![]() Only half as many (22%) of those who belong to other religions say the same. The gender breakdown of the results shows that more women (59%) than men (51%) consider religion to be important in their lives.Īmongst British Christians, 44% say that religion isn’t important in their life. by tradition, family and denomination Christian 70.6 Evangelical Protestant 25.4 Mainline Protestant 14. The practice of any other faith is formally prohibited, although often tolerated, especially in the. Religions Explore religious groups in the U.S. However, four in ten (42%) of those who belong to a particular religion say it doesn’t play an important role in their lives. The state recognizes five religions: Buddhism, Catholicism, Daoism, Islam, and Protestantism. A further 7% belong to other religions.Ī quarter of religious people (23%) said their religion is ‘very important’ to them, and a further third (32%) say it is ‘somewhat important’. ![]() A third (35%) belong to one of the recognised Christian denominations (20% to the Church of England and the rest to other denominations). Over half (55%) of Britons say they do not belong to any particular religion. A quarter (28%) of women believe there is ‘a god’, whilst one in five (20%) believe that there is some form of a higher spiritual power. Women (48%) are notably more likely than men (36%) to say they believe in the existence of ‘a god’/‘a higher spiritual power’. Younger generations are the most likely to think there is no greater force out there, including 50% of 25-39 year olds and 45% of 16-24 year olds, compared to 32% of those 60 and over. Overall, four in ten (41%) Britons believe there is neither ‘a god’ nor ‘a higher power’. The majority of Christians belong to the Greek Orthodox Church but there are also. Older Britons – those aged 60 and above – are the most likely to believe in a supreme deity, but even there just a third (36%) hold this view. More than 92 of Jordanians are Muslims and approximately 8 are Christians. One in ten (10%) of British Christians say they do not believe there is ‘a god’ or ‘a higher power’.īelief in ‘a god’ is low across all age groups. A further one in six (16%) believe in the existence of ‘a higher spiritual power’, but not ‘a god’.Īmongst British Christians, just over half (56%) believe in the existence of God, whilst 16% believe in a higher power. Only a quarter of Britons (27%) say they actually believe in ‘a god’. Four in ten neither believe in ‘a god’ nor in a ‘higher power’Īlthough the United Kingdom is a monarchy formally led by a ruler who also governs the official church – the Church of England – belief in ‘a god’ in the UK is low. ![]() A quarter of Britons say they believe in ‘a god’. ![]()
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