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Counting Religion in Britain, August 2023

Posted on September 3, 2023 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 95, August 2023 features fourteen articles on new sources of British religious statistics. The contents list appears below and a PDF version of the full text can be downloaded from the following link No 95 … Continue reading →

Posted in Covid-19, Ministry studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Education, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Religion in public debate, Religion in the Press, Religious beliefs, Religious Census, Religious prejudice, Survey news | Tagged Andrew Village, anti-Semitic incidents, Anti-Semitism, Archbishop of Canterbury, assisted dying, asylum seekers, Baris Varli, belief in god(s), Brexit, Cabinet Office, Carli Lessof, census of population, charitable giving, Christian country, church attendance, Church of England, civil servants, clergy, Community Security Trust, conversion therapy, coronavirus, Covid-19, Covid-19 and Church-21, CROss-National Online Survey-2, Daniel Staetsky, David Graham, Diffley Partnership, Discounts for Teachers, European Social Survey, extremism, Handa Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence, Haredi Jewish children, House of Lords, importance of God, Institute for Jewish Policy Research, intermarriage, Israel, John Haley, Joint Council for Qualifications, Jonathan Boyd, Journal of Psychology and Theology, Journal of Religion and Health, Justin Welby, Kaya Burgess, Leslie Francis, Lords Spiritual, Lukman Ali, Methodist Church, Methodist circuit ministers, Muslim Charities Forum, Muslims, National Zakat Foundation UK, net zero, Office for National Statistics, OnePoll, overcrowding, Pew Global Attitudes Survey, Pew Research Center, public examinations, religion’s influence on the world, Religious Affiliation, religious census, religious education, religious prejudice, religious studies, Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, same-sex marriage, Scotland, sectarianism, Sunday trading laws, Survation, The Times, truth in religion, under-occupancy, United States of America, Ursula McKenna, voting intention, wellbeing, YouGov, Zakat | Leave a comment

Counting Religion in Britain, September 2022

Posted on September 30, 2022 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 84, September 2022 features thirteen new sources of British religious statistics. The contents list appears below and a PDF version of the full text can be downloaded from the following link No 84 September 2022 … Continue reading →

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Counting Religion in Britain, December 2021

Posted on January 1, 2022 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 75, December 2021 features 17 new sources of British religious statistics. The contents list appears below and a PDF version of the full text can be downloaded from the following link: No 75 December 2021 … Continue reading →

Posted in church attendance, Covid-19, Historical studies, Ministry studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, People news, Religion and Education, Religion and Ethnicity, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Religion in the Press, Religious beliefs, religious festivals, Religious prejudice, Rites of Passage, Survey news | Tagged aliens visiting Earth, Amy Unsworth, Annual Population Survey, Anti-Semitism, Antisemitism Policy Trust, Beth Singler, Bible Society, Brigitta Horup, Carli Lessof, carol services, celebrity creationists, celebrity scientists, Censuswide, Christmas, Church and organized religion, church attendance, Church of England, clergy and priests, Clive Field, Community Security Trust, conspiracy theories, coronavirus, Covid-19, David Lankshear, David Voas, Diocese of Southwark, Ecclesiastical Insurance, Eileen Barker, Elizabeth Poole, ethnicity, Evangelical Alliance, evolution, Fabian Society, Gallup Poll, Gordon Heald, happiness, HTS Theological Studies, Institute for Jewish Policy Research, Ipsos MORI Veracity Index, Ipsos-MORI, Jesus Christ, Jewish Labour Movement, Jewish schools, Jews, Jonathan Boyd, Journal of Religion Media and Digital Culture, Keir Starmer, Ken Eames, Labour Party, Leslie Francis, Liverpool Cathedral, media representation of religion, minority religions, Muslims, National Association of Teachers of Religious Education, National Secular Society, nativity plays, New Religious Movements, newspapers, non-stun slaughter of animals, Office for National Statistics, Opinion Research Business, Oxford University Press, psychological health, Public Understanding of Science, Religious Affiliation, religious education, religious festivals, religious prejudice, rites of passage, Routledge, secularization, Springer International, statistics for mission, Susan Jones, tell the truth, trust, Twitter, UFOs, unidentified flying objects, Ursula McKenna, vaccination rates, well-being, Woolf Institute, YouGov | Leave a comment

Counting Religion in Britain, November 2021

Posted on December 2, 2021 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 74, November 2021 features 19 new sources of British religious statistics. The contents list appears below and a PDF version of the full text can be downloaded from the following link: No 74 November … Continue reading →

