secularisation

Question 1

changes to religion since 1851

Answer 1

an increase in the average age of church goers

fewer baptisms and church weddings

a decline in the proportion of the population going to church

greater diversity, including non christian religion

Question 2

secularisation

Answer 2

wilson - ‘the process whereby religious beliefs, practices and institutions lose social significance’

Question 3

evidence that britain has become a secular society:

church attendance

Answer 3

sunday attendance fell from 1.6 million to 0.7 million in 2020

in 1971, 59% of weddings were in church, compared to 20% in 2018

bogus baptisms - infant baptisms have declined but older children being baptised has increased as an entry ticket to high performing faith schools

Question 4

evidence that britain has become a secular society:

religious affiliation

Answer 4

between 1983 and 2018, the proportion of adults with no religion rose from just under 1/3 to just over 1/2

those identifying as christian fell by 40%

Question 5

evidence that britain has become a secular society:

religious belief

Answer 5

surveys show a significant decline in belief in a personal god and in christian teachings about the after life and the bible

Question 6

evidence that britain has become a secular society:

religious institutions today

Answer 6

the state has taken over many of the functions that the church used to perform - religion is confined to individual and family life

education provided mainly by the state