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100 _aBruce, Steve, 1954-
245 _aPolitics and religion in the United Kingdom
260 _aLondon
_bRoutledge Taylor and Francis
_c2012
300 _aix, 191 p.
440 _aRoutledge Studies in Religion and Politics
520 _aSummary: 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 IrelandA UK-US comparison of the relationship between the church and the nation stateLinks between Protestantism and the rise of modern democracy The relationship between Methodism and SocialismThe impact that ethnic minority status and religious values have on political alignmentThis work will be of great interest to students and scholars of religion, politics and religious sociology.
650 _aReligion and politics
_aPolitics and government
_aChristianity and politics
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