Posted in church attendance, Covid-19, Historical studies, Ministry studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, People news, Religion and Education, Religion in the Press, Religion Online, Religious beliefs, religious festivals, Religious prejudice, Rites of Passage, Survey news | Tagged Aliens, Andrew Village, Anne Lawson, Anthony-Paul Cooper, Anti-Semitism, Battersea, Bishop Grosseteste University, Board of Deputies of British Jews, business, carbon emissions, Centre for Enterprise Markets and Ethics, Centre for Media Monitoring, children’s ministry, Christian Today, Christmas, church attendance, Church of England, climate change, Co-operative Funeralcare, Community Life Survey, Conference on Jewish Material Claims against Germany, conspiracy theories, coronavirus, Coronavirus Church and You, Countryside Alliance, Covid-19, Covid-19 and Church-21, crimes in churches, Department for Digital Culture Media and Sport, energy footprint, enterprise, Evangelical Alliance, Faisal Hanif, fostering, funerals, FutureFirst, God, Grove Books, holocaust, Home for Good, hospitality, hymns, influence of religion, initial teacher education, Islam, Islamophobia, Jews, Journal of Contemporary Religion, Journal of Religion and Health, Kantar Public, Keith Bailey, Kingsley Purdam, Leslie Francis, Linda Woodhead, Local Historian, Mark Plater, marriage, Marriage Foundation, media, mortality, music, Muslims, National Survey for Wales, Office for National Statistics, Paul Weller, Peter Brierley, QAnon, Religious Affiliation, religious education, religious festivals, religious socialization, religious studies, Richard Turnbull, Rural Theology, Samuel Nunney, Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor, Satan-worshipping paedophiles, Savanta ComRes, Schoen Cooperman Research, spiritual need, Stephen Hance, Sunday trading, supported lodgings, taxation, Twitter, University of Turku, Welsh Government, YouGov, YouGov@Cambridge | Leave a comment

Counting Religion in Britain, September 2021

Posted on October 1, 2021 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 72, September 2021 features 15 new sources of British religious statistics. The contents list appears below and a PDF version of the full text can be downloaded from the following link: No 72 September 2021 … Continue reading →

Posted in church attendance, Covid-19, Ministry studies, News from religious organisations, Religion and Education, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Religion in the Press, Religion Online, Religious beliefs, Religious prejudice, Survey news | Tagged Aisha Phoenix, Alana Vincent, Alison Scott-Baumann, Andrew Village, Anglican clergy, animal slaughter, Anti-Semitism, Association of English Cathedrals, atheism, balanced affect, Bethan Juliet Oake, Board of Deputies of British Jews, Cathedrals, Centre for Holocaust Education, Centre for Muslim Policy Research, church attendance, Church of England, Church Times, coronavirus, Covid-19, Culham St Gabriel’s Trust, David Johnson, Deltapoll, Ecorys, Elaine Howard Ecklund, Eleanor O’Keeffe, Elizabeth Poole, Eternal Wall of Answered Prayer, Eurobarometer, European Commission, evolution, Faith schools, focaldata, halal, higher education, holistic practice, holocaust, Hope Not Hate, immigration from Muslim-majority countries, Islam, Jeremy Corbyn, Jewish Chronicle, Jewish News, Jews, Joshua Edelman, Journalism, Kantar UK, Labour Party, Labour Uncut, Leslie Francis, Manchester Metropolitan University, Maryanne Martin, Mathew Guest, Milly Williamson, mindfulness, mortality, Muslims, National Secular Society, newspapers, Otto Simonsson, Oxford University Press, Panelbase, Paulina Kolata, prayer, Quakers, religious education, religious prejudice, Religious Society of Friends, ritual innovation, Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor, Savanta ComRes, science, scientists, Scotland, secondary school teachers, Secularism and Nonreligion, Shurruq Naguib, social media, Sociological Research Online, spiritual but not religious, Stephen Fisher, Sunday Times Scotland, synagogues, University of Chester, Yonder | Leave a comment

Counting Religion in Britain, December 2020

Posted on January 3, 2021 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 63, December 2020 features 16 new sources of British religious statistics. The contents list appears below and a PDF version of the full text can be downloaded from the following link: No 63 December 2020 … Continue reading →

