Gen Z and God: Is the Church Answering Young People's Prayers? (Lamorna Ash)

Radical with Gabriel Gatehouse · Jul 30, 2026 · 1h 5m

This week, James Marriott speaks to the writer Lamorna Ash about her journey through the changing world of British Christianity.

Raised with little religious belief, Lamorna spent a year visiting churches, festivals, monasteries and Christian communities across the country. What began as an investigation into why young people were rediscovering faith gradually became a much more personal search for meaning and belief. James and Lamorna discuss the decline of organised religion, the loneliness and uncertainty of modern life, and Christianity’s surprising appeal to a new generation with diverse…