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The 1960s revolution against authority The 1960s revolution against authority
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The generational divide in religious attitudes The generational divide in religious attitudes
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Gender, religion and ageing Gender, religion and ageing
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Interviewing older people on their religious beliefs in the 1970s Interviewing older people on their religious beliefs in the 1970s
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Social change, war and questioning of belief Social change, war and questioning of belief
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Exploration of new forms of spiritual belief Exploration of new forms of spiritual belief
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Religion, spirituality and non-religiosity in the early 21st century Religion, spirituality and non-religiosity in the early 21st century
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Older people's religious and spiritual beliefs at the beginning of the 21st century Older people's religious and spiritual beliefs at the beginning of the 21st century
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Two The changing social context of belief in later life
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Published:July 2011
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Abstract
This chapter examines the religious context of ageing in the UK since the 1960s, making use of data on interviews with older people collected over the last forty years. Although the 1960s intensified the challenge to conventional religion, this chapter demonstrates that diversity of belief has long been a characteristic of the British population. It notes that Orthodox Christian belief was held by only a minority of the population even in the immediate post-war years. The data presented here illustrate the different ways older people have witnessed to their beliefs over the last fifty years and the influence that holding or not holding on to a Christian faith has had for particular individuals. The data also show that spiritual and religious beliefs constitute an increasingly variegated element among older people as well as in the rest of society.
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