Europe is split about belief in God

Jan 16, 2019 by Jill

by Shannon Roberts, MercatorNet:

Europe is split by striking differences in its attitude to God and the role religion plays in national identity. Overall, Central and Eastern Europeans are much more religious than Western Europeans.

Romania is Europe’s most religious country, according to research undertaken by the Pew Research Center. The research found that 55% of Romanians are “highly religious”. Armenia, Georgia, Greece and Moldova were also in the top five.

Europe’s least religious countries were Estonia, Denmark, the Czech Republic, Sweden, and Belgium, where no more than 10% of people were “highly religious’’. In the United Kingdom only 11% of people are “highly religious”. The Pew Research Center’s interactive map provides a summary of all of Europe.

This results in a divide on issues such as abortion, same-sex marriage and the acceptance of Muslims in their communities. For instance, 95% of Georgians oppose same-sex marriage and 85% oppose abortion, compared with 7% and 3% of Swedes respectively.

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See also: The time John Lennox was pressured to give up his Christianity by Cambridge academia, from The Good Book Company blog