A different kind of faith is driving the ‘quiet revival’ of UK churchgoing
Among young people aged 18 to 24, church attendance has shot up from 4 per cent to 16 per cent from 2021 to 2024 – and 41 per cent of those young churchgoers were Catholics.
Catholic Church in England and Wales
For sociologists of religion like me, reports of a new interest in religion offer an opportunity to rethink the story of secularisation.
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