2nd edition. Very topical and controversial topic, guaranteed to receive to wide press and radio coverage. Religion has played a major part in political and intellectual debate about Britain and multiculturalism, especially since 9/11 and 7/7, and Brown challenges the view that secularisation has been a long and gradual process, arguing instead that it began in the 60s.

Callum Brown is Professor of Religious and Cultural History at the University of Dundee. His publications include Religion and Society in Twentieth-Century Britain (2006) and Postmodernism for Historians (2005).

1. Introduction 2. The Problem with 'Religious Decline' 3. The Salvation Economy 4. Angels: Women in Discourse and Narrative 1800-1950 5. Heathens: Men in Discourse and Narrative 1800-1950 6. Personal Testimony and Religion 1800-1950 7. 'Unimpeachable Witnesses': The Statistics of 'Christian Progress' 1800-1950 8. The 1960s and Secularisation 9. The End of a Long Story 10. Postscript: The Mortality of Christendom Reconsidered