Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?
Luke 18:8
“Nones” are a majority but cities are now more religious than rural areas, analysts say.
The traditional Catholic, Protestant and Jewish influence is in strong decline.
But the growth of “non-religious” citizens must be contrasted with the growth of “other religions”, which already represent 10% of the total population, according to data collected by sociologists Claude Dargent and Olivier Galland, published by French magazine Le Point.
Although 32% of the French adults self-identify as Roman Catholics.... Forty years ago, Catholics were a large majority of more than 70% of the population.
One of the figures that helps to explain this collapse is that only 3% of those aged 18-29 identify themselves as practicing Catholics.
Islam is the strongest minority religion in France, followed by 6% of the population.
Evangelical Christians have grown to become 1.6% of the population, according to the data of Darent and Galland.
The number of “non-religious” people in France has grown to 58% - up from 27% forty years ago. This social group is not homogenous, since it includes Atheists, but also Agnostics or Deists.
Interestingly, having completed higher education or living in a city does no longer correlate with a higher rejection of religion. According to the sociologists, the “big agglomerations are more religious than the rest of the French territory”.
EvangelicalFocus
Luke 18:8
“Nones” are a majority but cities are now more religious than rural areas, analysts say.
The traditional Catholic, Protestant and Jewish influence is in strong decline.
But the growth of “non-religious” citizens must be contrasted with the growth of “other religions”, which already represent 10% of the total population, according to data collected by sociologists Claude Dargent and Olivier Galland, published by French magazine Le Point.
Although 32% of the French adults self-identify as Roman Catholics.... Forty years ago, Catholics were a large majority of more than 70% of the population.
One of the figures that helps to explain this collapse is that only 3% of those aged 18-29 identify themselves as practicing Catholics.
Islam is the strongest minority religion in France, followed by 6% of the population.
Evangelical Christians have grown to become 1.6% of the population, according to the data of Darent and Galland.
The number of “non-religious” people in France has grown to 58% - up from 27% forty years ago. This social group is not homogenous, since it includes Atheists, but also Agnostics or Deists.
Interestingly, having completed higher education or living in a city does no longer correlate with a higher rejection of religion. According to the sociologists, the “big agglomerations are more religious than the rest of the French territory”.
EvangelicalFocus