Sunday

Sunday is Radio 4's flagship religious affairs programme, offering listeners on-the-spot reporting, in-depth interviews and informed analysis of key events, and making it essential listening for millions in Britain and in other parts of the world.

This book marks half a century of the programme with eyewitness accounts of landmark events, accompanied by astute critical reflection on their significance by Edward Stourton.

Set against an international backdrop of political, social and cultural upheavals, Sunday charts major religious developments as they happened, and considers how they have changed the world as we see it today.

From popes and archbishops to the many ordinary Christians who've made a difference, from the rise of Islam to the decline in active church membership and the onslaught of the New Atheists, from internal battles between conservatives and liberals to engagement with issues affecting the wider world, including poverty, racism and climate change - this book will take you back to what it was like as these things happened, enabling you to see them in sharper focus and to better appreciate their implications for our world, both now and in the future.