3.4 Britain - Evidence for Secularisation

Question 1

What did evidence from the 1851 Census of Religious Worship claim?

Answer 1

40% of the population attended church on Sundays.

Question 2

1960s only __-15% of adults attended church regularly.

Answer 2

10%

Question 3

Church Weddings, and ____ Sunday school attendance has also ___.

Answer 3

baptisms, declined

Question 4

How much of the adult population attended church on Sunday in 2005?

Answer 4

6.3%.

Question 5

Attendance to what has declined greatly?

Answer 5

Sunday school.

Question 6

What did the English Church Census (2006) show?

Answer 6

Membership of large organisations has declined, and some small organisations are growing in size.

Question 7

How does the church still have influence on public life?

Answer 7

`In the House of Lords, there are 26 bishops who make decisions on legislation.

Question 8

What does Bruce (2003) predict?

Answer 8

The Methodist church will fold by 2030 and the Church of England will become a voluntary organisation with a large amount of heritage property

Question 9

Attendance at church ceremonies such as bap__ and mar__ has also ___ since 1980. Many parents are opting for a non-religious ‘____ ____’ instead of baptism, and some couples prefer ____ or having ____ ______ rather than a church wedding

Answer 9

baptism, marriage, dropped, ‘naming ceremony’, cohabiting, civil marriage.