Damian Thompson Damian Thompson

The bad book

The publishers have asked for all review copies of That Was the Church That Was to be returned

issue 06 February 2016

The decline of the Church of England has been one of the most astonishing trends in modern Britain. The pews of churches in this country are emptying fast. Next week, a book was to be published about this collapse entitled That Was The Church That Was: How the Church of England Lost the English People.

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