Politics and ReligionISBN: 978-0-7456-2819-6
Hardcover
304 pages
June 2003, Polity
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"There are two things to be said about this book apart from the
characteristic acumen, learning and clarity Steve Bruce brings to
the major issues of religion and politics. First, that those who so
often publicly air their views about the dire consequences of
religion should here learn the kind of social scientific work they
need to undertake to render mere opinion serious. Second, that it
will be worth watching the reactions of all those involved in the
intellectual scandal of political correctness to so trenchant,
courageous and even-handed a treatment of "sensitive" topics."
David D. Martin, London School of Economics
"In many respects, this book contains all the hallmarks of Steve
Bruce's writing: it is bold, provocative, clear and fluent...he
[the author] has provided food for thought, and a welcome
introduction to the place of religion in the modern world" Grace
Davies, Church Times
"I commend this book as a very good and judicious introduction
and review of a contested and fraught subject: the
inter-relationship between faith and politics."
Theology
"It contains a great deal of useful history and analysis,
clearly presented, and it focuses on an insufficiently studied area
of social science." Malcom Brown, Cambridge Theological
Federation
"Bruce draws on a dazzling array of cases across the globe and
across time to explore the nature of the relationship between
religion and politics...this is an excellent book. Its range is
extraordinary, its arguments clearly laid out, and its writing
clear and lucid." Clyde Wilcox, Political Science
Quarterly
"Steve Bruce's Religion and Politics takes a different approach to the question of religion's resurgence in the aftermath of the Cold War. A sociologist by training, he takes the reader through the role of religion in politics in an encyclopedic manner, using a comparative case study approach. ...It is here that reader begins to understand the enormous depth of his investigation-a quality that is maintained in each chapter. ...Religion and Politics [is] a welcome addition to a growing and much needed new body of scholarship in international relations. James F. Rinehart, Troy State University