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.
Genuinely terrible book - very little makes any sense. Not ever so bad it's good, but... still has the odd gem 💎 Saying that, it does bring this trilogy to an end. Couldn't give Steve Barnes less than 3 stars.