The death of Christian Britain
Subtitle: understanding secularisation, 1800-2000
By: Callum G. Brown.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: Christianity and society in the modern world
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780415471336; 9780415471343; 9780203879436
Subjects: Secularism -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; Secularism -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century; Great Britain -- Church history -- 19th century; Great Britain -- Church history -- 20th century
Description: This text challenges the generally held view that secularisation has been a long and gradual process beginning with the Industrial Revolution, and instead proposes that it has been a catastrophic short-term phenomenon starting with the 1960s.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.         ) and index.