Statue of evangelical Protestant preacher John Knox whose sermons once spread like wildfire through Scotland. But faith, which once ruled the lives of the Scots, seems to be waning.
Picture: Bill Henry
SCOTLAND has a weaker sense of religious identity than the rest of the UK, according to a new report that shows the changing face of religion in modern Scotland.
Despite a strong Christian past, just 67 per cent of Scots identified with a religion in 2001, compared to 86 per cent in Northern Ireland and 77 per cent in England and Wales.
The breakdown of the first national census to show religious leanings - published yesterday by the Scottish Executive - showed important social information about the different religious communities in Scotland.
It found that about two in five Sikhs and Muslims aged between 16 and 74 have no qualifications, compared to about a third of all people in Scotland of the same age group.
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