This is a major contribution to scholarly debates on the chronology and nature of secularization in modern Britain. Combining historical and social scientific insights, it analyses a range of statistical evidence for the 'long 1950s', testing (and largely rejecting) Callum Brown's claims that there was a religious resurgence during this period.

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Clive Field holds honorary academic appointments at the University of Birmingham, UK, and the University of Manchester, UK, and co-directs British Religion in Numbers. He has researched and published widely in the social history and sociology of British religion, with particular reference to statistical sources. He is former Director of Scholarship and Collections at the British Library.

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Contents 1. Introduction 2. Belonging 3. Behaving 4. Believing 5. Conclusion