God, heaven and hell, and life after death: data reveals UK’s low religious belief
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The share of the British public who identify as religious has halved since the 1980s.
The UK public are now among the least likely internationally to believe in God, following a long-term decline in belief since the 1980s, according to a new study.
The research, led by the Policy Institute at King’s College London, also finds that the share of the population who say God is not important in their life is at a record high, having doubled compared with four decades ago.
Belief in heaven has decr...
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