A third of Christians in the United Kingdom believe Jewish people “still talk too much about what happened to them in the Holocaust,” and one in six blame Jews for “most wars,” according to a new survey published Thursday.

The study found that young British Christians are less sympathetic towards Israel and hold more antisemitic views than older generations, with theological beliefs relating to Jesus and the Jews being a strong predictor of anti-Jewish beliefs.

The December 2024 study of more than 2,000 Christians of all ages across the United Kingdom was conducted by author and Jewish studies professor Motti Inbari of the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, and Kirill Bumin of Boston University and Metropolitan College.

Speaking with The Times of Israel, Inbari said the survey revealed some surprising findings about the state of religion in the UK. While 2021 census figures showed a sharp 13 percent decline in the number of people identifying as Christians compared to a decade earlier, the data shows an uptick in religious observance among young people in recent years.

“There seems to be a religious revival happening right now in the UK, especially among young people, and that is something that isn’t happening elsewhere in the world,” Inbari said. “If you look at the data about how often young people are going to church or reading the bible, you can see that the trend is reversing.”

But there is a surprising twist.

“In the United States, conservative religious views are connected........

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