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Post‐War Sociology of Religion 1945-2024 in Britain and America

Apr 30, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Bryan Turner |Australian Catholic

Introduction: The Rise of the Secularization Thesis After the great heyday of the early sociology of religion—Weber, Durkheim, Simmel, and Troeltsch—the sociological study of religion went into decline. One might argue that it was revived in the 1960s, but ironically, it had a second life to study secularization.
$40m loan by UK and Dutch DFIs is a first for Ethiopia’s financial sector

Aug 29, 2023 | fintechreporteruk.com | Harry Clynch |Bryan Turner |Tom Collins

British International Investment (BII), the UK’s development finance institution (DFI) and impact investor, and FMO, the Dutch entrepreneurial development bank, today announced their joint commitments of up to $20m each to Dashen Bank – one of Ethiopia’s largest private sector banks. The loan will help to drive agricultural exports and provide access to much-needed foreign exchange within Ethiopia.
UK Private Equity Firms Spooked By Rising Interest Rates Could Take Lessons From Southern Africa

Jul 22, 2023 | globalbankingandfinance.com | Bryan Turner

By Bryan Turner, Partner, Spear Capital In late June, the Bank of England announced a surprise 50 basis point increase in interest rates. It was the 13th consecutive such rise and forms part of an ongoing effort by central banks across the globe to rein in rampant inflation. It brings the bank’s base lending rate up to five percent, the highest it’s been since April 2008 and the early parts of the Global Financial Crisis.