Steve Bruce (born 1951), Professor of Sociology at the University of Aberdeen since 1991, elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2003 and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2005, he has written extensively on the nature of religion in the modern world and on the links between religion and politics.
Manager of Birmingham City FC
Became the manager of Birmingham City FC in December 2001, who were promoted to the Premier League the same season, beating Norwich City on penalties (May 2002) in the First Division play off final with Birmingham-born Darren Carter scoring one of the most important goals in the history of the club.
Captained Manchester United to successive Premiership titles in the 1990s.
It is undoubtedly true that religion is often socially conservative. By binding a people together under a shared God, a common cosmology and a common morality, religion creates order and stability and its rituals create social cohesio. . . n. By promising to the pious poor rewards in the next life, it reconciles them to their fate in this one and thus discourages them from rebelling against their condition. . . [also] religion [is] an inspiration to radicalism and rebellion. religion is a potential threat to any political or social order because it claims an authority higher than any available in this world. pp. 10-11.
