Churchgoing in London
The Statistical Record, 1830s to Present
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10083609 |
|---|---|
| Authors | CLIVE DOUGLAS FIELD (University of Birmingham) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Pages | 1-34 |
| Publication date | 2025-10-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Ecclesiastical History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0469 • E-ISSN: 1469-7637 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022046925101322 |
| OpenAlex | W4415211471 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 23 |
Part of a series of longitudinal studies of churchgoing in British towns and cities, this article traces the statistical history of church attendance in London over the past two hundred years. Among other sources, it utilises national religious censuses in 1851 and 1979–2005 and metropolitan ones in 1886–7, 1902–3, 1933–4 and 2012, presenting results as an index of attendance (IA), expressing attendances as percentage of population. Throughout the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, London’s IAs fell continuously and were mostly below those in other conurbations. Following an uptick around the millennium, net decline resumed after 2012
Attendance · Fell · Index (typography · Metropolitan area · Statistical analysis · Religion and Society Interactions · Religious Tourism and Spaces
The Death of Christian Britain
Church Growth in Britain
Religion in Secular Society
Secularization in the Long 1960s
Religion and Society in Twentieth-Century Britain
Plurality in the Capital
Britain’s Last Religious Revival? Quantifying belonging, behaving and believing in the long 1950s
A Shilling for Queen Elizabeth
The Evolution of a Community
Family and Class in a London Suburb
Churches and Church-Goers
West Indian Migrants and the London Churches
Mr Charles Booth's Inquiry
Lighten Their Darkness
The Lower Middle Class in Britain 1870-1914
Class and Religion in the Late Victorian City
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |