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Monthly Archives: June 2010
Muslims in Prison
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
Posted in Official data, Survey news
Tagged ethnicity, extremism, Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Prisons, Muslims, prison, prisoners, terrorism
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Inspired by Muhammad Campaign
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
Transforming Religious Education
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
Welsh Churchgoing
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
Posted in News from religious organisations
Tagged church attendance, churchgoing, Gweini, Wales
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Values and Religion
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
Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Christians
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
Posted in Survey news
Tagged Andrew Yip, bisexuality, bisexuals, Christians, France, gays, homosexuality, homosexuals, lesbianism, lesbians, Martine Gross, sexuality, Social Compass
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Where are the Men?
“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
Posted in Survey news
Tagged Christian Research, Christian Vision for Men, church, hymns, men, Religious Affiliation, Research Now, Sorted Magazine, vicars
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Pentecost Postponed? Prospects for Churchgoing
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
Janet Eccles on Statistical Approaches to the Study of Religion
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
