That Was The Church That Was

That Was The Church That Was

EnglishPaperback / softback
Brown, Andrew
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
EAN: 9781472951984
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The unexpectedly entertaining story of how the Church of England lost its place at the centre of English public life - now updated with new material by the authors including comments on the book's controversial first publication.

The Church of England still seemed an essential part of Englishness, and even of the British state, when Mrs Thatcher was elected in 1979. The decades which followed saw a seismic shift in the foundations of the C of E, leading to the loss of more than half its members and much of its influence. In England today ‘religion’ has become a toxic brand, and Anglicanism something done by other people. How did this happen? Is there any way back?

This ‘relentlessly honest’ and surprisingly entertaining book tells the dramatic and contentious story of the disappearance of the Church of England from the centre of public life. The authors – religious correspondent Andrew Brown and academic Linda Woodhead – watched this closely, one from the inside and one from the outside. That Was the Church, That Was shows what happened and explains why.

EAN 9781472951984
ISBN 1472951980
Binding Paperback / softback
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publication date October 19, 2017
Pages 288
Language English
Dimensions 216 x 135
Country United Kingdom
Readership General
Authors Brown, Andrew; Woodhead, Linda
Illustrations No illustrations