Monthly Archives: June 2010

Muslims in Prison

Posted on June 8, 2010 by Clive D. Field

In December 2008 there were 9,975 Muslim prisoners in England and Wales, equivalent to 12% of the prison population. This represented a considerable increase on the 5% in 1994 and 8% in 2004 and was more than four times the … Continue reading →

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Inspired by Muhammad Campaign

Posted on June 8, 2010 by Clive D. Field

Existing negative stereotypes of Islam and Muslims in Britain are largely confirmed in an opinion poll released to coincide with the launch on 7 June of the Exploring Islam Foundation’s Inspired by Muhammad advertising campaign. The campaign is designed to … Continue reading →

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Transforming Religious Education

Posted on June 6, 2010 by Clive D. Field

Ofsted (Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills) has today published a new report on the state of religious education (RE) in 183 maintained primary and secondary schools across 70 local authorities in England. These schools were inspected … Continue reading →

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Welsh Churchgoing

Posted on June 5, 2010 by Clive D. Field

The current issue (No. 9, June 2010) of FutureFirst, the bi-monthly magazine from Brierley Research, leads with an article on ‘Welsh Churchgoing’ by John Evans, Director for Strategic Oversight, Gweini (The Council of the Christian Voluntary Sector in Wales). There … Continue reading →

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Values and Religion

Posted on June 5, 2010 by Clive D. Field

A social psychological view of the connection between religion and values is offered in the recent article by Miriam Pepper, Tim Jackson and David Uzzell, ‘A Study of Multidimensional Religion Constructs and Values in the United Kingdom’, Journal for the … Continue reading →

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Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Christians

Posted on June 5, 2010 by Clive D. Field

A comparative study of the religious orientations, beliefs and practices of lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) Christians in Britain and France has recently been published: Martine Gross and Andrew Yip, ‘Living Spirituality and Sexuality’, Social Compass, Vol. 57, No. 1, … Continue reading →

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Where are the Men?

Posted on June 4, 2010 by Clive D. Field

“Where are the men?” has long been the cry of those observing the congregations attending Christian services. Writers such as Edward Weston and James Fordyce could be found complaining about the relative absence of male worshippers in the eighteenth century, and … Continue reading →

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Pentecost Postponed? Prospects for Churchgoing

Posted on June 3, 2010 by Clive D. Field

A post on the Christian Today website reports on the talk given recently by Dr Peter Brierley of Brierley Research at the third annual Pentecost Festival in London. In it he painted a gloomy picture of the prospects for church … Continue reading →

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Janet Eccles on Statistical Approaches to the Study of Religion

Posted on June 2, 2010 by admin

How much can statistics tell us about the state of ‘religion’ in Britain today, or in the past? Piety or religiosity may be expressed in many different ways – and outside conventional church traditions altogether. Some forms of religiosity are beyond practical forms of measurement. Continue reading →

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