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| Dawn French, Vicar of Dibley, BBC TV |
Survey results from Tearfund as reported in The Guardian and CoE data indicate an increase in religious practices during the Covid-19 lockdown. Psychologists will recognize this as consistent with Terror Management Theory as people become more conservative when death awareness increases.
The CoE reported 6,000 people called a prayerline during its first two days.
The CHURCHTIMES provides some results
Among the respondents who said that they prayed more than once a month, the largest age bracket were adults aged 18 to 24 (30 per cent), while 25 per cent of adults who prayed more than once a month were aged 55 and over. Adults aged between 18 and 24 were also more likely to pray about the Government’s response to Covid-19: 25 per cent, compared with 23 per cent of those aged 65 and over, and 15 per cent of those aged 25-64.
34 per cent of the respondents aged 18 to 24 said that they had watched or listened to a religious service since the lockdown, whether via TV, radio, or online, compared with only 19 per cent of those aged 55 or over.
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