Nearly half of young adults in England and Wales now say they believe in God or a higher power according to new figures—a striking turn that runs counter to decades of declining belief across Western societies.
Data from the U.S. reveals a similar trend, with the percentage of young adults engaging with the bible and committing to Christianity on the rise too. Findings from the American Bible Society spotted the first increase in "bible use and scripture engagement" among younger adults since 2021.
The new U.K. findings from YouGov and Bible Society show that 48 percent of 18- to 24-year-olds in England and Wales now say they "definitely or probably" believe in a God, gods or "some higher power"—up from just 29 percent when an even larger sample size was polled in 2018.
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