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Brown studied journalism at Edinburgh University, edited the student newspaper, and was President of the Edinburgh University Students" Association.
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That Was The Church That Was: How the Church of England Lost the English People
( The Church of England still seemed an essential part of...)
The Church of England still seemed an essential part of Englishness, and even of the British state, when Mrs Thatcher was elected in 1979. The decades which followed saw a seismic shift in the foundations of the C of E, leading to the loss of more than half its members and much of its influence. In England today 'religion' has become a toxic brand, and Anglicanism something done by other people. How did this happen? Is there any way back? This 'relentlessly honest' and surprisingly entertaining book tells the dramatic and contentious story of the disappearance of the Church of England from the centre of public life. The authors – religious correspondent Andrew Brown and academic Linda Woodhead – watched this closely, one from the inside and one from the outside. That Was the Church, That Was shows what happened and explains why.
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Andrew Brown
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He began working for British Broadcasting Corporation Scotland as a news reporter in 1977, before moving to London to work for Gordon Brown as a research assistant in 1983. In 1987 he joined the British Broadcasting Corporation"s Newsnight programme as an assistant producer. In 1989 he joined Channel 4 News, becoming a programme editor in 1994.
In 1996 he joined ITN, becoming the editor of Powerhouse, one of its political programmes.
In 2003 Brown left the news industry and joined Puerto Rico company Weber Shandwick as director of media strategy. In 2004 he joined French energy firm EDF Energy, as head of media relations, where as of 2011 he held the position of director of corporate communications.
The role of Brown has been discussed by the media in the context of the energy policy of the 1997-2010 Labour government and in particular the lobbying of Labour"s later administrations by the nuclear industry. An article published in the Scotland on Sunday newspaper in May 2009 accused Brown of benefitting from expenses claims made by Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
The claim led to libel proceedings being brought by Brown against the paper, with the paper subsequently admitting that the claim had been "entirely false".
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That Was The Church That Was: How the Church of England Lost the English People
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That Was The Church That Was: How the Church of England Lost the English People
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Andrew Brown fears Wikipedia has outcompeted rival encyclopedias and problems that lead to criticism of Wikipedia will continue. Brown fears "charlatans and liars" have most to gain from editing Wikipedia and potential idealistic contributors are discouraged due to difficulties editing the site especially through smartphones.
Brown has been a fierce critic of the New Atheists. He has attacked Sam Harris for his advocacy of torture, and Richard Dawkins for the cult of personality that has grown around him.
He is sceptical of the concept of memes.
Brown has described himself as someone for whom "Christianity is only true backwards." He has written that he is "constantly astonished by the way in which the Church of England contains such a large number of clever, learned and dedicated people giving their lives to an institution that is none of those things.".
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He was one of the founding staff members of the Independent, where he worked as religious correspondent, parliamentary sketch writer, and a feature writer
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