Christianity in England: A Dying Faith or a Sleeping Giant? Bijan Omrani and Paul Kingsnorth with Andy Kind

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🗓️ 31 July 2025

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Is Christianity in England dead - or just sleeping? Historian Bijan Omrani, author of God is an Englishman, and acclaimed writer and former environmental activist Paul Kingsnorth, who converted to Christianity after exploring Wicca and Zen, join host Andy Kind for a powerful conversation about spiritual hunger in post-Christian Britain. From the collapse of church attendance to a resurgence in young people seeking truth, this episode explores what we lose when a civilisation forgets its sacred roots - and whether something is stirring in the dry bones of English Christianity. We also draw on ideas from Tom Holland, Steven Bartlett, and Ayaan Hirsi Ali to ask: What did Christianity give us - and can anything replace it? This is Premier Unbelievable? at its richest: provocative, hopeful, and deeply human. 👉 Support thought-provoking conversations and help keep the show going at https://www.premierunbelievable.com/geolink/donate 💡 🎧 Never miss an episode! Subscribe to the Unbelievable? podcast at www.premier.plus/unbelievable 🎙️ 🔗 Get bonus content, updates, fascinating articles, and early access to new episodes - absolutely free! Join now at www.premierunbelievable.com 📢 Social Links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/unbelievablefe Facebook: / https://facebook.com/premierunbelievable Instagram: / https://instagram.com/premierunbelievable Tik Tok: / https://tiktok.com/@premier.unbelievable

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0:00.0	What if your work became worship?
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0:24.3	Hello and welcome back to unbelievable with me, your host, Andy Kind. If you're here for the first time, you're
0:28.6	incredibly welcome. If you're a regular visitor, you're equally welcome. This is, of course,
0:32.8	the show where we talk about a range of topics. And today we're diving into one of the questions facing modern Britain,
0:39.8	perhaps one of the biggest questions facing modern Britain,
0:42.7	which is this.
0:43.7	Is Christianity in England really dying?
0:47.1	Is it dead as a doorknail?
0:48.2	Or is it simply a sleeping giant?
0:50.8	And if it is dying, what are we losing along with it? Well, my guest today come from
0:55.9	strikingly different paths, but converge on one urgent conversation. Bjan Amrani is a historian,
1:03.3	classicist, and author of the new book, God is an Englishman, Christianity and the Making of England.
1:09.5	In it, he argues that Christianity has
1:11.4	shaped nearly every facet of English life from our laws and language to our very sense of
1:17.6	nationhood, and that its disappearance is more profound than many realise. Joining Bijan is Paul
1:24.6	Kingsnorth, acclaimed writer, former environmental activist, and, after years, immersed
1:30.4	in wicker, Zen Buddhism and secular searching, a recent Christian convert. Paul's journey is a
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