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Religion and Society in Industrial England. Church, Chapel and Social Change, 1740–1914 (Longman, 1976). Glasson, Travis. Mastering Christianity: Missionary Anglicanism and Slavery in the Atlantic World (2011). Hastings, Adrian. A history of English Christianity, 1920–1985 (HarperCollins, 1986). Hylson-Smith, Kenneth.
Christianity is the dominant religion in the United Kingdom. Results of the 2021 Census for England and Wales showed that Christianity is the largest religion (though makes up less than half of the population), followed by the non-religious, Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism, Judaism, Buddhism, and Taoism.
However using the same principle as applied in the 2001 census, a survey carried out in the end of 2008 by Ipsos MORI and based on a scientifically robust sample, found the population of England and Wales to be 47.0% affiliated with the Church of England, which is also the state church, 9.6% with the Roman Catholic Church and 8.7% were other ...
Statistics show a steady decline in church membership and attendance in the United Kingdom. According to the BBC, church attendance in the UK has dwindled in the past 50 years, not just in the Church of England or other Protestant churches, but in all Christian establishments. The BBC reported in 2011 that 26% of people over the age of 65 ...
The Catholic Church in England included about 50,000 people in traditional ("recusant") Catholic families. They generally kept a low profile. They generally kept a low profile. Their priests usually came from St Edmund's College , a seminary founded in 1793 by English refugees from the French revolution.
Christianity, however, continued to flourish in the Brittonic areas of Great Britain. During this period certain practices and traditions took hold in Britain and in Ireland that are collectively known as Celtic Christianity. Distinct features of Celtic Christianity include a unique monastic tonsure and calculations for the date of Easter. [24]
The newspaper was awarded Best Christian News and Reviews Site in 2007 and 2008 at the Premier Christian's Blog and Web Awards held in London, UK. [ 3 ] In addition to providing regular news updates to the Christian community, Christian Today has provided press and IT support to Christian initiatives and organizations, including Micah Challenge ...
Christian buildings and structures in the United Kingdom (10 C, 1 P) ... Christianity in England (15 C, 12 P) Christianity in Northern Ireland (13 C, 8 P)