Stephen H Jones
Stephen H. Jones is a sociologist whose research covers themes including equality and discrimination, governance and political participation, religion in public life and the public understanding of science. He specialises in the study of Muslims in the UK and their treatment by British society and the state, with his research in this area encompassing Islamic organisations and movements, governance and securitisation, and Islamophobia. He is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Social, Political and Global Studies at Keele University, having previously been a Lecturer and then Associate Professor in the Department of Social Policy, Sociology and Criminology, University of Birmingham, and research staff at Newman University and the University of Bristol.
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This wide-ranging book critically reviews the ways in which religious and non-religious belief systems interact with scientific methods, traditions and theories. Contributors explore how, for some secularists, ‘science’ forms an important part of social identity. Others examine how many contemporary religious movements justify their beliefs by making a claim upon science. Moving beyond the traditional focus on the United States, the book shows how debates about science and belief are firmly embedded in political conflict, class, community and culture.