British Religion in Numbers

Lenten Observance

Clive Field — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:19:39 +0000

Today is Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent in the Christian calendar, the forty-day period of fasting and penance ending on Easter Eve (which falls on 7 April this year), and replicating Jesus Christ’s sacrifice and withdrawal into the … Continue reading →

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Church Growth and Social Action

Clive Field — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:54:30 +0000

93% of Anglican clergy agree that ‘engaging with the poor and marginalised in the local area is a vital activity for a healthy church’, and yet only 44% admit that ‘tackling poverty is a fundamental part of the strategy of … Continue reading →

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Religious Hate Crime, 2010-11

Clive Field — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:05:32 +0000

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) prosecuted 566 cases of religious hate crime in England and Wales in 2010-11 (roughly three times the figure for 2007-08) and secured convictions in 472 or 83% of them. The success rate was proportionately similar to 2009-10 … Continue reading →

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Faith and Charity

Clive Field — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 18:17:26 +0000

Religious people give more than twice as much money to charity as those without a faith, according to a Press Association release on 18 February 2012 which has informed coverage in the national and local media. The underlying data derived … Continue reading →

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YouGov’s Religion Barometer

Clive Field — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 12:06:53 +0000

Twice as many adults think that Britain today is too secular as deem it too religious, but just over one-half believe that religion in Britain is in terminal decline and that religion in general is more often a cause of … Continue reading →

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Council Prayers

Clive Field — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 19:05:40 +0000

In yet another paradox of public attitudes to religion, 55% of Britons agree that local councils should be allowed to hold prayers as part of formal council meetings, even though an identical proportion personally believe that councils should not hold … Continue reading →

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Census Christians

Clive Field — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:45:13 +0000

‘UK residents who think of themselves as Christian show very low levels of Christian belief and practice’ and ‘are overwhelmingly secular in their attitudes on a range of issues from gay rights to religion in public life’, according to research … Continue reading →

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Pray and Display

Clive Field — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:12:44 +0000

Cash-strapped local authorities are looking at every conceivable way of trimming their costs, and some of their measures have been impacting and aggravating faith communities in recent months, such as through the withdrawal of free transport for pupils attending faith … Continue reading →

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Christian Families

Clive Field — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:55:24 +0000

‘Christian marriages are messy but have a higher chance of success’, the Evangelical Alliance claimed on 7 February 2012, in releasing (to coincide with Marriage Week) its latest report in the 21st Century Evangelicals series, entitled How’s the Family? This … Continue reading →

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Abu Qatada

Clive Field — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 10:26:56 +0000

An overwhelming majority of Britons support the deportation to his native Jordan of Abu Qatada al-Filistini, the radical Muslim cleric implicated in Islamist terrorism, notwithstanding fears expressed by some that he may not receive a fair trial in his homeland. … Continue reading →

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