Beliefs and Society-secularisation

Secularisation overview(stats and theories)

Secularisation

The decline of importance of religion

Where are we looking at for an expalnation for secularisation?

Britain and America

Crocket-11851 Census of religious worship

40% of the adult population attend relgiou services comapred to today

Reason for low attendance

Fewer church weddings and baptims

religious diversity

Wilson reasons for secularisation

Religious organisations, beliefs and practises losing social significance

What part of the church has declined?

Church weddings,baptisms and sunday school

Church attendance today

2015 -15% of adult popluation attended church.Church attendance has halfed

How muh has sunday schools decreased in the church of England in 1960 and 2013

1.6 million to 0.8 million

How much has church weddings and baptims decreased

60% in 1971 to 30% in 2012

Catholic churches church weddings decreasing in 1965 and 2011

three quaters (3/4)

what is Bogus baptisms

Despite baptisms decreasing, baptism have been increasing for older childre, in orderr to get into faith schools which are high peforming. So baptisms is like an entryticket than for christain commitment

Religious Affiliation

People associating themselves with a specific religious group. Membership and identification of a relgious group

Trend of religious affiliation

Continue decline

How many people who didnt have no religion rose from 1983-2014 in the social attitude survey 2015

it rose from a 1/3( third/) to a ½ (half)

During that same period how many people that identified as christian

People who identified as christains fell by a third

How sharp was the decline of eeliguous afiliation in Anglican churches

It more than halfed

Did catholicism increase and why?

Yes catholicism increased due to european migration.

Why did non-christian religion increase and what religion mostly increased?

Islam increased due to immigration,high birth rates etc.

In other christians what demominations do they consist of

Methodists or baptists

How much did baptists or methodists stay stagnant

up to 17% in 1983 of the population

How many associated themselves with a a specific denomination

4/5 (four fifths) associated themselve with a denomination in1983 now only a fith are attached to a group

Religious belief

Religious institutions

Declined influence of religious institutions due to secularisation

Criticism for religious institution decline

26 of anglican bishops have a seat in the house of the lords

How has stae taken influence