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1. Sacrifice

   5/5Madeleine Bunting on the decline of faith and with it the loss of a notion of sacrifice.
2. Patience

   4/5Madeleine Bunting discusses the decline of faith in the UK and with it a loss of patience.
3. Salvation

   3/5Madeleine Bunting on the decline of Christianity and the loss of the notion of salvation.
4. Sin

   2/5Journalist Madeleine Bunting discusses the notion of sin.
5. The Loss of God

   1/5Madeleine Bunting explores the loss of God as a defining feature of Western democracy.
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   The decline of Christianity in this country, and how to fill the gaps left behind...