Relegation of religion to the personal sphere

• increasing secularisation has meant that faith is seen as an entirely personal choice and a private matter for the individual
• people no longer feel that they m just declare allegiance to christianity as Britain's traditional and national religion
• however, Christianity still plays a significant role in Britain:

  • the church of england is the established church in eglnad and in Scotland it is the Church of Scotland
  • the national anthem, sung on a wide range of occasions with great gusto, is essentially religious; its opening word is 'god'