Why Is Shakespeare Considered Religion

The society that Shakespeare wrote for, considered religion a primary issue.
Queen Elizabeth forced people to attend the Church of England services.
And even though many churchgoers had to travel from distant places to be able to attend , they never thought of not attending since the people who did not attend—for any reason except illness—were punished with fines.
(Shakespeare's father and sister were reported as absent, though his father's debts have probably been the cause of his inability to attend church.)
Nevertheless, it was not a crime to be Catholic in Elizabethan England, but there was no legitimate way for Catholics to practice their belief since it was illicit to hold or to attend a Mass.
However, people who had authority were less
likely to be penalized than others, and any of the upper classes didn't have to be involved in the new oaths of sincerity to the Church of England, beside the fact that wealthy Catholic families secretly preserved private chaplains.
Finally, Elizabethan strategy allowed freedom of belief as long as English citizens did not openly defy the law or encourage sedition.