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Category Archives: Measuring religion
Religion and the British Social Attitudes 2015 Survey
The British Social Attitudes (BSA) 2015 survey dataset was released recently and this post provides a brief analysis of long-running data on religion available from the BSA surveys. It focuses on religious affiliation, religion of upbringing and religious attendance. Firstly, Figure 1 reports the … Continue reading
Posted in church attendance, Measuring religion, News from religious organisations, Survey news, Uncategorized
Tagged British Social Attitudes, British Social Attitudes 2015 Survey, British Social Attitudes Survey, British Social Attitudes Surveys, church attendance, Religious affilation, religious attendance, religious belonging, religious upbringing, Social Surveys, Survey Data, surveys
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Counting Religion in Britain, October 2016
Counting Religion in Britain, No. 13, October 2016 features 29 new sources. It can be read in full below. Alternatively, you can download the PDF version: no-13-october-2016 OPINION POLLS Desert island Bibles The well-known figures featured on Desert Island … Continue reading
Posted in church attendance, Historical studies, Measuring religion, Ministry studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Religion in public debate, Religious beliefs, Religious prejudice, Survey news
Tagged Abby Day, Anglican Communion, Anglican identities, Anti-Semitism, Ashers Bakery, Ashgate, Asma Mustafa, asylum seekers, Awal Fuseini, Baptist Assembly, BBC, Ben Clements, Bible, Bible Society, BMG Research, Brill, cake, Catholic Directory, Christian Churches, Christian Legacy, Christian Resources Exhibitions, Church and Media Network, Church of England, churchgoing, clergy, Clive Field, ComRes, consumers, convent schools, Daily Express, deprivation, Desert Island Discs, discrimination, Dominik Hangartner, Elisabeth Arweck, Emma Shackle, ESRC Party Members Project, ethno-religious groups, evil spirits, exorcism, Frank Pasquale, Gallup Poll, Gemma Penny, Gospatric Home, halal meat, Hannah Corcoran, hate crimes, history, Home Office, homes, homosexuality, House of Commons Home Affairs Committee, Islamic scholars, Islamic State, Islamophobia, Jayne Ozanne, Jennifer Hampton, Jens Hainmueller, Jeremy Corbyn, John Tomlinson, Journal of Beliefs and Values, Kevin Ladd, Kevin Smith, Kirk Bansak, Labour Force Survey, labour market penalty, Labour Party, Leader of the Opposition, legacies, lesbian gay and bisexual community, Leslie Francis, London, Luke Galen, Meat Science, Methodist Church, Michael Hirst, Muslims, Nabil Khattab, Newman Demographic Survey, non-religion, Northern Ireland, Oliver Scharbrodt, Oxford University Press, Pastoral Research Centre Trust, Pat Pinsent, Patrick Laycock, Peter Williams, Phil Hadley, Phil Zuckerman, police, political party leaders, power, prayer, prime minister, prisoners, purpose in life, Quaker Studies, Quakers, Religious Affiliation, Religious diversity, religious prejudice, religious slaughter, Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, Respondi, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Catholics, same-sex marriage, satisfaction, science, secularization, social inclusion, sociology, spirituality, St Paul's Cathedral, Steve Wotton, supernatural, Theology and Ministry, Theresa May, Toby Knowles, Tony Spencer, Towergate, Universe Media Group, University of Warwick, Westminster Abbey, Yearbook of Muslims in Europe, YouGov, Young People’s Attitudes to Religious Diversity Project, Young People’s Values Survey
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Stephen Bullivant on contemporary Catholicism
It was a great pleasure to see the launch of Stephen Bullivant’s report, ‘Contemporary Catholicism in England and Wales‘, at the House of Commons on 24 May 2016. I first heard of Stephen’s interest in a data-driven approach to the … Continue reading
The European Social Survey: Religion in Britain
This BRIN post looks at religious data pertaining to Britain from the European Social Survey (ESS), a cross-national survey which has so far involved seven waves conducted every two years since 2002. In each wave, the UK adult population has … Continue reading
Posted in church attendance, Measuring religion, Research note, Survey news
Tagged Anglicans, Behaving, Belonging, Christians, church attendance, Church of England, European Social Surveys, Other Religions, prayer, Religiosity, Religious Practice, Roman Catholics, self-assessed religiosity, Survey Data, surveys
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Re-examining religious and paranormal beliefs in mid-1970s Britain
A recent YouGov survey shed interesting light on levels of religious beliefs and other forms of belief in contemporary Britain. This BRIN post takes a historical turn by analysing one of the few available surveys enabling assessment of religious and … Continue reading
The 1957 Youth Research Council Survey of Young People’s Religion and Lifestyles
It’s my pleasure to announce the publication online of a survey dataset, the 1957 Youth Research Council Survey of Young People’s Religion and Lifestyles (SN 7933). Continue reading
Posted in Attitudes towards Religion, church attendance, Historical studies, Measuring religion, Religion and Social Capital
Tagged Catholic faith, church attendance, Digital Divide Data, Digitisation, Frank Lane, Gallup, Mass-Observation, Newman Demographic Survey, Nuffield Foundation, Pastoral Research Centre Trust, Religious Practice, Social Surveys, Sunday Activity, Tony Spencer, UK Data Service, Young Christian Workers, youth, Youth Research Council Survey 1957
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ComRes on Religion and Other News
ComRes on religion Exactly half the whole population (and 71% of those professing no religion) now denies that religion is a force for good in the world, according to a ComRes poll for ITV News on 16-18 January 2015, … Continue reading
Posted in Measuring religion, People news, Religion and Politics, Religion in the Press, Religious beliefs, Survey news
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