British Religion in Numbers

Gay Marriage Revisited

Clive Field — Sun, 06 May 2012 09:34:11 +0000

Some Conservative politicians are blaming the Coalition’s losses in last Thursday’s local elections on the Government’s energetic pursuit of (essentially Liberal Democrat) policies which voters deem unimportant. The reform of the House of Lords and the legalization of gay marriage … Continue reading →

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Religious Education in Scottish Schools

Clive Field — Sat, 05 May 2012 10:15:16 +0000

Scottish schools are failing to make parents aware of their statutory rights concerning religious and moral education and religious observance, according to new research by YouGov for the Humanist Society Scotland, and published on 30 April 2012. One thousand Scottish … Continue reading →

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Recent Historical Articles on Secularization

Clive Field — Tue, 01 May 2012 18:19:49 +0000

Historians continue to debate the nature and the timing of secularization in Britain, and some even question whether the concept is still meaningful as a framework for understanding long-term religious change. Such debates provide an essential context for evaluating and … Continue reading →

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Anti-Conservative Vote

Clive Field — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:37:59 +0000

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

Clive Field — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 20:13:56 +0000

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

Clive Field — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:05:54 +0000

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

Clive Field — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 09:23:33 +0000

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

Clive Field — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 08:51:19 +0000

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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Beliefs about God

Clive Field — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 19:19:45 +0000

The number of professed atheists in Britain increased, relatively modestly, by 8% between 1991 and 2008, as did the figure for those who had never believed in God. During the same period there was a 6% decline in people certain … Continue reading →

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London Mayoral Elections

Clive Field — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 09:40:18 +0000

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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