secularization in britain

Question 1

what are the church attendance/practice stats in the uk?

Answer 1

2015 - about 5% of the adult population attended church on sundays
churchgoing has halved since the 1960s

2012 - 30% of weddings churches
the number of catholic baptisms today is under half those in 1964

Question 2

religious affiliations in the uk

Answer 2

(membership with a religion)

• decline in the number of people who are affiliated to a religion
• 1983 - 2014 those identifying as christian fell by a third

Question 3

religious belief today

Answer 3

evidence about religious beliefs from 80 years of survey research shows that religious belief is declining

Question 4

religious institutions today

Answer 4

• state has taken over many of the functions that the church used to perform
• education used to be provided by churches - now mainly provided by the state