'Imagine there's no heaven'

Religious change in the 1960s

The Second Vatican Council

This morning I spoke in Ely Cathedral to students of The King’s School, Ely as part of their History Week, which this year is focussed on the 1960s. My theme was religion in the 1960s, and this is the text of my talk.

Although it was written after the 1960s, in 1971, John Lennon’s song ‘Imagine’ has come to define the popular id…