Bryan S Turner

Who is Bryan S Turner?

Bryan Stanley Turner is a British and Australian sociologist. He was born in January 1945 to working class parents in Birmingham, England. Turner has led a remarkably nomadic life having held university appointments in England, Scotland, Australia, Germany, Holland, Singapore and the United States. He was a Professor of Sociology at the University of Cambridge and Research Team Leader for the Religion Cluster at the Asian Research Institute, National University of Singapore. Professor Turner is currently the Presidential Professor of Sociology and Director of the Committee on Religion at The City University of New York, and Professor of Social and Political Thought and the Director of the Religion and Society Research Centre at the University of Western Sydney. He is also faculty Associate of the Center for Cultural Sociology at Yale University, Research Associate, GEMASS at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia and Member of the American Sociological Research Association.