Monthly Archives: November 2011

Wellcome Trust Monitor

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Clive D. Field

Among the datasets released this month by the Economic and Social Data Service (ESDS) is that for the Wellcome Trust Monitor 1, 2009 (SN 6889). A suite of technical documentation can be found at: http://www.esds.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=6889&key=6889 The Monitor (expected to be … Continue reading →

Posted in Attitudes towards Religion, Religion in public debate, Survey news | Tagged alternative medicine, commencement of life, Creationism, Economic and Social Data Service, Elizabeth Clery, evolution, homeopathy, horoscopes, Miranda Phillips, NatCen, National Centre for Social Research, origins of life, pseudoscience, Sarah Butt, Varunie Abeywardana, Wellcome Trust | Leave a comment

Baptist Times (1855-2011)

Posted on November 26, 2011 by Clive D. Field

The Baptist Times, Britain’s longest-running weekly Free Church newspaper, is to cease publication of both print and digital editions at the end of this year, its directors have announced recently. Falling circulation and advertising revenue have been blamed. The paper … Continue reading →

Posted in Historical studies, News from religious organisations, Religion in the Press | Tagged Baptist Times, newspapers, religious press | 3 Comments

Threat of Religious Extremism

Posted on November 25, 2011 by Clive D. Field

UK citizens are more concerned about religious extremism than almost any other country in the European Union (EU), according to Special Eurobarometer 371 on Internal Security published today and available at: http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_371_en.pdf The study formed part of wave 75.4 of … Continue reading →

Posted in Religion and Politics, Survey news | Tagged Eurobarometer, European Commission, European Union, religious extremism, security, TNS | Leave a comment

Marginalized Christians?

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Clive D. Field

The All Party Parliamentary Group ‘Christians in Parliament’, chaired by Conservative MP Gary Streeter, is currently conducting the ‘Clearing the Ground’ inquiry, which seeks to establish whether changes to the law and recent court decisions have adversely affected Christian freedoms … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, Religion in public debate, Survey news | Tagged Christianity, Christians in Parliament, Clearing the Ground, ComRes, Cpanel, discrimination, marginalization, Premier Christian Media Trust, public life | 1 Comment

A Place for Pride

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Clive D. Field

‘People who are religious are more likely to be patriotic than are those who self-define as atheists or non-believers.’ So claims a report launched today by the think-tank Demos, and based on interviews with a representative sample of 2,086 adult … Continue reading →

Posted in Religion in public debate, Survey news | Tagged Britishness, church attendance, Demos, homosexuality, Max Wind-Cowie, Muslims, patriotism, Pears Foundation, pride, Sunday Times, Thomas Gregory | 1 Comment

Religiously Aggravated Offending in Scotland, 2010-11

Posted on November 20, 2011 by Clive D. Field

The Justice Committee of the Scottish Parliament is meeting next Tuesday to consider Stage 2 amendments to the (relatively controversial) Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Bill, nicknamed the ‘Football Act’, which will give Scottish police more powers … Continue reading →

Posted in Official data, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate | Tagged Angela Morgan, Ben Cavanagh, crime, football, hate crime, Kathleen Doyle, Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Bill, Protestantism, religiously aggravated offending, Roman Catholicism, Scotland, Scottish Government, sectarianism | Leave a comment

GRAS is Greener – Furlong Table, 2010

Posted on November 19, 2011 by Clive D. Field

‘The Church of England is a third of the way to gender equality’, according to the third edition of the Furlong Table of women clergy recently issued by GRAS (Group for Rescinding the Act of Synod). Named in honour of … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations | Tagged Church of England, Furlong Table, gender equality, GRAS. Group for Rescinding the Act of Synod, Monica Furlong, WATCH, Women and the Church, women bishops, women clergy | Leave a comment

Religion in Western Europe and the USA

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Clive D. Field

The latest report from the Pew Global Attitudes Project, on the values gap between America and Western Europe (including on three religious indicators), was published today, with the general headline of ‘American exceptionalism subsides’ (although this was less applicable to … Continue reading →

Posted in Attitudes towards Religion, Religion in public debate, Survey news | Tagged Belief in God, Britishness, Christians, importance of religion, morality, Pew Global Attitudes Project, Pew Research Center, values | 2 Comments

Unlucky 13 Hits the Property Market

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Clive D. Field

One manifestation of the persistence of superstition in Britain is the still widespread belief among adults that certain numbers can be associated with good or bad luck. In particular, the number 13 is considered to be unlucky by about one … Continue reading →

Posted in Official data, Religion in the Press | Tagged bad luck, FindaProperty.com, Land Registry, Lloyds TSB, number 13, property market, superstition | Leave a comment

Clergy Experience of Appointments

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Clive D. Field

Interviews for clergy appointments often last for less than one hour, end up as one-way questioning, lack clarity, and assume a rather secular air, according to a survey recently released by 3D Coaching, which provides coaching and organizational development services … Continue reading →

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