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Professor of Religion and Politics, Director of the Centre for the Study of Religion and Politics, University of St Andrews

Mario I Aguilar is Professor of Religion and Politics, and Director of the Centre for the Study of Religion and Politics (CSRP) at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland, U.K. He is the author of several works on Pope Francis, including Pope Francis: His Life and Thought (2014), and Pope Francis: Journeys of a Peacemaker (2022). He has worked in African countries for the past 35 years after his doctoral studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies of the University of London.

Experience

  • –present
    Professor of Religion and Politics, University of St Andrews

Education

  • 1994 
    School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), Social Anthropology

Honours

Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society (FRAS), Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (FRHistS), Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (FRGS)