Politics and Religion in the United Kingdom
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Politics and Religion in the United Kingdom

  1. 198 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Politics and Religion in the United Kingdom

About this book

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.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2013
Print ISBN
9780415643672
eBook ISBN
9781136590719
Topic
Politics & International Relations
Subtopic
International Relations
Index
Politics & International Relations

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Preface
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. 1. British Gods
  9. 2. The politics of religion
  10. 3. Religion and violence in Northern Ireland
  11. 4. Sectarianism in Scotland
  12. 5. Protestantism and democracy?
  13. 6. Methodism and socialism
  14. 7. Opportunity structures and culture wars
  15. 8. Christian parties
  16. 9. Religious minority politics
  17. 10. The public place of religion
  18. Notes
  19. Index

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