David Martin

is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics and a Fellow of the British Academy. He is the author of over 20 books, including The Future of Christianity: Reflections on Violence and Democracy, Religion and Secularization (Ashgate, 2010); On Secularization: Towards a Revised General Theory (Ashgate, 2005); Pentecostalism: The World Their Parish (Wiley, 2002), and Does Christianity Cause War? (Oxford University Press, 1997).