“What I do not understand I have always been drawn towards.” This brief aside, made by Lamorna Ash about two-thirds of the way through Don’t Forget We’re Here Forever, captures well her reason for writing this thoughtful, well reported exploration of Christianity’s role in the lives of young adults in Britain today.

Like many, she was introduced to the world’s largest religion at primary school, where reciting the Lord’s Prayer in assembly amounted to an “enforced custom to be got out of the way before class”. But she didn’t really get to know it, hence her decision to embark on a “period of perpetual Christian road-trip”, which began in the final months of 2022 and ended early last year.

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