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Callum Brown

Callum Brown is professor of religious and cultural history at the University of Dundee. His books include The Death of Christian Britain (Routledge, 2000), Postmodernism for Historians (Pearson, 2004) and Religion and Society in Twentieth-century Britain (Longman [forthcoming, May 2006]).

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'Best not to take it too far': how the British cut religion down to size

When Britain's prime minister mentions God on primetime TV, millions of citizens are puzzled or outraged. Is this Tony Blair's problem, or theirs? Callum Brown traces the long withdrawing whimper of "Christian Britain".