Monthly Archives: April 2012

Anti-Conservative Vote

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Clive D. Field

Religion is the single most powerful predictor (among eight factors) of an individual’s likelihood to say that they would never vote Conservative, with 44% of those with no faith rejecting the possibility of supporting the Tories, compared with 35% of … Continue reading →

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Online Mission

Posted on April 28, 2012 by Clive D. Field

Many UK Christians view the internet as a mission field, and are already exploiting its potential in that regard. This is according to an online poll of 703 of them conducted during February and March 2012 and published on 24 … Continue reading →

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Christian Fundamentalism

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Clive D. Field

Although BRIN cannot possibly monitor all potentially relevant blogs, some of our users may be interested in the Leaving Fundamentalism: Examining Christian Fundamentalism in the UK blog which was launched by Jonny Scaramanga on 19 April 2012. Today’s post on … Continue reading →

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Children and Pornography

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Clive D. Field

Today’s Daily Mail reports that the Government may be back-tracking, on civil liberties grounds, on its commitments to introduce tough measures to protect children from access to online pornography, which would entail explicit requirements to opt into adult content. However, … Continue reading →

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Theresa May’s Bad Hair Day

Posted on April 22, 2012 by Clive D. Field

Just over half (54%) of the British public think that Home Secretary Theresa May has badly handled the issue of the deportation to his native Jordan of Abu Qatada al-Filistini, the radical Muslim cleric given asylum in Britain in 1994 … Continue reading →

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London Mayoral Elections

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Clive D. Field

Just a week after the publication of the Demos report Faithful Citizens, which established linkages between people of faith and progressive politics, comes evidence that religious issues are creeping into the forthcoming and hotly-contested elections for London’s Mayor. This is … Continue reading →

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Eastertide Anglican News

Posted on April 8, 2012 by Clive D. Field

The Church of England issued two statistics-related press releases in the run-up to Easter, the first (on 3 April 2012) concerning the 2011 headline mission statistics for its cathedrals under the heading ‘Cathedral Attendance Statistics Enjoy over a Decade of … Continue reading →

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Holy Saturday Polls

Posted on April 7, 2012 by Clive D. Field

Spending time with family and friends is the most important part of Easter for 43% of Britons, followed by having a break from work (18%) and only thirdly the festival’s religious meaning (17%), with the exchanging of Easter eggs trailing … Continue reading →

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