Director SIIBS, University of Sheffield
My research focuses on the function, impact and influence of the Bible in contemporary culture. I am especially concerned with intersections of gender, race and class in popular cultural reappropriations of biblical characters/narratives.
Is God really dead? How Britain lost faith in the church
Oct 25, 2016 02:37 am UTC| Life
Is God dead? Fifty years ago, on April 8, 1966, a Time magazine cover asked just that question. The same could be asked in Britain today. The Church of England recently announced it was considering dropping the requirement...
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