secularisation facts

Question 1

How many bishops are there in the house of lords?

Answer 1

26

Question 2

how have church weddings dropped between 1971 and 2010?

Answer 2

1971= 60%
2010= 30%

Question 3

how have church of england stats dropped from 1960 and 2015?

Answer 3

1960- 1.6 million
2015- 0.8 million

Question 4

what do voas and crocket compare church stats in the UK between 1851 and 1960?

Answer 4

1851- 40% of British pop attend church on sundays
1960- 10-15%

Question 5

What does Wilson say about USA church stats? How does Hadaway’s study criticise this?

Answer 5

1962-> 45% of Americans attended church
“stable at 40% since 1940”
CRIT- H-> attendance claimed by interviewees in Ohio= 83% higher than researchers estimates

Question 8

what was Lynd and Lynd’s study of young churchgoers?

Answer 8

1924- 94% only accepted christianity
1977-41%

Question 9

What was Bruce’s study on evangeslist beliefs in 1951 vs 1982?

Answer 9

1951- 98% viewed drinking alc as morally wrong
1982-17%