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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Aamna Mohdin Community affairs correspondent

Christian nationalism in Britain driven by people who seldom go to church, says report

Rally crowd holds a wooden cross and Union Jack flags near Big Ben in London
A wooden cross being carried by a protester at the Unite the Kingdom rally in London in September 2025. Chants of ‘Christ is King’ could also be heard. Photograph: Joao Daniel Pereira/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock

Christian nationalism in Britain is being driven largely by people who rarely attend church and are more concerned with defending the country’s Christian heritage, according to research.

The report, by the thinktank Theos, identified five different groups within the UK in a survey that looked at their attitudes to Christianity and Britishness.

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