the-refugee-crisis-and-religion/
Wilson,
E., & Mavelli, L. (Eds.) (2016). The Refugee
Crisis and Religion: Secularism, Security and Hospitality in
Question. Rowman and Littlefield.
Wilson,
E., & Mavelli, L. (2016, Dec). The 'refugee
crisis', religion and encounters with the divine through the human
at Christmas. The Religion Factor. https://religionfactor.net/2016/12/24/jesus-was-a-refugee-human-being-the-refugee-crisis-religion-and-encounters-with-the-divine-through-the-human-at-christmas/
Wilson,
E., & Mavelli, L. (2016, Dec). Was Jesus a
Refugee? Encountering the Divine through the truly Human.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation. http://www.abc.net.au/religion/articles/2016/12/24/4597121.htm
2015
Wilson,
E. (2015, Nov 17). Accepting Ambiguity: Being Content
with Uncertainty amidst the Urge for Security. https://religionfactor.net/2015/11/17/accepting-ambiguity-being-content-with-uncertainties-amidst-the-urge-for-security/
Wilson,
E. (2015). Freedom of religion - universal right or
matter of national security? In C. Acred (Ed.), Faith
and Religion (pp. 36). (Issues Series; Vol. 285). Independence
Education Publishers.
Wilson,
E. (2015). Good International Citizen or Nation Under
Threat? 1989 and the Politics of Identity in Australia. In
U. Engler, F. Hadler, & M. Middell (Eds.), 1989 in a Global
Perspective (pp. 297-330). Leipziger
Universitätsverlag.
Wilson,
E. (2015, Jan 20). Living well together: secularism,
liberal democracy and uncertainty in the wake of Charlie
Hebdo. The Religion Factor. http://religionfactor.net/2015/01/20/living-together-well-secularism-liberal-democracy-and-uncertainty-in-the-wake-of-charlie-hebdo/
Buitelaar,
M., Knibbe, K., & Wilson, E.
(2015, Apr 2). Religion and Conflict: Beyond Cliches and
Stereotypes. Rijksuniversiteit Groningen.
Wilson,
E. (2015). Religion, Secularism and Social Justice
Beyond the Nation-State. In G. J. Adler, Jr (Ed.),
Secularism, Catholicism and the Future of Public Life: A
Dialogue with Ambassador Douglas W. Kmiec (pp. 177-195).
Oxford University Press.
Bartelink,
B., Wilson, E., & Haze, N. (2015).
Spirituality as a conduit for social transformation?
Rethinking secular and religious assumptions in development
practice: Report and Critical Research Reflection on Channels of
Hope HIV&AIDS and MNCH – Zimbabwe . World
Vision. http://www.wvi.org/publication/report-and-critical-research-reflection-channels-hope-hivaids-and-mnch-–-zimbabwe-0
Wilson,
E. (2015, Dec 11). Terrorism, climate change and the
politics of ‘radicalization’. The Religion
Factor. https://religionfactor.net/2015/12/11/terrorism-climate-change-and-the-politics-of-radicalization/
Wilson,
E., & Bartelink, B. (2015, Dec 9).
The spiritual is political: Blurring boundaries and
challenging assumptions in religion and development. The
Religion Factor. https://religionfactor.net/2015/12/09/the-spiritual-is-political-blurring-boundaries-and-challenging-assumptions-in-religion-and-development/
Wilson,
E., & Bartelink, B. (2015, Dec 10).
Towards a broader research agenda in religion and
development. The Religion Factor. https://religionfactor.net/2015/12/10/towards-a-broader-research-agenda-in-religion-and-development/
Wilson,
E. (2015, Dec 15). Whose religion? Whose tolerance? A
response to Jonathan Israel. The Religion Factor. https://religionfactor.net/2015/12/15/whose-religion-whose-tolerance-a-response-to-jonathan-israel/
2014
Wilson,
E. (2014, Apr 17). "Culture" or "religion"?
Understanding the popularity of the passion. The Religion
Factor. http://religionfactor.net/2014/04/17/culture-or-religion-understanding-the-popularity-of-the-passion/
Wilson,
E. (2014, Nov 17). Faith and the Asylum Crisis: The
Role of Religion in Responding to Displacement. The Religion
Factor. https://religionfactor.net/2014/11/17/faith-and-the-asylum-crisis-the-role-of-religion-in-responding-to-displacement/
Wilson,
E. K. (2014). Faith-based Organisations and
Post-secularism in Contemporary International Relations. In
L. Mavelli (Ed.), Towards a Postsecular International
Relations: New Forms of Community, Identity and Power (pp.
