Lincoln Cathedral, Lincolnshire UK
Source: RT.com
Modern Britain is no longer a Christian country, a report by the Commission on Religion and Belief in Public Life concludes. It calls on institutions to adapt to the nation’s increasingly multi-faith and non-religious makeup.
The commission, set up by the Woolf Institute and chaired by former high court judge Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, is a leading think tank studying relations between Christian, Jewish and Muslim communities.
The massive decline in churchgoing and the rise of Islam means a “new settlement” is needed for religion in the UK, the independent study finds.
The House of Lords, which includes a number of Church of England (CoE) bishops, should also feature imams, rabbis and other non-Christian clerics to give more official influence to other faith groups, the report suggests.
It added that acts of worship in school assemblies should be abolished and replaced with “time for reflection.”
“Three striking trends in recent decades have revolutionized the landscape on which religion and belief in Britain meet and interact,” the report said.
UK Parliament building
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