The Death of Christian Britain

800
700
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100
— The Death of Christian Britain —
nfant baptisms per 1 000 live births
0
1900 1906 1912 1918 1924 1930 1936 1942 1948 1954 1960 1966 1972 1978 1984 1990 1996
Figure 7.4 Church of England baptism rate, 1900–97
Source: Figures from Church of England Yearbook, 1984–2000.
Percentage
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
1900 1909 1918 1927 1936 1945 1954 1963 1972 1981 1990 2000
168
Scottish
presbyterian
(as % of
Scottish
children)
All GB
Protestant
(as % of GB
children)
Figure 7.5 British Sunday school enrolment, 1900–96: percentage
of 5–14-year-olds
Sources: Figures calculated from R. Currie, A. Gilbert and L. Horsley, Churches and
Churchgoers: Patterns of Church Growth in the British Isles since 1700, Oxford, Clarendon
Press, 1977, pp. 167–92; Church of Scotland Yearbook, 1971–98; B.R. Mitchell and P. Deane,
Abstract of British Historical Statistics, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1962, pp.
12–13; Registrar General for Scotland, Annual Reports, 1971–98.