Stephen John Hunt is a British professor of sociology at the

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, School of Humanities, Languages and Social Sciences. Prior to his appointment at the University of West England in 2001, Hunt had taught at the Sociology Department at the

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for thirteen years, as well as in the Religious Studies Department at the

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. Hunt's primary research interests include the

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, the "New" Black Pentecostal Churches and the "gay debate" in the Christian Churches. He is the author of ''Alternative Religions: A Sociological Introduction'', (2003). He is also the author of ''The Life Course: A Sociological Introduction'', (2005) ''The Life Course: A Sociological Introduction'', 10 February 2005, Palgrave Macmillan, , ''Religion in Western Society'', (2002) and ''The Alpha Enterprise'',(2004). He also edited the work: ''Christian Millenarianism: From the Early Church to Waco''. Hunt is on the editorial board of ''Pentecostudies''.''Pentecostostudies''
Editorial Board, retrieved 1/16/06

Education

*PhD,

, 1995

Professional associations

*Member, editorial board, ''Pentecostudies''

Published works

Books

*''Alternative Religions: A Sociological Introduction'', Farnham: Ashgate Publishing, October 2003, 268 pp, , *''The Life Course: A Sociological Introduction'', 10 February 2005, Palgrave Macmillan, , *''Religion in Western Society: Sociology for a Changing World'', Palgrave Macmillan, 20 March 2002, , *''The Alpha Enterprise: Evangelism in a Post-Christian Era'', Ashgate Publishing, October 2004, , *''Christian Millenarianism: From the Early Church to Waco'', Indiana University Press, 1 July 2001, , , Editor

Articles

*'Acting the Part: Living History – Who Joins and Why?', ''Leisure Studies'', 23: pp. 387–403, 2004. *'Saints and Sinners: The Role of Conservative Christian Pressure Groups in the Christian Gay Debate in the UK', ''Religion-on-Line'', November 2003. *'The Alpha Programme: Some Tentative Observations', ''Journal of Contemporary Religion'', 2003, 18 (1): 77–93. *'The Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement in Britain: Mobilization and Opposition', ''Journal of Religion and Society'', 4, 2002: 1–18. *'Deprivation and Western Pentecostalism Revisited: The Case of "Classical" Pentecostalism', ''Pentecostudies'', July 2002. *'Deprivation and Western Pentecostalism Revisited: The Case of Neo-Pentecostalism', ''Pentecostudies'', July 2002. *'The "New" Black Pentecostal Churches: The Growth and Theology of the Redeemed Christian Church of God', ''Journal of the European Pentecostal Association'', 2002. *The Redeemed Christian Church of God. Black Church Revival in the UK, '' Pneuma: The Journal of the Society for Pentecostal Studies'', 2002. *'The Jesus Fellowship as a Total Institution', ''Communal Studies'', 2002, (14) (4): 94–107 *'"Neither Here Nor There": The Construction of Identities and Boundary Maintenance of West African Pentecostals', ''Sociology'', 2002, 36 (1): 147–69. *'The "Health and Wealth" Gospel in the UK: Variations on a Theme', ''Culture and Religion'', 3 (1), 2001: 89–104. *'The British Black Pentecostal "Revival": Identity and Belief in the "New" Nigerian Churches', ''Ethnic and Racial Studies'', 24 (1) 2001: 104–24. *'Dramatising the "Health and Wealth Gospel": Belief and Practice of a Neo-Pentecostal "Faith" Ministry', ''The Journal of Beliefs and Values'', 2000: . *'All Things Bright and Beautiful: The Rise of the Anglican Charismatic Church', ''Journal of Evangelical Theology'', 13 (1) 2000: 16–34. *'The Neill Commission on Party Funding in Britain: Recommendations and Implications', Talking Politics, ''The Journal of the Politics Association'' 14 (2), January 2000. *'"Winning Ways"': Globalisation and the Impact of the Health and Wealth Ministries', ''Journal of Contemporary Religion'', 2000.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hunt, Stephen J. Living people British sociologists Sociologists of religion Researchers of new religious movements and cults Academics of the University of the West of England, Bristol Alumni of the University of Reading Academics of the University of Surrey Year of birth missing (living people) Academics of the University of Reading