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Monthly Archives: June 2014
Recent Journal Articles and Other News
As well as carrying the usual miscellany of news, this post reports on a selection of recent articles in academic journals which may be of interest to BRIN users. We give a URL for each, in line with our standard … Continue reading
Posted in church attendance, Historical studies, Official data, Religion in public debate, Religious Census, Survey news
Tagged A.J.Christopher, anti-Catholicism, Beth Singler, British Social Attitudes Surveys, British values, Charity Awareness Monitor, church, Clive Field, Commission on Religion and Belief in British Public Life, ComRes, European Social Surveys, European Values Studies, Independent on Sunday, Jediism, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Journal of Ecclesiastical History, Journal of Religion in Europe, Marion Burkimsher, New Religious Movements, nfpSynergy, Religious Affiliation, religious attendance, religious census, religious freedom, religious polarization, Roman Catholicism, Sarah Wilkins-Laflamme, Scottish Episcopal Church, social media, Sociology of Religion, Sunday Mirror, trust, Woolf Institute
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Religious Attitudes Towards Gay Rights in 2013
This post looks at religious groups’ views on gay rights and related issues based on newly-released data from the British Social Attitudes 2013 survey. The 2013 survey asked various questions on this topic, some of which were carried in earlier … Continue reading
Posted in Research note, Survey news
Tagged Anglicans, Belonging, British Social Attitudes Survey, Christians, gay rights, homosexuality, no religion, Other Religions, Religious Affiliation, Roman Catholics, same-sex marriage, same-sex relationships, Social Surveys, Survey Data, tolerance
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British Social Attitudes, 2013
Results have recently started to emerge from the 2013 British Social Attitudes (BSA) Survey, although it will still be some time before the full dataset is available at the UK Data Archive. Meanwhile, the best available source for rather … Continue reading
Posted in church attendance, Historical studies, Religion in public debate, Survey news
Tagged British Social Attitudes Survey, Britishness, Christian, church attendance, Immigration, inter-faith marriage, Islamophobia, Muslims, NatCen Social Research, religion of upbringing, Religious Affiliation, truly British
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More Trojan Horse Polling
Trojan horse plot (1) For the second week running, YouGov was commissioned by The Sunday Times to investigate public opinion surrounding issues raised by the so-called ‘Trojan horse’ plot, whereby Muslim hardliners were alleged to have been trying to … Continue reading
Posted in Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Religion in the Press, Survey news
Tagged Birmingham, British Future, Faith schools, Islamophobia, Muslims, Observer, Opinium Research, Populus, refugees, religious extremism, Scottish independence, state schools, Sunday Times, Trojan Horse plot, YouGov
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Trojan Horse Plot and Other News
Trojan horse plot Two-thirds of the British public think there is substance behind the allegations of a ‘Trojan horse’ plot whereby hardline Muslim groups have attempted to take over certain schools in Birmingham. However, opinion is divided about where … Continue reading
Posted in church attendance, Historical studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Religion in public debate, Religion in the Press, Rites of Passage, Survey news
Tagged BBC, Birmingham, charitable giving, Christian country, ComRes, Islamophobia, marriages, Methodist Church, Muslims, Office for National Statistics, places of worship, schools, Sunday Times, Trojan Horse plot, YouGov
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Changes in Attendance at Religious Services in Britain
This BRIN post takes a historical perspective on religious attendance in Britain, looking at nationally-representative survey data covering the past three decades. Attendance is a common indicator of what sociologists of religion term ‘behaving’, often analysed alongside religious ‘belonging’ and … Continue reading
