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Monthly Archives: March 2013
Easter Day with the Sunday Times
Just a fortnight after its last batch of questions on religion, the Sunday Times has taken advantage of its Easter Day publication to include another module in its weekly online omnibus poll conducted by YouGov. On this occasion, 1,918 Britons … Continue reading
Posted in church attendance, Religion in the Press, Survey news
Tagged Archbishop of Canterbury, church attendance, Church of England, Dipesh Gadher, Easter, God, homosexuality, importance of religion, in touch, Jesus Christ, Justin Welby, moral leadership, out of touch, parents, Pope Francis I, religious country, Resurrection, Rowan Williams, same-sex marriage, self-assessed religiosity, Son of God, Sunday Times, trust in clergy, women bishops, YouGov
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Winter 2013 Cpanel
The results of two modules from the winter 2013 Cpanel of churchgoers have been released by their sponsors this Eastertide, doubtless in a bid to grab the public’s attention at a time of year when religion has traditionally taken centre … Continue reading
Posted in News from religious organisations, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Survey news
Tagged advertising, Archbishop of Canterbury, C4M, churchgoers, Coalition for Marriage, ComRes, Conservative Party, Cpanel, David Cameron, freedom of religious expression, government, homosexuality, image of the Church, Justin Welby, local places of worship, media, Premier Christian Radio, rights of Christians, same-sex marriage, voting
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Two YouGov Pre-Easter Polls
Our focus today is on the headlines from two newly-released YouGov polls, one Easter-related and one not (being the latest instalment of data from the Westminster Faith Debates survey). Easter observance Around 6,000,000 British adults should be in church congregations in a … Continue reading
Posted in church attendance, Religion and Social Capital, Religion in public debate, Survey news
Tagged church attendance, Denmark, Easter, Easter eggs, Eurotrack, family, Finland, France, Germany, homosexuality, lesbian gay and bisexual people, Linda Woodhead, Norway, religious festivals, Sweden, Westminster Faith Debates, YouGov
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Prayer in a Spin
The Church of England seems to have raised a few statistical eyebrows with its confident declaration, contained in a press release on 26 March 2013, that ‘four out of five believe in the power of prayer’. The Church was seeking … Continue reading
Posted in News from religious organisations, Religion in public debate, Religion in the Press, Survey news
Tagged Alex Hern, Anthony Wells, Church of England, Daily Telegraph, ICM Research, John Bingham, Linda Woodhead, New Statesman, prayer, The Sun, UK Polling Report, Westminster Faith Debates, YouGov
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Money for Good and Other News
BRIN certainly cannot trump the unprecedented inauguration of new leaders of the global Catholic and Anglican communions within the same week. But, on a business-as-usual level, here are six more religious statistical stories for your edification. Money for good UK … Continue reading
Posted in News from religious organisations, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Religion in public debate, Survey news
Tagged All Party Parliamentary Group on Religious Education, Ben Clements, British Social Attitudes Survey, Centre for Church Growth Research, charitable giving, church growth, Church of England, Cranmer Hall, David Goodhew, homosexuality, Ipsos-MORI, Lucy de Las Casas, Matt van Poortvliet, meditation, Mind, ministry, Money for Good UK, NatCen, New Philanthropy Capital, ordinands, Parliamentary Affairs, Populus, religious education, Rob Abercrombie, Sally Bagwell, same-sex marriage, Stephen Lloyd, volunteering, YouGov
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Sunday Times Religion Poll
YouGov conducts a weekly online poll for The Sunday Times, and today’s edition includes a special module on religion (with particular reference to attitudes to the Church of England and the Roman Catholic Church), as well as analysing responses to … Continue reading
Posted in News from religious organisations, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Religion in the Press, Survey news
Tagged Archbishop of Canterbury, Argentina, celibacy, child abuse, Church and State, Church of England, Coalition Government, David Cameron, extra-marital sex, Francis I, George Osborne, in touch, Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Justin Welby, out of touch, politics, Pope, priests, Roman Catholic Church, same-sex marriage, South America, Sunday Times, welfare benefits, women bishops, YouGov
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Gender and Religion and Other News
Today BRIN features the third instalment of findings from the YouGov poll commissioned in connection with the 2013 series of Westminster Faith Debates, plus the usual miscellany of other British religious statistical news. Gender and religion There is little public … Continue reading
Posted in News from religious organisations, Religion in public debate, Survey news, visualisation
Tagged Albert Jewell, anti-Muslim incidents, child abuse, Church of England, ComRes, Dress, European Values Study, gender, gender segregation, hymns, image of the Church, Inge Sieben, Islamophobia, Janet Eldred, Journal of Applied Arts & Health, Linda Woodhead, Loek Halman, Marga van Zundert, Measuring Anti-Muslim Attacks, Mental Health, Michael Jackson, Michael Lowis, parish level, policies, Pope, Premier Media Group, religious leadership, Research Group of the Christian Council on Ageing, Roman Catholic Church, separate education, teachings and traditions, Tell MAMA, Westminster Faith Debates, women, YouGov
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Religion and Voting and Other News
Four stories are covered in today’s BRIN post, including new data on religion and prospective voting behaviour. Religion and voting Two new large-scale polls (from YouGov and Populus) shed light on the relationship between religion and voting intentions since UKIP’s … Continue reading
Posted in church attendance, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Survey news
Tagged al-Qaeda, Angus Reid Public Opinion, blood donation, Chatham House, Christian Research, churchgoers, English Defence League, fleshandblood, Islam, Islamism, Islamophobia, Kore, Lord Ashcroft, Matthew Goodwin, Muslims, NHS Blood and Transplant, organ donation, politics, Populus, Religious Affiliation, terrorism, voting, YouGov
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Scottish Social Attitudes and Other News
Start your week with BRIN’s latest selection of British religious statistical news, comprising three sources of data on the contemporary scene plus a reassessment of religious belonging in the Edwardian era a century ago. Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2011 The … Continue reading
Posted in church attendance, Historical studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, Survey news
Tagged 21st Century Evangelicals, British Journal of Religious Education, Callum Brown, children, church attendance, church membership, Clive Field, education, Edwardian era, Evangelical Alliance, Faith schools, Halloween, Journal of Religious History, Lincolnshire, Mark Plater, Redbridge, Religious Affiliation, religious belonging, religious education, religious festivals, ScotCen Social Research, Scottish Social Attitudes Survey
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Sex, Guilt, and Religion and Other News
Our lead story today features the second instalment of findings from the YouGov survey commissioned for this year’s series of Westminster Faith Debates. There are also four other items of more general religious statistical news. Sex, guilt, and religion The second … Continue reading
Posted in Historical studies, News from religious organisations, Religion in public debate, Religious Census, Survey news
Tagged census of population, Charles Clarke, Church of England, Codex Sinaiticus, contraception, David Graham, extra-marital sex, Faith in Research, guilt, historical documents, Institute for Jewish Policy Research, Ipsos-MORI, Jewish neighbourhoods, King James Bible, King's College London, Lancaster University, Linda Woodhead, Lindisfarne Gospels, Magna Carta, Muslims, Pastoral Research Centre, pornography, pre-marital sex, Religion and Society Programme, religious census, religious knowledge, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Catholics, sex, Sir Robert Worcester, Textus Roffensis, Tony Spencer, Westminster Faith Debates, YouGov
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