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aziz

09:09:37 am on May 21, 2008 | # | |
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The decline of Christianity in Britain? http://tinyurl.com/5a52jf
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thabet 10:47 am on May 21, 2008 | #

What the hell is “British Christianity”?

The CofE was initiated and maintained as a political instrument. It has run its course. People can carry on believing in God, reading their religious texts and live their meaningful lives, without the need for state-sponsored institutions.
razib 11:34 am on May 21, 2008 | #

yeah, alarmism. the media in europe seems to have a modus on these sorts of things

1) count everyone who might be muslim as muslim (i.e., count anyone who “should” be muslim because of ethnicity)

2) pare down who you count as christian as much as possible (e.g., look at attendance rates for church on a given sunday)

and then blare headlines about how there are more muslims than christians. this is not to deny the reality of post-christianity, but the magnitude is not quite as what is presented….
thabet 2:12 am on May 22, 2008 | #

“British Christianity” is about a meaningful description as that strange thing called “British law” that everyone started talking about during Rowan-gate.

Ruth Gledhill is a practicing Anglican (stop laughing at the back!) — the decline of her church is obviously alarming for her. To project her fears to the rest of the country is nonsense.

I haven’t see any data on this, but you do see occasional news reports on the rise of Evangelical and Pentecostal churches in England (example). Gledhill herself was reporting this a couple of years ago.

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