{"id":13950,"date":"2014-05-02T11:33:53","date_gmt":"2014-05-02T11:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/?p=13950"},"modified":"2021-03-25T13:23:58","modified_gmt":"2021-03-25T13:23:58","slug":"britain-post-christian-nation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/blog\/britain-post-christian-nation\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain a &#8216;post Christian&#8217; nation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to the former Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, Britain is now a &#8216;post-Christian&#8217; country. Despite 52% of respondents to a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/religion\/10790495\/Former-archbishop-of-Canterbury-We-are-a-post-Christian-nation.html\">Telegraph poll<\/a> describing themselves as either practising or non-practising Christians (see graphic below), Lord Williams says that Britain is no longer &#8220;a nation of believers&#8221; and foresees a further decline in the influence of the Church in the years ahead.<\/p>\n<p>It seems that whilst considering themselves broadly &#8220;Christian&#8221; for many Brits that does not reflect in regular, if any, church going. The faith of the UK Prime Minister, David Cameron,\u00a0appears similar to many Briton&#8217;s in that\u00a0he describes himself as a &#8220;classic&#8221; member of the Church of England &#8211; &#8220;not that regular in attendance, and a bit vague on some of the more difficult parts of the faith&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this, David Cameron has recently caused controversy <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-27105023\">describing the UK as a Christian Country<\/a>. He is on record as saying the Christians &#8220;make a difference to people&#8217;s lives and should be more evangelical about it&#8221;. These statements are made in the midst of welfare cuts resulting in thousands of people accessing foodbanks in a bid to feed themselves.<\/p>\n<p>At a recent meeting of Christian leaders in Downing Street, the Prime Minister reportedly said that he as simply doing God&#8217;s work when he launched the &#8220;Big Society&#8221; initiative of volunteering and civic responsibility stating that\u00a0\u201cJesus invented the Big Society 2,000 years ago\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/religion\/10790495\/Former-archbishop-of-Canterbury-We-are-a-post-Christian-nation.html\">results of the Telegraph Poll are reported here<\/a> together with further remarks from the former Archbishop and other politicians.<\/p>\n<p>Brits &#8211; do you agree with Rowan Williams or David Cameron on this topic?<\/p>\n<p>Americans, Canadians, Aussies and beyond &#8211; where do you feel your own countries are on this identification with Christianity?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the former Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, Britain is now a &#8216;post-Christian&#8217; country. 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