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Religious views of people in GB.


Religion in the United Kingdom and in the countries that preceded it has been dominated, for over 1,400 years, by various forms of Christianity. Whilst a majority of citizens identify as Christians, when asked "Are you religious?" in the National Census 2011; 29 per cent responded Yes vs 65 per cent No, 6 per cent did not know.[1] Trends are showing that fewer individuals are viewing religion positively, with 79 per cent of people agreeing that religion is a cause of much misery and conflict in the world today.[2] Regularchurch attendance has also fallen dramatically since the middle of the twentieth century, with more individuals rejecting religion, and immigration and demographic change contributing to the growth of other faiths.

 

Religious affiliations of United Kingdom citizens are recorded by regular surveys, the four major ones being the UK Census, theLabour Force Survey, the British Social Attitudes survey and the European Social Survey. According to the 2011 UK census, Christianity is the major religion, followed by IslamHinduismSikhismJudaism and Buddhism in terms of number of adherents. This, and the relatively large number of individuals with nominal or no religious affiliations, has led commentators to variously describe the United Kingdom as a multi-faith, secularised, or post-Christian society.

The United Kingdom was formed by the union of previously independent countries from 1707, and consequently most of the largest religious groups do not have UK-wide organisational structures. While some groups have separate structures for the individual countries of the United Kingdom, others may have a single structure covering England and Wales or Great Britain. Similarly, due to the relatively recent creation of Northern Ireland in 1921, most major religious groups in Northern Ireland are organised on an all-Ireland basis.


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