Review: The Death of Christian Britain: Understanding Secularisation, edited by C. Brown, Routledge, 2009 (2nd ed.) and Pulling out of the Nosedive: What the 2005 English Church Census Reveals, London Christian Research, 2006.

Authors

  • Mike Collins University of Gloucestershire

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/imre.v14i2.236

Keywords:

secularization, process, speed, reversal

Abstract

The Death of Christian Britain: Understanding Secularisation, edited by Callum Brown, Routledge, 2009 (2nd ed.). 304pp., Pb. $35.95/£19.99, ISBN-13: 9780415471343; Hb. $115.00/£70.00, ISBN-13: 9780415471336. Pulling out of the Nosedive: What the 2005 English Church Census Reveals, London Christian Research, 2006. Pb. 320pp., £8.99. ISBN-13: 9781853211683.

Author Biography

  • Mike Collins, University of Gloucestershire
    Centre for Sport, Spirituality and Religion, University of Gloucestershire

References

Bruce, S. and T. Glendinning. 2010. When was secularisation? Dating the decline of the British churches and its cause. British Journal of Sociology 61(1): 107–126. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-4446.2009.01304.x

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Published

2011-09-28

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 2 (2011)

Section

Book Reviews

How to Cite

Collins, M. (2011). Review: The Death of Christian Britain: Understanding Secularisation, edited by C. Brown, Routledge, 2009 (2nd ed.) and Pulling out of the Nosedive: What the 2005 English Church Census Reveals, London Christian Research, 2006. Implicit Religion, 14(2), 236-239. https://doi.org/10.1558/imre.v14i2.236