For the staffroom

Why do people today believe more in ghosts than gods?

Abby Day is Professor of Race, Faith and Culture in the Department of Sociology at Goldsmiths, University of London. She offers teachers of RE an explorer’s guide to the weird religious landscape of postmodern Britain: tradition slithers, muddy waters are hard to see through and Grandma still talks to young people after she has died.

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