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Monthly Archives: April 2010
Economic Inequality and Religion
The outgoing Labour Government’s often controversial Equality Bill received royal assent on 8 April and became the Equality Act 2010. In the economic sphere the legislation, and the Parliamentary debates on it, were informed by the work of the independent … Continue reading
Voting Intentions and Attitudes to Religious Minorities
With just over a week to go before the general election, we are literally awash with opinion polls at present. Unfortunately, few of those conducted during the present campaign have featured faith-specific issues, while the relatively small sample sizes mean … Continue reading
Posted in Survey news
Tagged Advantage, Anti-Semitism, BNP, British National Party, Channel 4, Conservative Party, conspiracy, discrimination, Green Party, holocaust, Islamophobia, Jews, Labour Party, Liberal Democrat Party, Muslims, politics, prejudice, UKIP, United Kingdom Independence Party, voting, YouGov
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Demonic Britain
There have been 968 reports of demonic activity in Britain during the past quarter-century, according to research conducted by Lionel Fanthorpe for the latest DVD release of the US television series Supernatural, which is normally broadcast on the cable channel … Continue reading
Guardian Fact File not so factual
The Guardian is publishing a series of ‘Factfile UK’ supplements this week. The first of them was on Population (Saturday 24 April 2010).
Posted in Measuring religion, Other, Religion in the Press
Tagged 2001 Census, Jedi Knights, Religious Affiliation, The Guardian
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Christianity in Western Europe
On 1 April the Paris-based Roman Catholic daily newspaper La Croix published the headline findings of a poll which it had commissioned into Western European attitudes to Christianity. The survey was undertaken online by the Institut Français d’Opinion Publique (IFOP) … Continue reading
Religiosity and Party Choice
It’s interesting to read Justin Parkinson, Political Reporter at the BBC, on Christianity and the election.
It’s noteworthy that in the European elections of 2009, the Christian Party – established five years earlier – won 250,000 votes, or 1.6 per cent nationally. While this was not a significant result at the national level, it was nevertheless ahead of Arthur Scargill’s Socialist Labour Party. The party also polled 2.9 per cent in London. Continue reading
St George, Patron Saint of England
Friday (23 April) will be St George’s Day, celebrated for centuries as England’s national day. George was a Christian martyr of the fourth century AD who has been England’s patron saint since the fourteenth century, in succession to Edward the … Continue reading
Posted in Survey news
Tagged ComRes, England, OnePoll, patron saint, St George, St George's Day, This England, YouGov
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Saliency of Political Issues
We have already noted one headline finding from the online Cpanel survey of 422 practising Christians conducted by ComRes for Premier Christian Radio between 30 March and 12 April 2010 (‘Christians and the general election’, 19 April). Hot off the … Continue reading
Posted in Survey news
Tagged Christians, ComRes, Cpanel, general election, political issues, politics, Premier Christian Media, Premier Christian Radio
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In the Firing Line
One of the more surprising religion-related news stories in recent weeks has been the row which developed over the use of models of ‘generic Eastern buildings’ on the Ministry of Defence (MoD)’s firing range at Bellerby, North Yorkshire. They were … Continue reading
Pope Benedict on the Back Foot
Pope Benedict XVI has just celebrated the fifth anniversary of his accession to office, but his position is coming increasingly under fire in the wake of mounting revelations about the Roman Catholic Church’s complicity in the clerical abuse of children … Continue reading
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Tagged child abuse, legal immunity, papal visit, Pope Benedict XVI, Roman Catholic Church, Vatican, YouGov
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