Redundancy, Community and Heritage in the Modern Church of England, 1945-2000 - Closing the Church Door

This book is a reappraisal of Anglican Church redundancy from a cultural perspective. It challenges long-held perceptions about the rationale for church redundancy, particularly secularisation. It argues that redundancy brought to the surface far-reaching social and cultural tensions that remain unresolved to this day, and which the pandemic closure of buildings has reignited.

?Denise Bonnette is an independent scholar who received her PhD from the University of Leicester, UK.