Religion in Britain Since 1945

Grace Davie lectures in Sociology at the University of Exeter and is the co-author (with G. Ahern) of Inner City God.

Frontispiece: Ordinary God, : Donald Davie. Foreword: Professor David Martin. 1. Introduction. 2. A Rapidly Changing Context. 3. The Sacred and the Secular: Religious Generations in Post-war Britain. 4. Religious Constituencies. 5. The Ordinary Gods of British Society. 6. Believing without Belonging: Variations on a Theme. 7. Handing on the Tradition: The Significance of Age and Gender. 8. Church and State: A Framework for Discussion. 9. Religious Professionals: Lay and Ordained. 10. Religion and Modernity: A Theoretical Postscript. Bibliography and References. Index.