Politics and religion in the United Kingdom
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Politics and religion in the United Kingdom
(Routledge studies in religion and politics)
Routledge, 2012
Available at 3 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This 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 of the interaction of religion and politics in the United Kingdom.
Bruce provides a detailed and comprehensive analysis of the field, covering key topics including:
Religion and Violence in Northern Ireland
A UK-US comparison of the relationship between the church and the nation state
Links between Protestantism and the rise of modern democracy
The relationship between Methodism and Socialism
The impact that ethnic minority status and religious values have on political alignment
This work will be of great interest to students and scholars of religion, politics and religious sociology.
Table of Contents
1. British Gods 2. The Politics of Religion 3. Religion and Violence in Northern Ireland 4. Sectarianism in Modern Scotland 5. Did Protestantism Create Democracy? 6. Methodism and Socialism 7. Opportunity Structures and Culture Wars 8. Christian Parties 9. Muslims, Sikhs and Hindus in British Politics 10. The Public Place of Religion
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