How does religion matter in Britain’s secular public sphere?

In Britain today there is no particular religion that can define our public concerns or shared identity. But ignoring the ways religion informs public life would be a mistake. The goal, writes Craig Calhoun, should be a way for the public sphere to benefit from the articulation of diverse views. After all, public life is important precisely because it allows for strangers of different perspectives and opinions to inform each other

What Social Theory Needs from History Now: Culture and Action as Problems for Historical Sociology

Also CSST Working Paper #57.http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/51214/1/447.pd

Contemporary Sociological Theory -2/E.

This meticulous collection of contemporary sociological theory is the definitive guide to current perspectives and approaches in the field. For this second edition, selected readings bring the book up to date and enhance the richness of the text by way of examples, accessibility, and connections to today’s theoretical discussions. Organized thematically, this volume includes the most representative material available on topics such as symbolic interactionism, phenomenology, structuralism, networks theory, critical theory, feminist theory, and the debates over modernity and postmodernity. The theories of Foucault, Giddens, and Bourdieu are thoroughly represented in order to enable the reader to examine their work in depth