Bruce — secularisation
Steve Bruce argues secularisation is real and ongoing in modern Britain: declining belief in God, declining church attendance, declining religious identity, and declining religious influence on morality and politics.
Real World
Church of England average weekly attendance fell from around 1.6 million in 1968 to roughly 690,000 by 2019, providing Bruce with concrete institutional evidence of irreversible religious decline in Britain.
Exam Focus
Evaluate Bruce by naming a specific counter-theorist (e.g., Davie or Hervieu-Léger) and their evidence — 'assess' questions require this balance.
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