Secularisation in Britain

• • 1851 census over 40% attended church
  • Some see the 19th century as the golden age of religion
  • Attendance in church has declined
  • Average age of attendees has increased
  • Greater religious diversity
• Wilson

  • Secularisation: the process whereby religious beliefs , institutions and practices have lost social influence
  • Western societies have been undergoing long term secularisation