Books written by Steve Bruce

Researching Religion: Why We Need Social Science

213. . J. Benson, British Coalminers in the Nineteenth Century (New York: Holmes and Meier, 1980), 127. . M. S. Haines, 'Britain's Distant Water Fishing Industry 1830–1914, Ph.D. thesis, University of Hull, 1998, ...
Sectarianism in Scotland

Two girls told the High Court in Glasgow they saw 19 - yearold postman Stephen McMillan knock Mr Jardine down in Govan , Glasgow , and kick and stamp on him . Mr Jardine never regained consciousness and died in hospital from head ...
The Edge of the Union: The Ulster Loyalist Political Vision

In 1964 there was rioting in west Belfast after republican Liam McMillan (later Belfast commander of the IRA) stood in a Westminster election. But in these periods there was no great demand for a Protestant vigilante movement, because, ...
Paisley: Religion and Politics in Northern Ireland

His early associate Ronald Bunting is reported to have said of Paisley that 'he uses words to create violent situations but never follows the violence through himself'.50 To all the examples above we can add a couple from the hot summer ...
Conservative Protestant Politics

... given at Centre for South African Studies, York University, 1974. 17 George C. Visser, Ossewa Brandwag: Traitors or Patriots (Johannesburg: Macmillan, 1976). 18 B. Bunting, The Rise of the South African Reich Ulster and South Africa 33.
Heading for Victory: Steve Bruce, the Autobiography

This book reveals the inside story of the United dressing room, and what it is like to play alongside footballers such as Ryan Giggs and Eric Cantona.
The Red Hand: Protestant Paramilitaries in Northern Ireland

In December a PAF team murdered Liam Ryan and a bystander at the Battery Bar in Ardboe , where Ryan worked as manager . He had been charged in the United States with smuggling arms for the IRA . Although the IRA denied he was still ...
Pray TV: Televangelism in America

Wilson, A.N. (1989) 'God's leading man', Independent Magazine 27 May: 42–7. Wilson, B.R. (1968) 'Religion and the churches in contemporary America', in W.G. McLoughlin and R. Bellah (eds) Rellgion in America, New York: Basic Books, pp.
Secularization: In Defence of an Unfashionable Theory

Brouwer, S., Gifford, P., and Rose, S. D., Exporting the American Gospel: Global Christian Fundamentalism (London: Routledge, 1996). Brown, C. G., 'Did Urbanization Secularize Britain?', Urban History Yearbook (1988), 1–14.
Politics and Religion in the United Kingdom

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Secular Beats Spiritual: The Westernization of the Easternization of the West

Allendale had a number of successful lead mines that employed over 400 people, and most of those miners were Methodists, as were many of the smaller tenant farmers of the dale.15 Of twentytwo chapels in a small dale, two had been opened ...
British Gods: Religion in Modern Britain

P. N. Dale , Many Mansions . The Growth of Religion in Bolton 1750-1850 ( Bolton : selfpublished , 1985 ) , 90 . 34. Dale , Many Mansions , 91 . 35. G. Darley , Villages of Vision : A Study of Strange Utopias ( Nottingham : Five Leaves ...
Secularization: In Defence of an Unfashionable Theory

6 T. Robbins and P. C. Lucas, 'From “Cults” to New Religious Movements', in J. A. Beckford and N. J. Demerath III (eds), Sage Handbook of the Sociology of Religion (London: Sage, 2007), 230.
God is Dead

Drawing on an international range of examples, Steve Bruce offers a comprehensive and up-to-date defence of the secularisation debate.
British Gods: Religion in Modern Britain

Religion in Modern Britain Steve Bruce. British Gods Religion in Modern Britain STEVE BRUCE OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Great Clarendon Street , Oxford , OX2 British Gods: Religion in Modern Britain.
Paisley: Religion and Politics in Northern Ireland

A more serious link is that formed by John McKeague, who was in Paisley's UPV and went on to lead the Shankill Defence Association, one of the largest components of the UDA. Also sometimes mentioned is Billy Spence, brother of Gusty ...
Why are Women More Religious Than Men?

A state-of-the-art review of social research on the question of why women are more religious than men for those interested in one of the largest differences between male and female behaviour.
Choice and Religion: A Critique of Rational Choice Theory

"Choice and Religion provides a detailed critique of 'rational choice' to demonstrate that industrialisation has secularised the western world and that diversity, far from making religion more popular by allowing individuals to maximize ...
Heading for Victory

Heading for Victory
Heading for Victory: An Autobiography

This book reveals the inside story of the United dressing room, and what it is like to play alongside footballers such as Ryan Giggs and Eric Cantona.