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Dr Byerly's primary research interest is in Philosophy of Religion, Virtue Ethics, and Epistemology.

Ultrafast Spectroscopy, Biophysics, Photo-Chemistry, Photosynthesis, Pulse Shaping, High-Harmonics Generation.

Liberationist theologies; Child Theology; Eco-theology. Eco-criticism; Eco-liturgical theology; Religion and Social Policy; Leadership; Religion and Society; Inter-faith dialogue.

Literary criticism of the Hebrew Bible. Feminist and gender criticism. Cultural studies. The Bible in art, music and film. The Song of Songs and ancient Near Eastern love poetry.

Conflict and violence in the sacred texts and traditions of Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and contemporary aspects of religion and conflict in the Middle East.

Interests are in political and social philosophy, American Pragmatism, and philosophy of education. Current project: participatory democracy, youth politics and civic education in higher education

Actively involved in multi-faith work nationally and locally for over 30 years. His different positions in the community and in the university is effectively promoting community cohesion.

Critical Theory (Poststructuralist, Gender, and Psychoanalytical Studies). The reception, use and impact of the Bible in and through Art. Identity. Visual Critic Cultural Studies. The Gospels (John)

How the Bible still exerts influence on culture, trying to understand the development and core assumptions of Western culture of the Bible and the many ways it has been interpreted.

Victorian life writing. The work and legacies of radical and transgressive figures, particularly women writers and “queer” artists from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Medieval English drama, early modern theatre, medieval and sixteenth-century Dutch and French drama, and non-dramatic medieval literature.

Contemporary unbelief, faith, and multireligiosity, especially ethnography and lived religion, Feminist and Queer approaches in religious studies.

Use of food and the sense of taste in biblical texts, especially in the New Testament and non-canonical literature.

Medieval and early modern Englishes; how Anglo-Norman, Scots, Old Norse and Latin have impacted on the history of English language and literature.