religious studies

Tilak Parekh is a PhD student in the Faculty of Divinity. His doctoral thesis focuses on the purpose, creation and impact of the Neasden Temple in northwest London—the first traditional Hindu temple built in the western world. Tilak’s research interests span sacred space, religious leadership, youth religiosity, and digital religion.

Hope Crelin is a PhD Candidate and a full-ride merit Cambridge International & King’s College Scholar. She is an historical and constructive theologian whose current work engages the narrative and affective contours of John Calvin’s theology of hope.

Alexandra lectures on Buddhism to second and third year undergraduates and teaches an introductory Buddhism seminar to first-year undergraduates. She supervises undergraduates for A7, B16, and C10 papers.