219-241). (Culture and Religion in International Relations).
Palgrave MacMillan.
Wilson,
E. (2014, Nov 20). Is it really
‘inconceivable’? Reimagining the role of religion in
promoting gender equality. The Religion Factor. https://religionfactor.net/2014/11/20/is-it-really-inconceivable-reimagining-the-role-of-religion-in-promoting-gender-equality/
Wilson,
E. (2014). Justice Globalism. In M. Steger, J.
Siracusa, & P. Battersby (Eds.), The Sage Handbook of
Globalization (pp. 39-54). SAGE Publications Inc..
Wilson,
E., & Bartelink, B. (2014, Sept 17).
Levelling the playing field: Development, religion and the
entanglement of social and personal transformation. The
Religion Factor. https://religionfactor.net/2014/09/17/levelling-the-playing-field-development-religion-and-the-entanglement-of-social-and-personal-transformation/
Wilson,
E. (2014, Sept 1). Secularism, Security and the Limits
of the State: The Role of Religion in the Displacement
Crisis. The Religion Factor. http://religionfactor.net/2014/09/01/secularism-security-and-the-limits-of-the-state-the-displacement-crisis-and-the-role-of-religion/
Wilson,
E. (2014). Theorizing Religion as Politics in
Postsecular International Relations. Politics,
Religion & Ideology, 15(3), 347-365.
May,
S., Wilson, E., Baumgart-Ochse, C., & Sheikh, F.
(2014). The religious as political and the political as
religious: Globalization, Post-secularism and the Shifting
Boundaries of the Sacred. Politics, Religion &
Ideology, 15(3), 331-346. https://doi.org/10.1080/21567689.2014.948526
Wilson,
E. (2014, Jun 20). The Religious/Secular Divide and
the Global Displacement Crisis. The Religion Factor. http://religionfactor.net/2014/06/20/the-religioussecular-divide-and-the-global-displacement-crisis/
Wilson,
E. (2014, Apr 25). The UN Refugee Convention 60 years
on: time to rethink approaches to protection? The Religion
Factor. http://religionfactor.net/2014/04/25/the-un-refugee-convention-60-years-on-time-to-rethink-approaches-to-protection/
Wilson,
E. (2014, Apr 7). Understanding Evil, Encouraging
Forgiveness: Lessons from Rwanda 20 Years On. The Religion
Factor. http://religionfactor.net/2014/04/07/understanding-evil-encouraging-forgiveness-lessons-from-rwanda-20-years-on/
Bartelink,
B., & Wilson, E. K. (2014). We must
all be allowed to love each other with honour: spirituality and
social transformation. Web publication/site, openDemocracy.
https://www.opendemocracy.net/transformation/brenda-bartelink-erin-wilson/we-must-all-be-allowed-to-love-each-other-with-honour-sp
2013
Wilson,
E. K. (2013, Sept 12). A secular saint? The life and
legacy of Nelson Mandela. (blog ed.) Australian Broadcasting
Corporation. http://www.abc.net.au/religion/articles/2013/12/09/3907740.htm
Wilson,
E. K. (2013). " Be welcome: lessons in hospitality
from Victor Hugo and Monseigneur Bienvenu" , parts one and
two. (blog ed.) The Religion Factor. http://religionfactor.net/2013/01/22/be-welcome-lessons-in-hospitality-from-victor-hugo-and-monseigneur-bienvenu-part-one/
Wilson,
E. K. (2013). Be Welcome: Religion, Hospitality and
Statelessness in International Politics. In Gideon Baker
(Ed.), Hospitality and World Politics (pp. 145 - 170).
