Monthly Archives: March 2011

Israel-Palestine Conflict

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Clive D. Field

Public perceptions of the religious dimensions of the Israel-Palestine conflict are illuminated in a six-nation ICM poll released on 13 March and undertaken on behalf of the Al Jazeera Centre for Studies (established in 2006), the Middle East Monitor (MEMO, … Continue reading →

Posted in Religion and Politics, Survey news | Tagged Al Jazeera Centre for Studies, Anti-Semitism, Clive Field, conflict, European Muslim Research Centre, ICM, Islamophobia, Israel, Jews, Middle East, Middle East Monitor, Muslims, Palestine | Leave a comment

Census Question Under Fire

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Clive D. Field

There are just six days to go before UK residents have to complete the household and individual questionnaire for the decennial population census. But humanists are still simultaneously maintaining their attack on the voluntary question on religion while paradoxically encouraging … Continue reading →

Posted in church attendance, Measuring religion, News from religious organisations, Official data, Survey news | Tagged British Humanist Association, Census, church attendance, Humanist Society of Scotland, humanists, Jesus Christ, Office for National Statistics, Religious Affiliation, Scotland, self-assessed religiosity, YouGov | 1 Comment

Home Shrines

Posted on March 19, 2011 by Clive D. Field

The existence of religious shrines in British domestic households is largely uncharted territory, certainly in any statistical sense, so it is good to be able to draw BRIN readers’ attention to some initial data on the topic from the current … Continue reading →

Posted in Survey news | Tagged adolescents, home shrines, Journal of Beliefs & Values, London, Phra Nicholas Thanissaro, University of Warwick | Leave a comment

Receptions into Roman Catholicism

Posted on March 19, 2011 by Clive D. Field

Adult receptions into the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales will be significantly up on 2010, to judge by attendances at last weekend’s Rite of Election and tabulated in a press release from the Roman Catholic Bishops’ Conference posted … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations | Tagged converts, Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham, Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults, Rite of Election, Roman Catholic Church | Leave a comment

Catholics in Scottish Prisons

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Clive D. Field

Roman Catholics continue to be overrepresented in Scotland’s prison population, but the situation appears to be improving slowly. Catholics accounted for 28% of Scottish prisoners in 2001, 24% in 2006 and 23% in 2008-09, whereas they constituted 16% of all … Continue reading →

Posted in Official data, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate | Tagged crime, deprivation, prisoners, prisons, Roman Catholics, Scottish Parliament, sectarianism, Susan Wiltshire, Tom Minogue | 1 Comment

Religion, Youth and Sexuality

Posted on March 12, 2011 by Clive D. Field

‘Sex and religion are generally considered uncomfortable bedfellows.’ So begins a new 24-page report which offers fascinating insights into the diversity of interactions between religion and sexuality among the young. Authored by Andrew Kam-Tuck Yip (University of Nottingham), Michael Keenan … Continue reading →

Posted in Survey news | Tagged Andrew Kam-Tuck Yip, Buddhists, Christians, heterosexuality, Hindus, homosexuality, Jews, Michael Keenan, Muslims, Religion and Society Programme, Sarah-Jane Page, sex, sexuality, Sikhs, University of Nottingham | Leave a comment

Poppy-Burning

Posted on March 11, 2011 by Clive D. Field

82% of the public support the prosecution of Emdadur Choudhury, the Muslims against Crusades (MAC) protestor who was this week convicted at Woolwich Crown Court of a public order offence for his ‘calculated and deliberate’ insult to Britain’s war dead … Continue reading →

Posted in Survey news | Tagged Emdadur Choudhury, Muslims against Crusades, poppies, protests, Remembrance Day, YouGov | Leave a comment

Census Snippets

Posted on March 11, 2011 by Clive D. Field

Combined household and individual questionnaires for the 2011 population census have been dropping on doormats all week in preparation for the official enumeration date of Sunday, 27 March. They can be completed on paper or online. This will be the … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion in public debate, Religion in the Press | Tagged advertising, Board of Deputies of British Jews, British Humanist Association, Buddhists, Census, Charedis, Church of England Newspaper, Church Times, Committee of Advertising Practice, Daily Telegraph, David Graham, Dudeism, Facebook, Federation of Irish Societies, Foundation for Holistic Spirituality, George Pitcher, heavy metal, Jedi Knights, Jewish Chronicle, Jews, Methodist Recorder, Muslim Weekly, Muslims, Network of Buddhist Organisations, Office for National Statistics, Pagan Federation, Pagans, Paul Vallely, Sikh Federation, Sikhs, Sunday Times. Theos, The Universe | 2 Comments

Attitudes towards Britain’s Involvement in the Afghanistan Conflict by Religious Affiliation

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Ben Clements

As well as looking at behaviour and attitudes in relation to the 2010 general election (participation, method of voting, party voted for, etc.), the EMBES survey contains a wealth of attitudinal data relating to long-standing or more recent political issues in Britain. One of these is the involvement of British military forces in the conflict in Afghanistan. Continue reading →

Posted in Religion and Politics | Tagged Afghanistan, Angus Reid, Ben Clements, British Election Study, Christianity, EMBES, Ethnic Minority, Gallup, Hinduism, Ipsos-MORI, Islam, Sikhism, War, YouGov | Leave a comment

Lent

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Clive D. Field

It will be Ash Wednesday on 9 March, the first day of Lent in the Christian calendar, the forty-day period of fasting and penance leading up to Easter, and replicating Jesus Christ’s sacrifice and withdrawal into the desert prior to … Continue reading →

Posted in Survey news | Tagged abstinence, Ash Wednesday, Christian festivals, Clive Field, fasting, Lent, pancakes, penance, Shrove Tuesday, YouGov | 1 Comment

The census of population (2001, 2011, 2021) is the main statistical source for non-Christian and other faiths and groups. Jews…

Very interesting

Where are the statistics for other religious groups? In addition, analysis on the differences between 1st to 3rd generation migrant…

As stated in our report, the comment was made by Nick Spencer of the think tank Theos. You could contact…

It does not seem hypocritical, to me, to hold the opinion that people's relationship with God is a personal matter…

Monthly Archives: March 2011

Israel-Palestine Conflict

Census Question Under Fire

Home Shrines

Receptions into Roman Catholicism

Catholics in Scottish Prisons

Religion, Youth and Sexuality

Poppy-Burning

Census Snippets

Attitudes towards Britain’s Involvement in the Afghanistan Conflict by Religious Affiliation

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