Explain how the beliefs and practices of the predominant religions in Europe affected European society

Religions had a huge impact on the European societies. The major religions that have dominated European culture are Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. Today the most dominant is Christianity which is followed by around 73% of the total Europe's population. In Europe, Christianity has always been the dominant religion, i. e. 72.8% of EU population.

They believe in God. Catholics believe in concepts of hell, heaven and witchcraft more than the Orthodox Christians. In all European countries except Italy, non-practicing Christians, i. e. who go to Church lesser number of times in a year, outnumber church-attending Christians, i. e. the ones who attend daily or weekly.