Monthly Archives: October 2011

Occupy London and St Paul’s Cathedral

Posted on October 30, 2011 by Clive D. Field

The photograph of St Paul’s Cathedral standing proud amid the chaos of the London Blitz was one of the most striking and iconic images of the Second World War, at once tangible evidence of a seeming miracle and a beacon … Continue reading →

Posted in Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Religion in the Press, Survey news | Tagged anti-capitalism, anti-Catholicism, Church and State, Church of England, Clive Field, establishment, Giles Fraser, legislation, monarchy, Occupy London, protest, Roman Catholics, St Paul's Cathedral, Sunday Times, YouGov | 2 Comments

Halloween Activities

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Clive D. Field

With exactly one week to go to Halloween (All Hallows’ Eve), one-third of Britons may be planning to observe the day in some way, according to a new poll. TNS interviewed 1,030 British adults aged 16-64 online on 27-29 September … Continue reading →

Posted in Survey news | Tagged All Hallows’ Eve, Halloween, TNS, trick or treating | 1 Comment

Beyond 2011

Posted on October 23, 2011 by Clive D. Field

The Office for National Statistics launched a public consultation on 17 October 2011 for its ‘Beyond 2011’ programme, which is to examine options for producing detailed information about small areas and neighbourhoods that has traditionally been a core output from … Continue reading →

Posted in Official data | Tagged Beyond 2011 programme, Census, Office for National Statistics | Leave a comment

Restudies of Religion in English and Welsh Communities

Posted on October 23, 2011 by Clive D. Field

Steve Bruce, who has been Professor of Sociology at the University of Aberdeen since 1991, has been engaged since 2007 on an extended reappraisal of religious change in Britain since 1945, made possible by the award of a Leverhulme Trust … Continue reading →

Posted in church attendance, Historical studies, Measuring religion, Organisational data, People news | Tagged Alwyn Rees, Anne Murcott, Banbury, Bill Pickering, Billingham, Church of England, Colin Bell, community studies, Contemporary Wales, County Durham, David Clark, Deerness Valley, Eric Batstone, Isabel Emmett, Journal of Ecclesiastical History, Llanfihangel yng Ngwynfa, Llanfrothen Ffestiniog, Llansantffraid Glyn Ceiriog, Llanuwchllyn-Llangower, Margaret Stacey, Methodism, mining, Northern History, Oxfordshire, Peter Kaim-Caudle, Peterlee, Rawmarsh, restudies, Robert Moore, Ronald Frankenberg, Scunthorpe, secularization, Sociological Review, Staithes, Steve Bruce, Trefor Owen, Upper Teesdale, Wales, Yorkshire | Leave a comment

Chaplaincy to the Armed Forces

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Clive D. Field

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is spending £22 million annually on employing 280 Christian chaplains across the three armed services, according to the MoD’s reply to a request under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act made by the National Secular … Continue reading →

Posted in Official data, Religion in public debate | Tagged armed forces, chaplaincy, Freedom of Information Act, Ministry of Defence, National Secular Society, public expenditure | Leave a comment

Should Ethics be Taught?

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Clive D. Field

While church connection helps to promote moral and ethical behaviour and worldviews among young people, religious schools do not have a consistently positive impact in that regard. This is the inference which can be drawn from the charts and summaries … Continue reading →

Posted in church attendance, Survey news | Tagged cheating, ethics, Faith schools, fare-dodging, Jemma Penny, Jewish Association for Business Ethics, Leslie Francis, Money & Morals, schools, shoplifting, workplace, young people | Leave a comment

Spirituality in the Ascendant?

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Clive D. Field

Spirituality and mystical beliefs are taking over from religion in Britain, according to the spin being put on the results of a new poll. It was commissioned to support a major marketing and publicity campaign launched by HarperCollins on 17 … Continue reading →

Posted in Survey news | Tagged afterlife, Aleph, ghosts, HarperCollins, heaven, hell, Karma, Paulo Coelho, reincarnation, spirituality | Leave a comment

Christian Research – What is the Future?

Posted on October 16, 2011 by Clive D. Field

The restructuring at Christian Research, which we covered on 16 September last – http://www.brin.ac.uk/news/?p=1405 – seems to have attracted relatively little interest in the Christian media. Nor has the parent body, Bible Society, been publicly forthcoming about its future plans … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations | Tagged Bible Society, Christian Research | 1 Comment

National Jewish Student Survey, 2011

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Clive D. Field

‘Jewish students are comfortable being openly Jewish at British universities, despite having concerns about attitudes to Israel on campus. Their commitment to Israel and the Jewish people is robust, but their appreciation of their personal social responsibility lacks muscle.’ These … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, Religion and Social Capital, Survey news | Tagged Anti-Semitism, concerns, David Graham, friends, higher education, Institute for Jewish Policy Research, Ipsos-MORI, Israel, Jewish students, Jewishness, Jonathan Boyd, JPR, National Jewish Student Survey, Pears Foundation, students, Union of Jewish Students | Leave a comment

Women’s Representation in the Church in Wales

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Clive D. Field

The Governing Body of the Church in Wales met at the University of Wales, Trinity St David on 21 and 22 September 2011. One of the items on its agenda was a report from Dr Gill Todd of the Diocese … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, Organisational data | Tagged Church in Wales, churchwardens, clergy, diocesan boards of finance, finance, Gill Todd, Governing Body, Lord Rowe-Beddoe, membership, parochial church councils, representation, Representative Body, Richard Jones, women | Leave a comment

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Monthly Archives: October 2011

Occupy London and St Paul’s Cathedral

Halloween Activities

Beyond 2011

Restudies of Religion in English and Welsh Communities

Chaplaincy to the Armed Forces

Should Ethics be Taught?

Spirituality in the Ascendant?

Christian Research – What is the Future?

Women’s Representation in the Church in Wales

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