This book challenges some of the most basic assumptions underpinning the growing interest in religion, including: that religion is increasing and secularisation is decreasing and that religion is the main component of identity for all minority ethnic people.

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MARIE MACEY Senior Lecturer in Sociology in the Department of Social Sciences and Humanities at the University of Bradford, UK. Her teaching and research are in the broad general area of equalities, particularly in relation to race and racism, and ethnicity, gender and religion. She has an extensive publications record on these topics in academic and policy/practice journals. She is author of Multiculturalism, Religion and Women .

ALAN CARLING Honorary Senior Research Fellow in Sociology in the School of Social and International Studies at the University of Bradford, UK. He has published widely in the areas of social inequality and political philosophy. He is active in various community initiatives in Bradford, and previously served as chair of the Programme for a Peaceful City at the University of Bradford.

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Preface Acknowledgements Landscapes of Religion or Belief Religion and Culture Make a Difference Social Injustices of Religion or Belief The Trouble with Multiculturalism The Problem with Religion Towards Equality of Religion or Belief Notes Statistical Appendix