Christianity is certainly declining in Britain, as the bishop said in yesterday's post, and there's multiple reasons.
Immigration since World War II has brought in large numbers of other religions, notably Islam, so that's one factor.
Author Rodney Stark has another theory that he's mentioned in a couple of his books. He thinks that a state-supported church (such as the Church of England) is a problem, just as it was in France and Spain a few hundred years ago.
His argument is that the clergy are un-ambitious or sleepy when they have a monopoly. In a religious free market like America's, churches have always had to "work" for their membership.
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