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How God Made the English

How God Made the English

Description: Oxford University theology professor and prize-winning author Diarmaid MacCulloch attempts to do what countless presenters, journalists, novelists, poets and prime ministers have tried over the years: define what it means to be English. But instead of doing so using the usual suspects of politics, wars and economics, MacCulloch explores the notion - in three parts - that English identity is a product of religion, particularly Christianity and the church. Given that, in MacCulloch's words, Christianity created `Englishness', where does Englishness go in a modern nation of many faiths and none?
Genre: Documentary
Year Released: 2012
Number of episodes: 3
First episode air date: March 17, 2012
Presented By: Diarmaid MacCulloch
Network: BBC Two
Genre: Documentary
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