Bryan Stanley Turner (born 1945) is a British and Australian sociologist.
Turner has held university appointments in England, Scotland, Australia, Germany, Holland, Singapore and the United States.
He went on to the University of Leeds, where he completed a first class honours degree in Sociology in 1966.
He received his Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Leeds in 1970 with a thesis titled "The Decline of Methodism: an analysis of religious commitment and organisation".
[11] He is the editor of two book series for Anthem Press: Key Issues in Modern Sociology and Tracts for Our Times; and also of Religion in Contemporary Asia for Routledge.