The Spirit of Populism

Ulrich Schmiedel is Lecturer in Theology, Politics and Ethics at the School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh. The Deputy Director of Edinburgh's Centre for Theology and Public Issues, he has written widely on political and public theology, including Elasticized Ecclesiology: The Concept of Community after Ernst Troeltsch (2017) and The Claim to Christianity: Responding to the Far Right (2020), with Hannah Strømmen. Joshua Ralston is Reader in Christian-Muslim Relations at the School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh and Director of the Christian-Muslim Studies Network. He has written widely on comparative theology, political theology, and protestant theology, including Law and the Rule of God: A Christian Engagement with Sharī'a (2020).