Category Archives: Switzerland

The non-religious Swiss increases in size

Posted on April 20, 2011 by

A March 31st report by Swissinfo.ch (31st March, 2011) carried news of a survey indicating that one in four Swiss citizens chose to describe themselves as ‘non-religious’. This was significantly up from the 1% who claimed to be non-religous in … Continue reading →

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God – do the maths!

Posted on March 28, 2011 by

The BBC reported last week on the mathematical modelling of census data from nine countries that predicts the death of religion in those countries by 2050 or thereabouts. I take seriously the work of social scientists and am impressed with … Continue reading →

Posted in Austria, Church attendance, Czech Republic, Finland, Ireland, secularisation, Switzerland | 2 Comments