We believe in God

For more than 1.400 years the countries preceding the UK has been dominated by different forms of Christianity. Nowadays a majority of inhabitants are still related to the Christian faith, but a change in their religious habits has taken place. During the 20th century a dramatic fall in church attendance and a wave of inmigration supported the appearance of other kinds of religions.

In 2001, a survey reflected that nowadays Christianity is supposed to be the major religion, but followed by Islam, Hinduism, Neo-Paganism, Sikhism, Judaism and Buddhism. Moreover a great number of people do not identify themself with any kind of religion. This fact has made the UK become a secularised and also called post-Christian country.

This graphic illustrates the distribution of religions in the UK:

There is much public discussion of such issues as how secular Britain really is, how religiously diverse, whether people see political and religious identities as conflicting, and how polarised religious views actually are.

Religious data is also important for public decisions by local authorities, central government and other public bodies. Religion may have a role in forming “social capital” and in building civic life. Religion may affect lifestyle and health, where people choose to live, and what opportunities are available to them.

Moreover, social and moral politics are severely determined by this religious beliefs, the whole country depends on how its religions behave for the development of the nation.