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Clarke inaugurated a series of annual conferences on new religious movements at King's, which brought together academics from a variety of backgrounds. These conferences eventually evolved into the "INFORM" (Information Network Focus on Religious Movements) seminars.
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Clarke's wide-ranging research interests encompassed [[new religious movements]] and African, African-American, Brazilian and Japanese religions.<ref name=obit /> His publications include ''Religion Defined and Explained'' 1993, with Peter Byrne), ''Japanese New Religions: In Global Perspective'' (2006, editor), ''New Religions in Global Perspective: A Study of Religious Change in the Modern World'', the ''Encyclopedia of New Religious Movements'' (2005, editor), and ''The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Religion'' (2008, editor); he is also the author and editor of another 20 books and 100 scholarly articles.<ref name=debretts /><ref>{{cite book | last =Clarke | first =Peter B. | authorlink = | title =New Religions in Global Perspective: A Study of Religious Change in the Modern World | publisher =Routledge | page=i | year =2006 | url = | isbn = 978-0415-25747-3 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last =Clarke | first =Peter B. | authorlink = | title =Encyclopedia of New Religious Movements | publisher =Routledge | page=i | year =2006 | url = | isbn = 978-0-415-45383-7 }}</ref>
Clarke's research fields have spanned Islamic movements as well as new religions derived from African, African Brazilian and Japanese roots.<ref name=debretts /><ref>Weibel, Nadine. ''Weiblicher Blick- Männerglaube/ Religions D'hommes- Regards de Femmes: Beiträge zur Gender-Perspektive in den Religionen'', Waxmann Verlag 2008, p. 193, ISBN 9783830919230</ref>
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In discussing [[Australian aborigines|Australian aboriginal]] and African "primal religions" in a chapter of ''The Illustrated Encyclopedia of World Religions'', Clarke asserted that terms such as "primal" or "traditional" religions are "controversial", as they are often "wrongly taken to refer to static, unchanging and primitive, or unsophisticated religions found in underdeveloped societies"; Clarke made clear that he was not using the terms in this way, but used them in the sense of "religions that have always been an integral part of the culture of a society", unlike religions "with global ambitions such as Christianity and Islam".<ref>Cox, James Leland. ''From primitive to indigenous: the academic study of indigenous religions'', [[Ashgate Publishing]] 2007, pp. 56–57, ISBN 9780754655695</ref>
Clarke died in late June 2011, due to complications arising from [[deep-vein thrombosis]].<ref name=obit>{{cite journal |url= http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13537903.2011.620796?journalCode=cjcr20 |title=Peter B. Clarke (1940–2011) |first= Elisabeth |last=Arweck |journal=Journal of Contemporary Religion |volume=26|issue=3 |year=2011 |accessdate=22 October 2011}}</ref> In view of his contributions to the field, a decision was made to retain his name as the editor of the ''Journal of Contemporary Religion'' until the end of the year 2011.<ref name=obit />
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