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Sectarianism in Scotland by Steve Bruce
RRP: £22.99Booksplease Price: £21.23Is Scotland a sectarian society? Scotland is divided not by religion as much as by arguments about the enduring importance of religious divisions. The 'curse' of Sectarianism is debated in the... -
Fundamentalism by Steve Bruce 9780745640754
RRP: £50.00Booksplease Price: £44.80The new edition of Steve Bruce's Fundamentalism grapples with the combination of social strains and religious ideas that have produced an explosion of fundamentalist activity in the wake of 9/11. ... -
Fundamentalism by Steve Bruce 9780745640761
Booksplease Price: £17.19The new edition of Steve Bruce's Fundamentalism grapples with the combination of social strains and religious ideas that have produced an explosion of fundamentalist activity in the wake of 9/11. ... -
Politics and Religion by Steve Bruce 9780745628196
Booksplease Price: £61.35Islamic fundamentalists wreck the financial heart of New York; Hindus destroy a mosque at Ayodhya; Orthodox Jews battle Palestinians for possession of holy sites; in Egypt, Israel and India political... -
Politics and Religion in the United Kingdom by Steve Bruce
RRP: £99.99Booksplease Price: £88.07This important new volume seeks to provide significant contribution to our understanding of religion and politics, demonstrating through comparisons with other countries the unusually complex nature... -
The SAGE Dictionary of Sociology by Steve Bruce 9780761974826
Booksplease Price: £32.80"Undoubtedly the most accessible, readable and downright interesting - even amusing - dictionary of its type. In being all of those things - and more - the dictionary does not sacrifice on quality... -
Pray TV: Televangelism in America by Steve Bruce
RRP: £35.99Booksplease Price: £33.23In this book, first published in 1990, the significance of televangelism in America is examined in detail. This well-informed, measured analysis includes discussion of the place of televangelism in... -
Religion in Modern Britain by Steve Bruce 9780198780915
Booksplease Price: £70.14Covering a key topic in both sociology and religious studies, this book is a thorough and lively introduction to the character and place of religion in contemporary British society. A brief... -
Paisley: Religion and Politics in Northern Ireland by Steve Bruce
Booksplease Price: £23.53The career of the Revd Ian Paisley raises vital questions about the links between religion and politics in the modern world. Paisley is unique in having founded his own church and party and led both... -
Politics and Religion in the United Kingdom Steve Bruce 9780415643672
RRP: £34.99Booksplease Price: £32.38This important new volume seeks to provide significant contribution to our understanding of religion and politics, demonstrating through comparisons with other countries the unusually complex nature... -
Politics and Religion Steve Bruce (University of Aberdeen) 9780745628202
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £18.74Islamic fundamentalists wreck the financial heart of New York; Hindus destroy a mosque at Ayodhya; Orthodox Jews battle Palestinians for possession of holy sites; in Egypt, Israel and India political... -
Sociology: A Very Short Introduction by Steve Bruce 9780198822967
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.16Drawing on studies of social class, crime and deviance, education, work in bureaucracies and changes in religious and political organizations, this Very Short Introduction explores the tension... -
Secularization: In Defence of an Unfashionable Theory by Steve Bruce 9780199584406
RRP: £61.00Booksplease Price: £39.08The decline in power, popularity and prestige of religion across the modern world is not a short-term or localized trend nor is it an accident. It is a consequence of subtle but powerful features of... -
Secularization: In Defence of an Unfashionable Theory by Steve Bruce 9780199654123
Booksplease Price: £33.78The decline in power, popularity and prestige of religion across the modern world is not a short-term or localized trend nor is it an accident. It is a consequence of subtle but powerful features of... -
Paisley: Religion and Politics in Northern Ireland by Steve Bruce 9780199281022
RRP: £76.00Booksplease Price: £58.42The career of the Revd Ian Paisley raises vital questions about the links between religion and politics in the modern world. Paisley is unique in having founded his own church and party and led both... -
A House Divided: Protestantism, Schism and Secularization Steve Bruce 9780367025335
RRP: £35.99Booksplease Price: £33.23The main concern of this study, first published in 1990, is the part played by Protestantism in the complex of social processes of 'secularization'. The book deals with the way in which Protestant... -
British Gods: Religion in Modern Britain by Steve Bruce 9780198854111
RRP: £33.49Booksplease Price: £32.31The big picture is well-known: over the last century, religion in Britain has lost power, popularity, and plausibility. Here, Steve Bruce charts the quantifiable changes in religious interest and... -
Religion in the Modern World: From Cathedrals to Cults by Steve Bruce 9780198781516
RRP: £59.99Booksplease Price: £45.17The people of the Middle Ages did what the Church told them God required. The sovereign consumers of the modern world `pick and mix' their own religions, Starting with the Reformation and ending with... -
Secular Beats Spiritual: The Westernization of the Easternization of the West by Steve Bruce 9780198805687
Booksplease Price: £40.60The decline of the Christian churches in the West is undeniable but commentators differ in their understanding of what this represents. For some it shows a decline in interest in religion as such;... -
Scottish Gods: Religion in Modern Scotland 1900-2012 by Steve Bruce
RRP: £25.99Booksplease Price: £23.68Steve Bruce explores Scotland's transformation from the largely devout Presbyterian country of 1900, with the church as a major social force, to the diverse, more secular society of today, when less... -
Choice and Religion: A Critique of Rational Choice Theory by Steve Bruce 9780198295846
