Stephen John Hunt is a British professor of sociology at the University of the West of England.Profile, University of the West of England, 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 University of Reading for thirteen years, as well as in the Religious Studies Department at the University of Surrey, Roehampton.
Hunt's primary research interests include the Charismatic movement, the "New" Black Pentecostal Churches and the "gay debate" in the Christian Churches.Strangers in a Strange Land, Organization, Boundary Maintenance and Ideological Constructs of Nigerian Church in the UK, University of Granada, Granada, Spain, summary of presentation to be given July 2007, profile of author.
He is the author of Alternative Religions: A Sociological Introduction, (2003).Alternative Religions: A Sociological Introduction, Ashgate Publishing, October 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) Religion in Western Society: Sociology for a Changing World, Palgrave Macmillan, 20 March 2002, , and The Alpha Enterprise,(2004).The Alpha Enterprise: Evangelism in a Post-Christian Era, Ashgate Publishing, October 2004, , He also edited the work: Christian Millenarianism: From the Early Church to Waco.Christian Millenarianism: From the Early Church to Waco, Indiana University Press, 1 July 2001, ,
Hunt is on the editorial board of Pentecostudies.Pentecostostudies, Editorial Board, retrieved 1/16/06
Education PhD, University of Reading, 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.
See also Charismatic Christianity Neuro-linguistic programming New religious movements Pentecostalism Prem Rawat Religion and sexuality Sociological classifications of religious movements Sociology of religion
References
External links Profile, at University of the West of England