With recent high-profile campaigns such as the Coalition For Marriage, some commentators have been quick to reach for the phrase “US-style Religious Right” to describe changes in the British political and religious landscape. However, a new report from the religion and society think tank Theos calls for caution in using this language.

Entitled Is There a ‘Religious Right’ Emerging in Britain? the report examines demographic, social and political data and takes a close look at some of the groups accused of being part of a US-style Religious Right. It concludes that while there is evidence of greater co-ordination among socially-conservative Christians, it is misleading to describe this phenomenon as a US-style Religious Right.

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