Stephen Bullivant is Professor of Theology and the Sociology of Religion at St Mary's University, London. He is Director of the Benedict XVI Centre for Religion and Society. An award-winning scholar, Bullivant's research and teaching interests are wide-ranging and interdisciplinary. Most notably, they include several areas of Catholic theology, and the social-scientific study of religion and atheism/secularity. His publications include The Oxford Dictionary of Atheism (co-authored with Lois Lee; 2016), The Oxford Handbook of Atheism (co-edited with Michael Ruse; 2016), The Trinity: How Not to Be a Heretic (2015), and The Salvation of Atheists and Catholic Dogmatic Theology (2012).

For anyone interested in the history of the Council and its aftermath, this is an indispensable book. The writer's engaging style -- with occasional delightful humorous asides -- makes even potentially dry chapters of sociological analysis quite readable.

• 1: Looking Foolish 2: The Demographics of Disaffiliation 3: Why They Say They Leave 4: The Night Before 5: Gaudium et spes, luctus et angor 6: The Morning After 7: Unto the Third and Fourth Generations Epilogue: Did the Council Fail? Appendix Bibliography

Stephen Bullivant is Professor of Theology and the Sociology of Religion at St Mary's University, London. He is Director of the Benedict XVI Centre for Religion and Society. An award-winning scholar, Bullivant's research and teaching interests are wide-ranging and interdisciplinary. Most notably, they include several areas of Catholic theology, and the social-scientific study of religion and atheism/secularity. His publications include The Oxford Dictionary of Atheism (co-authored with Lois Lee; 2016), The Oxford Handbook of Atheism (co-edited with Michael Ruse; 2016), The Trinity: How Not to Be a Heretic (2015), and The Salvation of Atheists and Catholic Dogmatic Theology (2012).

For anyone interested in the history of the Council and its aftermath, this is an indispensable book. The writer's engaging style -- with occasional delightful humorous asides -- makes even potentially dry chapters of sociological analysis quite readable.

• 1: Looking Foolish 2: The Demographics of Disaffiliation 3: Why They Say They Leave 4: The Night Before 5: Gaudium et spes, luctus et angor 6: The Morning After 7: Unto the Third and Fourth Generations Epilogue: Did the Council Fail? Appendix Bibliography

Stephen Bullivant is Professor of Theology and the Sociology of Religion at St Mary's University, London. He is Director of the Benedict XVI Centre for Religion and Society. An award-winning scholar, Bullivant's research and teaching interests are wide-ranging and interdisciplinary. Most notably, they include several areas of Catholic theology, and the social-scientific study of religion and atheism/secularity. His publications include The Oxford Dictionary of Atheism (co-authored with Lois Lee; 2016), The Oxford Handbook of Atheism (co-edited with Michael Ruse; 2016), The Trinity: How Not to Be a Heretic (2015), and The Salvation of Atheists and Catholic Dogmatic Theology (2012).

For anyone interested in the history of the Council and its aftermath, this is an indispensable book. The writer's engaging style -- with occasional delightful humorous asides -- makes even potentially dry chapters of sociological analysis quite readable.

• 1: Looking Foolish 2: The Demographics of Disaffiliation 3: Why They Say They Leave 4: The Night Before 5: Gaudium et spes, luctus et angor 6: The Morning After 7: Unto the Third and Fourth Generations Epilogue: Did the Council Fail? Appendix Bibliography