Linda Woodhead MBE FBA FRSE FAcSS is F.D. Maurice Professor at King's College London, UK. Previously she was Distinguished Professor at Lancaster University, USA. Her books include That Was the Church That Was: How the Church of England Lost the English People with Andrew Brown (Bloomsbury, 2016), Christianity: A Very Short Introduction (2014), and Messy Methods in the Study of Religion (OUP 2026, co-edited).