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Religious belief

Religious Belief in Britain (% of population)

1940/50s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s
Belief
God 79 74 72 65 62
God as a personal god 43 39 32 32 31 25
God as spirit or life force 38 39 38 39 40 38
Jesus as Son of God 68 62 49
Life after death 49 49 37 43 46 46
Heaven 52 55 53 41
Hell 21 26 27 28
Devil 24 28 20 24 27
Disbelief
God 10 15 18 27 37
Jesus as just a man/story 18 22 38
Life after death 21 23 42 40 41 42
Heaven 33 35 37 45
Hell 68 65 64 57
Devil 54 52 70 64 67

Sources: Gill, R.; Hadaway, C.; Marler, PL, "Is religious belief declining in Britain?", Journal for the Social Scientific Study of Religion 37 (3), 1998: Tableau 1, revu dans Gill, R., The ‘Empty’ Church Revisited (Explorations in Practical, Pastoral and Empirical Theology), Ashgate, Aldershot, 2003: Table 2, the British Social Attitudes Survey 2008 and the European Social Survey 2008.

D 11 September 2012   

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