Arguments for Secularisation (Religious Belief):
- BSAS: Belief in God
- Census: Overall loss of religious identification
- YouGov: Brit’s beliefs about God
Arguments against secularisation (Religious Belief):
- 2021 Census: Religious Majority
- Rise of the New age (Bruce)
- Secularisation myth (Voas + Crockett)
Arguments for Secularisation (Religious Practice):
- British religion in numbers: Religious ceremonies
- Reduced moral influence
- Church attendance statistics
Arguments against secularisation (Religious Practice):
- (Brierley) Slow decline in Churches
- High religiosity in Usa
- Immigrant religiosity
Arguments for Secularisation (Power and Influence)
- Religionn’s decreased influence on political figures (Martin)
- Religion’s decreasing influence on Policy
- Declining role of religion in social life
Arguements against secularisation (Power and Influence):
- Religion’s influence on english education
- Usa presidents
- Religion’s continued global influence
Pro secularisation theories:
- Fall of religion after communism (Marx)
- Rationalisation + Disechantment (Weber)
- From mechanical to organic solidarity (Durkheim)
- Factors causing secularisation (Bruce)
Anti secularisation Theories:
- Believing without belonging + Vicarious religion (Davie)
- A rumour of Angels (Berger)
- Religion and choice (Bauman)
- Remixed religion (Burton)
BSAS: Belief in God
-Bsas depicts the nature of belief in God
-10% of people said they didn’t believe in God in 1998, this rose to 18% in 2008
-Further increased to 26% in 2016
-21% said that they know ‘God really exists’ in 1998, decreased to 19% in 2018
Census: Overall loss of religious identification
-25% said they had no religion in 2011, inceased to 37% in 2021
-59% said they were christian in 2011, decreased to 46% in 2021
-0.3% said they were other religions in 2011, rose to 0.6 in 2021
YouGov: Brit’s beliefs about God
“I do not believe in any sort of God or greater power”
2019 = 22%
2022=24%
“I do not believe in any osrt of God but do believe in spiritual greater power”
2019= 41%
2022=39%
Census: Religious majority
