Secularisation in Britain Introduction
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- Secularisation in Britain
- Crockett: Consensus of 1851: 40% more adults attended church than today
- As a result, some sociologists now call the 19th century the: "golden age of religiosity."
- Major changes in religion in the UK since the 19th century
- 1. A decline in the proportion of the population attending church.
- 2.. An increase in the average age of church goers.
- 3. A decline in the numbers holding traditional Christian beliefs.
- 4. Fewer Baptism and church weddings.
- 5. An increase in religious diversity, including more non-Christian religions.
- Sociologists have put forwards different explanations of these trends and reached different conclusions about whether and how far religion is declining.
- Example: Wilson: In 1996, said that Western societies had been undergoing a long-term process of secularisation.
- Defined secularisation as: "The process whereby religious practices, beliefs and institutions lose social significance."
- Example: Wilson: In 1996, said that Western societies had been undergoing a long-term process of secularisation.
- Crockett: Consensus of 1851: 40% more adults attended church than today
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