Orthodox Church play a key role in Greek ethnic identity and social life . Barker argues that it is even true of Britain, where the Church of England 'continues to play the role of a partial upholder of a wider British sacred identity' 1995,p.246.
Ten years after this study, research in the United Kingdom documents the continuation of this trend and argues that the decline in religiosity is generational. While the absence of religious belief is routinely transmitted to offspring, only about half of parental religiosity is successfully transmitted. Writers such as Grace Davie 1995 argue for a believing without belonging thesis (suggesting that, while religious affiliation and attendance are declining, religious beliefs