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Faith families20 May 2004
Does our society regard religious families as odd?

Although over 37 million people in England and Wales defined themselves as Christians in the last census, under a million actually attend church. And there are more people now professing to be non-believers than Muslims, Jews, Sikhs, Hindus and Buddhists put together.

So in what some perceive to be our increasingly secular society, are religious families now seen as odd rather than as pillars of the community?

Jenni talks to Sarah Johnson, who has written about the challenges parents face in trying to raise children proud of their faith, and Sam Rimmer from the Humanist Association

Daring to be different: being a faith family in a secular world by Sarah Johnson from Dartman, Longman and Todd, ISBN0232523983

BBC: Religion and Ethics
British Humanist Association


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