Palgrave MacMillan. http://us.macmillan.com/hospitalityandworldpolitics/GideonBaker
Wilson,
E. K. (2013, Jul 30). Engaging religion at the
Department of State. (blog ed.) The Immanent Frame. http://blogs.ssrc.org/tif/2013/07/30/engaging-religion-at-the-department-of-state/#Wilson
Wilson,
E. K. (2013, Nov 5). Globalization, religion and
humanity beyond the nation-state. (blog ed.) The Religion
Factor. http://religionfactor.net/2013/11/05/globalization-religion-and-humanity-beyond-the-nation-state/
B.
Steger, M., & Wilson, E. K. (2013).
Globalizing. In C. L. W.-N. Bruce Curtis Steve
Matthewman (Ed.), Being Sociological (pp. 271 - 290).
Palgrave MacMillan.
Wilson,
E. K. (2013, Jan 7). "It is not about us: asylum
seekers and the right to belong. (blog ed.) Australian
Broadcasting Corporation. http://www.abc.net.au/religion/articles/2013/07/30/3813777.htm
B.
Steger, M., Goodman, J. E., & Wilson, E. K. (Eds.)
(2013). Justice globalism: ideology, crises,
policy. SAGE Publications Inc.
Wilson,
E. K. (2013, Apr 16). Order, justice and extremism:
Martin Luther King Jr. and ' Letter from Birmingham Jail' 50 years
on. (blog ed.) The Religion Factor. http://religionfactor.net/2013/04/16/order-justice-and-extremism-martin-luther-king-jr-and-letter-from-birmingham-jail-50-years-on/
Wilson,
E. K., & Bleiker, R. (2013). Performing Political
Apologies. In E. Resende, & D. Budryte (Eds.),
Memory and Trauma in International Relations: Theories, Cases
and Debates (pp. 42-56). Routledge. http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415637268/
Wilson,
E. K. (2013, Feb 26). Prophet, priest, martyr ... God?
US civil religion and the President of the United State of
America. (blog ed.) http://publicchristianity.org/library/prophet-priest-martyr-god#.US3TTzmWfFI
Wilson,
E. K. (2013, Dec 10). Religion and human
rights. (blog ed.) The Religion Factor. http://religionfactor.net/2013/12/10/religion-and-human-rights-the-challenges-of-universalism-and-cultural-particularism/
Wilson,
E. (2013, Dec 10). Religion and Human Rights: The
challenges of universalism and cultural particularism. The
Religion Factor. https://religionfactor.net/2013/12/10/religion-and-human-rights-the-challenges-of-universalism-and-cultural-particularism/
Wilson,
E. K. (2013, Nov 28). Religion and international
relations theory. (blog ed.) The Religion Factor. http://religionfactor.net/2013/11/28/religion-and-international-relations-theory/
Wilson,
E. K., & B. Steger, M. (2013). Religious
Globalisms in the Post-Secular Age.
Globalizations, 10(3), 481-495. https://doi.org/10.1080/14747731.2013.787774
Wilson,
E. K. (2013, Feb 19). " Religious or political? Or
both? Religious rituals as political activism". (blog ed.)
The Religion Factor.
Wilson,
E. K. (2013). Rethinking Religion and Politics in
Postsecular Europe. In Christoph Jedan (Ed.),
Constellations of value (pp. 121 - 138). Lit Verlag. http://www.litwebshop.de/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=7991
Wilson,
E. K. (2013, May 23). Saving lives - but which ones?
Life, belonging and postsecular possibilities in contemporary
asylum politics. (blog ed.) The Religion Factor. http://religionfactor.net/2013/05/23/saving-lives-but-which-ones-life-belonging-and-postsecular-possibilities-in-contemporary-asylum-politics/
Meinema,
E., & Wilson, E. K. (2013). Sinterklaas,
Zwarte Piet and the ethics of public debate. Web
publication/site, The Religion Factor.