Booksplease Price: £74.86The orthodox view is that the democracies of the western world have become increasingly secular over the twentieth century. Fewer and fewer people have chosen to believe, and the church has declined... -
God is Dead: Secularization in the West Steve Bruce (University Aberdeen) 9780631232759
RRP: £34.95Booksplease Price: £32.02Drawing on an international range of examples, Steve Bruce offers a comprehensive and up-to-date defence of the secularisation debate.About the Author Steve Bruce is the Professor of Sociology and... -
The Edge of the Union: The Ulster Loyalist Political Vision by Steve Bruce 9780198279761
Booksplease Price: £43.52On the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Northern Ireland `Troubles', Ulster's once dominant unionists are an increasingly alienated people. In this timely assessment of the prospects for peace, Steve... -
Researching Religion: Why We Need Social Science by Steve Bruce 9780198786580
Booksplease Price: £35.73Researching Religion: Why We Need Social Science establishes the relevance of social science for the study of religion and promotes a particular kind of social science. Even if we confine ourselves... -
The Rapture of Politics: Christian Right as the United States Approaches the Year 2000 by Steve Bruce
RRP: £130.00Booksplease Price: £115.67Theologically conservative Protestants have entered the political arena with an agenda that is at once political and religious. Assessing the current impact of this New Christian Right (NCR) on... -
Sunshine After the Rain: Aston Villa's Rise from the Championship to the Champions League Rob Carless 9781836802310
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £13.76Sunshine After the Rain is the story of Aston Villa FC from 2009 to 2023 - a turbulent time when the mighty Villa lion fell from the top flight before clawing its way back to the Premier League and... -
Serpent of 6 Steven Bruce Wilson 9780759681675
Booksplease Price: £16.17Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780759681675Author Steven Bruce WilsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 360Imprint AuthorHousePublisher... -
Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe and Alexander Selkirk by Stevey Bruce 9780978813840
RRP: £20.99Booksplease Price: £20.08Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780978813840Author Stevey BruceFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Nimble BooksPublisher Nimble... -
Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity by Erving Goffman
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.42The acclaimed sociologist's landmark, compassionate work on how society treats those who are different'By definition, of course, we believe the person with a stigma is not quite human'In ancient... -
Shaman, Healer, Sage by Alberto Villoldo
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.42Combining elements of Andrew Weil's SPONTANEOUS HEALING and Carolyn Myss's ANATOMY OF THE SPIRIT with a concept all its own, Alberto Villoldo's remarkable book, Shaman, Healer, Sage demonstrates the... -
Create a Gender-Balanced Workplace by Ann Francke 9780241396247
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.69'Useful, practical and non-preachy' Financial Times Gender balance is first and foremost a business issue. McKinsey estimates we could add 28 trillion to global GDP if we achieved gender equality... -
Sociological Theory and the Question of Religion by Andrew McKinnon 9781138546288
RRP: £51.99Booksplease Price: £46.94Religion lies near the heart of the classical sociological tradition, yet it no longer occupies the same place within the contemporary sociological enterprise. This relative absence has left... -
Ruling the Roost: The Managers of Sheffield Wednesday Richard Crooks 9781836801825
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £13.15Ruling the Roost: The Managers of Sheffield Wednesday explores the tenure of every manager of this famous football club, turning the spotlight on each man's record and achievements.Penned by... -
Predicting Religion: Christian, Secular and Alternative Futures by Paul Heelas 9780754630104
RRP: £44.99Booksplease Price: £40.94Religion in the contemporary west is undergoing rapid change. In Predicting Religion twenty experts in the study of religion present their predictions about the future of religion in the 21st... -
Birmingham City: 150 Years of a Remarkable Football Club Keith Dixon 9781836801566
RRP: £62.99Booksplease Price: £46.32Embark on a spellbinding journey through Birmingham City's 150-year history, with unique insights from Blues legends such as Paul Robinson, Gil Merrick and Trevor Francis - plus stunning images that... -
Peter L. Berger and the Sociology of Religion by Titus Hjelm 9781350152113
Booksplease Price: £35.83How and why did The Sacred Canopy by Peter L. Berger (1929-2017) become a classic? How have scholars used Berger's ideas over the past 50 years since its publication? How are these ideas relevant to... -
The Role of Religion in Modern Societies by Detlef Pollack 9780415512534
RRP: £58.99Booksplease Price: £52.94Does modernization lead to the decline of religion? This question lies at the centre of a key debate in the sociology of religion. During the past decade American scholars, using primarily American... -
Why are Women more Religious than Men? by Marta Trzebiatowska 9780198709725
Booksplease Price: £28.91Women are more religious than men. Despite being excluded from leadership positions, in almost every culture and religious tradition, women are more likely than men to pray, to worship, and to claim... -
Britain's Last Religious Revival?: Quantifying Belonging, Behaving, and Believing in the Long 1950s by C. Field 9781137512529
Booksplease Price: £55.40This is a major contribution to scholarly debates on the chronology and nature of secularization in modern Britain. Combining historical and social scientific insights, it analyses a range of... -
Religion in Secular Society: Fifty Years On by Bryan R. Wilson
RRP: £42.99Booksplease Price: £37.97Fifty years after its publication, Bryan Wilson's Religion in Secular Society (1966) remains a seminal work. It is one of the clearest articulations of the secularization thesis: the claim that...