Posted in church attendance, Covid-19, Historical studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion in the Press, Religion Online, Religious beliefs, religious festivals, Religious prejudice, Survey news | Tagged Aliens, Andrew Village, Anna Pless, Anti-Semitism, Archbishop of Canterbury, Ari Paltiel, believing without belonging, Bible, Bible Study Fellowship, Catholic Herald, Christian calendar, Christian country, Christian ethics, Christianity, Christmas, Christmas story, church attendance, church membership, civil service, coronavirus, Covid-19, Daniel Staetsky, Dick Houtman, diversity, Easter, Easter story, environmentalism, European Jewish Demography Unit, European Values Study, Evangelicalism, evolution, ghosts, God, Greg Smith, HM Prison and Probation Service, importance of religion, Institute for Jewish Policy Research, Ipsos Global Advisor, Ipsos-MORI, Islamophobia, Jesus Christ, Jewish Chronicle, Jews, Jonathan Boyd, Joshua Edelman, Journal of Empirical Theology, Kaya Burgess, Labour Party, Langer Research Associates, Leslie Francis, Manchester Metropolitan University, mass attendance, Milan Dinic, Ministry of Defence, mortality, nativity plays, origins of life on earth, Paul Tromp, Peter Brierley, Pew Research Center, Pope, prayer, predictions, prisoners, problem, Religious Affiliation, religious event, religious faith, religious festivals, religious prejudice, Republic of Ireland, Review of Religious Research, rituals, Roman Catholics, Savanta ComRes, science, secular event, spiritual greater power, The Times, UK Church Statistics, vaccination, William Temple Foundation, WordGo, Work Avenue, Yonder, YouGov | Leave a comment

Counting Religion in Britain, August 2020

Posted on August 31, 2020 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 59, August 2020 features 21 new sources of British religious statistics. The contents list appears below and a PDF version of the full text can be downloaded from the following link: No 59 August 2020 … Continue reading →

Posted in Attitudes towards Religion, church attendance, Covid-19, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Ethnicity, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Religion in public debate, Religion in the Press, Religion Online, Religious beliefs, Religious Census, Religious prejudice, Rites of Passage, Survey news | Tagged A Levels, Annual Population Survey, Anti-Semitism, armed forces, atheist, attendance at religious services, Bible, British Academy, British Future, Cabinet Office, census of population, Centre for Media Monitoring, channels of communication, Christian Welfare organizations, civil servants, coronavirus, corporate worship, Coventry University, Covid-19, Durham University Online Church Research Group, Ecclesiastical, Faisal Hanif, faith-based organizations, Free to Disagree, friends, GCSEs, God, Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill, hate crimes, Henry Jackson Society, humanists, ICM Unlimited, influence of religion, Islamophobia, Jewish Chronicle, Jewish News, life after death, lockdown, media, meditation, Ministry of Defence, mortality, Muslim Council of Britain, Muslims, National Records of Scotland, Nigeria, Nigerian Christians, Office for National Statistics, Opinium Research, Paul Bickley, Paul Weller, persecution of Christians, places of worship, prayer, PSJ UK, public examinations, Rakib Ehsan, Religious Affiliation, religious beliefs, religious census, religious divisions, Religious Education Council of England and Wales, religious persecution, religious person, religious prejudice, religious studies, Savanta ComRes, Scotland, shopping, solemnization of marriages, spiritual greater power, spirituality, stirring up hatred, Sunday trading, terrorism, The Observer, Theos, Wasiq Wasiq, YouGov | Leave a comment

Counting Religion in Britain, April 2020

Posted on April 30, 2020 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 55, April 2020 features 13 new sources of British religious statistics. The contents list appears below and a PDF version of the full text can be downloaded from the following link: No 55 April 2020 … Continue reading →

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Counting Religion in Britain, July 2019

Posted on August 6, 2019 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 46, July 2019 features 17 new sources of British religious statistics. The contents list appears below and a PDF version of the full text can be downloaded from the following link: No 46 July 2019 … Continue reading →

Posted in church attendance, Historical studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Religion in the Press, Religious beliefs, Religious prejudice, Survey news | Tagged active Christians, admired living public figures, Amy Unsworth, anti-Semitic incidents, Anti-Semitism, armed forces, Ben Clements, British Social Attitudes Survey, Cabinet Office, Centre for Media Monitoring, Channel 4, charitable giving, Christian Aid, civil service, climate change, Community Life Survey, Community Security Trust, compatibility with British way of life, ComRes, Conservative Party, Countryside Alliance, Dalai Lama, David Voas, Department for Digital Culture Media and Sport, Department for Education, diet, European Values Study, Faisal Hanif, Faith schools, Hope Not Hate, International Social Survey Programme, Islam, Jeremy Corbyn, Jews, Kantar Public, Labour Party, media, mental health problem, Ministry of Defence, Money and Mental Health Policy Institute, money management, Muslim Council of Britain, National Centre for Social Research, Nick Spencer, ORB International, political party members, Pope Francis, Populus, Religious Affiliation, religious beliefs, religious hate crime, religious prejudice, science, Scotland, Scottish Government, secularization, Steve Bruce, The Times, Theos, volunteering, YouGov | Leave a comment

Counting Religion in Britain, August 2017

Posted on September 2, 2017 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 23, August 2017 features 27 new sources. It can be read in full below. Alternatively, you can download the PDF version: No 23 August 2017 OPINION POLLS Personal values Asked to select their three most … Continue reading →

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