Wilson,
E. K. (2013). "That they may life". (blog ed.)
Centre for public Christianity. http://publicchristianity.org/library/that-they-may-have-life#.UdGg3KzeqM0
Wilson,
E. K. (2013, Apr 3). " The passion: encroaching
religion, cultural heritage or signs of postsecularism?".
(blog ed.) The Religion Factor. http://religionfactor.net/2013/04/03/the-passion-encroaching-religion-cultural-heritage-or-signs-of-postsecularism/
Wilson,
E. K. (2013, Aug 14). What does "engaging religion"
mean for religion? The Religion Factor. http://religionfactor.net/2013/08/14/what-does-engaging-religion-mean-for-religion/
Wilson,
E. K. (2013, Jul 6). "What it means to value life :
the role of religions in global asylum and protection".
(blog ed.) Australian Broadcasting Corporation. http://www.abc.net.au/religion/articles/2013/06/07/3777488.htm
2012
Wilson,
E. K. (2012). After Secularism: Rethinking
Religion in Global Politics. Palgrave MacMillan.
B.
Steger, M., & Wilson, E. K. (2012).
Anti-Globalization or Alter-Globalization? Mapping the
Political Ideology of the Global Justice Movement.
International Studies Quarterly,
56(3), 439-454. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2478.2012.00740.x
Wilson,
E. K. (2012, Nov 22). Change the language, change the
story? Some thoughts on religion, conflict and peace in the Middle
East and beyond - part one and part two. (blog ed.) The
Religion Factor.
Wilson,
E. K. (2012). Globalists. In G. Ritzer (Ed.),
The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Globalization Vol II
(pp. 845 - 846). Blackwell Publishing.
Wilson,
E. K. (2012). Globality. In G. Ritzer (Ed.),
The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Globalization Vol II
(pp. 848 - 849). Blackwell Publishing.
Wilson,
E. K. (2012, Oct 15). God bless America: US civil
religion and the President as prophet, priest and martyr of the
nation. (blog ed.) The Religion Factor. http://religionfactor.net/2012/10/15/god-bless-america-us-civil-religion-and-the-president-as-prophet-priest-and-martyr-of-the-
Wilson,
E. K. (2012). International Relations. In H. K.
Anheier, & M. Juergensmeyer (Eds.), Sage Encyclopedia of
Global Studies; vol. VII (pp. 945 - 949). SAGE Publications
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Wilson,
E. K. (2012, Nov 29). Moving Beyond Reason vs Faith:
The Role of Religion in Responding to Climate Change, Parts One and
Two. (blog ed.) Australian Broadcasting Corporation. http://religionfactor.net/2012/11/29/moving-beyond-reason-vs-faith-the-role-of-religion-in-responding-to-climate-change-part-one/
Wilson,
E. K. (2012, Sept 3). Reason, reflection, resistance,
revolution? Experiments with the post-secular - part one and part
two. (blog ed.) The Religion Factor. http://religionfactor.net/2012/09/03/experiments-with-the-post-secular-part-i/
Wilson,
E. K. (2012). Westphalia, Treaty of, and
Post-Westphalian World. In M. Juergensmeyer, & H. K.
Anheier (Eds.), Sage Encyclopedia of Global Studies; Vol
IV (pp. 1787 - 1790). SAGE Publications Inc..
2011
Wilson,
E. (2011). Much to be proud of, much to be done:
Faith-based organisations and the politics of asylum in
Australia. Journal of refugee studies,
24(3), 548-564.
2010
Wilson,
E. (2010). Beyond Dualism: Expanded Understandings of
Religion and Global Justice. International Studies
Quarterly, 54(3), 733-754.
Wilson,
E. (2010). From Apathy to Action: Promoting Active
Citizenship and Global Responsibility Amongst Populations in the
Global North. Global Society,
24(2), 275-296.
Wilson,
E. (2010). Protecting the Unprotected:
reconceptualising refugee protection through the notion of
hospitality. Local Global,
8(1), 100-122.
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