1. The role of religion
   1. 16th c.
      1. separation from Catholism
   2. Elizabeth I
      1. defeated Spanish Armada
         1. English national identity
      2. Francis Drake
      3. 1563
         1. The Book of Martyrs
            1. John Foxe
      4. Christians persecuted
      5. Christians
         1. rate citizens
         2. not allowed in British Parliament
         3. not allowed to study at O ar Cam
   3. 2007
      1. Tony Blair
         1. left the Anglican Church
            1. became Catholic
   4. Anglican bishops
      1. members of House of Lords
   5. Anglican priests
      1. state officials
2. The Church of England
   1. between Catholicism and Protestantism
      1. via media
         1. middle way
   2. High Church
      1. Catholicism in liturgy and worship
   3. Low Church
      1. austere
      2. similar to Protestantism
   4. leader
      1. Archbishop of Canterbury
         1. official residence
            1. Lambeth Palace in London
         2. Rowan Williams
            1. against social injustice
            2. against decisions of the Government
   5. shrine
      1. The Canterbury Cathedral
         1. Thomas Becket
            1. T.S.Eliot
            2. Murder in the Cathedral
   6. The Anglican Communion
      1. various Anglican churches in many parts of the world that remain united with the Archbishop of Canterbury
      2. 80 million Christians
      3. USA
         1. Episcopal Church
      4. version of Christianity
      5. ordain women as priests and to allow them to become bishops
3. Dissenters
   1. Christians who did not join the Church of England
   2. the Reformation had not gone enough
   3. religious independence
   4. Puritans
      1. supporters of Olivier Cromwell
   5. live in the place, where the state would not interfere
   6. English literature, science and culture
   7. John Milton, John Bunyan
   8. Evangelicals, Quakers
      1. William Wilberforce
         1. abolition of slavery
   9. Methodism
      1. Anglicanism
      2. John and Charles Wesley
      3. Methodist Church
         1. 4th largest
      4. Wales and Cornwall
      5. singing during liturgies
      6. Salvation Army
         1. William Booth
4. Churches
   1. 1. Anglican
   2. 2. Roman Catholic
   3. 3. Church of Scotland
   4. 4. Methodist Church
5. Multiculturalism
   1. Muslims after WWII
   2. Salman Rushdie
      1. "Satanic Verses"
      2. blasphemous by Muslim leaders
      3. under the protection of British state
6. Waning of Christianity
   1. empty churches
   2. Atheism
      1. radical secularisation
      2. religion
         1. promoting violence
      3. British Humanist Association
         1. Richard Dawkins
         2. Christopher Hutchins