Counting Religion in Britain, February 2024

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 101, February 2024 features twelve short 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 101 February 2024

OPINION POLLS

  • Religious attitudes to assisted dying: newly released YouGov/Theos data
  • Fall-out from Israel-Hamas conflict: anti-Semitism and the Labour Party
  • Fall-out from Israel-Hamas conflict: political parties, anti-Semitism, and Islamophobia
  • Fall-out from Israel-Hamas conflict: British Muslim voting intentions
  • Fall-out from Israel-Hamas conflict: where do British public sympathies lie?
  • Fall-out from Israel-Hamas conflict: perceptions of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia
  • Round-up of other YouGov polls: church discos, religious studies, and extremist threats

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

  • News from the Church of England: cathedral statistics and clergy survey
  • National Jewish Identity Survey, 2022
  • Muslim Council of Britain report on Muslims in the 2021 census of England and Wales
  • Fall-out from Israel-Hamas conflict: anti-Semitic and Islamophobic incidents

ACADEMIC STUDIES

  • Two recent academic studies: Sunday schools and Islamophobia

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Counting Religion in Britain, January 2024

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 100, January 2024 features fourteen short 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 100 January 2024

OPINION POLLS

  • Religion as a source of national identity: new Pew Global Attitudes Survey release
  • Michaela Community School, Brent and its alleged ban on prayer rituals
  • Updates to YouGov trackers on religion-related themes
  • Changing shape of funerals: SunLife Cost of Dying Report, 2024
  • Fall-out from Israel-Hamas conflict: where do British public sympathies lie?
  • Fall-out from Israel-Hamas conflict: perceptions of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

  • National Churches Trust manifesto
  • Coronavirus chronicles: impact of Covid-19 on Church of England attendance
  • United Reformed Church statistics
  • Religious beliefs in Wolverhampton: Through Faith Missions street survey, 2023
  • British Sikh Report, 2023
  • Fall-out from Israel-Hamas conflict: anti-Semitic and Islamophobic incidents
  • Fall-out from Israel-Hamas conflict: anti-Semitism in the workplace

ACADEMIC STUDIES

  • Three recent academic papers

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Counting Religion in Britain, December 2023

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 99, December 2023 features nineteen short 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 99 December 2023

OPINION POLLS

  • Observance of Christmas traditions in 2023, as anticipated by YouGov panellists
  • Religious affiliation in Great Britain: aggregate data from Yonder polls
  • Fall-out from Israel-Hamas conflict: perceptions of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia
  • Fall-out from Israel-Hamas conflict: Survation poll of UK Jewish opinion
  • Fall-out from Israel-Hamas conflict: YouGov poll of British and European publics
  • Ipsos Veracity Index, 2023: the public’s trust in clergy and priests to tell the truth
  • Two Ipsos surveys of alternative beliefs

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

  • Coronavirus chronicles: Catholic Union survey on attitudes to church closures
  • Fall-out from Israel-Hamas conflict: anti-Semitic incidents
  • Fall-out from Israel-Hamas conflict: Islamophobic incidents
  • Do the UK’s Jews celebrate Christmas?
  • Do UK Jewish students feel their university cares about their wellbeing?
  • British Muslim charitable giving: second report

OFFICIAL AND QUASI-OFFICIAL STATISTICS

  • Public Opinions and Social Trends, Great Britain: Christmas plans
  • Census, 2021, England and Wales: new article and datasets on Sikh identity
  • Census, 2021, England and Wales: new article and datasets on Jewish identity

ACADEMIC STUDIES

  • A century of Roman Catholic statistics in Britain and Ireland
  • Science and religion: multinational study by YouGov for University of Birmingham
  • Cathedral studies: special issue of Journal of Beliefs and Values

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Counting Religion in Britain, November 2023

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 98, November 2023 features seventeen short 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 98 November 2023

OPINION POLLS

  • Fall-out from Israel-Hamas conflict: British attitudes towards Israel at war
  • Fall-out from Israel-Hamas conflict: perceptions of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia
  • Fall-out from Israel-Hamas conflict: Savanta poll of Muslim voting intentions
  • Fall-out from Israel-Hamas conflict: Savanta poll of Labour councillors
  • Emotional responses to death and dying in the UK: latest Theos report
  • Mental health, job satisfaction, and the Institute for the Impact of Faith in Life
  • Practising Christians’ attitudes to sharing their faith: Savanta poll
  • Effectiveness of Churches in helping during the cost of living crisis: YouGov poll
  • ‘Blasphemy’ in UK schools: the teachers’ perspective

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

  • Church attendance in the Church of England―Glimmers of hope? Perhaps not
  • Survey of financial pressures among Church of England ordinands in training
  • Religion at work: Pearn Kandola Research report
  • Fall-out from Israel-Hamas conflict: anti-Semitic incidents
  • Fall-out from Israel-Hamas conflict: poll of UK Jews on post-7 October experiences

OFFICIAL AND QUASI-OFFICIAL STATISTICS

  • Census, 2021, England and Wales: new article and data on sexual orientation
  • Police-recorded hate crimes in England and Wales, 2022–23: revised data
  • Equality and Human Rights Monitor, 2023

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Counting Religion in Britain, October 2023

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 97, October 2023 features eleven short 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 97 October 2023

OPINION POLLS

  • Global poll: faith and wellbeing―Gallup/Radiant Foundation research
  • Global poll: trustworthiness of clergy/priests and other professions
  • Israel-Hamas conflict: perceptions of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia as problems

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

  • Unite investigation into the wellbeing of faith workers
  • Chinese Christianity in Britain: Bible Society report
  • Israel-Hamas conflict: Institute for Jewish Policy Research briefings
  • Israel-Hamas conflict: sudden and steep rise in anti-Semitic incidents in the UK
  • Israel-Hamas conflict: Islamophobic incidents in the UK
  • Israel-Hamas conflict: impact on Muslim voting intentions in the UK

OFFICIAL AND QUASI-OFFICIAL STATISTICS

  • Police-recorded hate crimes in England and Wales, 2022–23

NEW DATASET

  • Pew Global Attitudes Survey, Spring 2022

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Counting Religion in Britain, September 2023

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 96, September 2023 features ten 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 96 September 2023

OPINION POLLS

  • Majority of people of faith supportive of assisted dying according to two YouGov polls
  • Importance of teaching Religious Studies at secondary school
  • Perceptions of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia as problems in the UK

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

  • The Times survey of Church of England priests (continuation)
  • Evaluation of the Transforming Wigan project in the Church of England
  • Methodist Church Statistics for Mission, 2022
  • Church of Scotland enhances capacity for research and analysis
  • Pastoral statistics of the Catholic Church in Scotland
  • Latest publications from the Institute for Jewish Policy Research

OFFICIAL AND QUASI-OFFICIAL STATISTICS

  • Census, 2021, England and Wales: new reports and data

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Counting Religion in Britain, August 2023

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 August 2023

OPINION POLLS

  • Is the UK a Christian country? Perceptions of the general public
  • YouGov trackers: influence of religion, belief in god(s), Sunday trading laws
  • Utility of religious education in schools
  • Perceptions of the United States as more religious than other wealthy nations

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

  • The Times survey of Church of England priests
  • Three recent reports from the Institute for Jewish Policy Research
  • Anti-Semitic incidents in the UK, January–June 2023
  • British Muslims’ charitable giving

OFFICIAL AND QUASI-OFFICIAL STATISTICS

  • Extremism in Scotland: new evidence of public attitudes
  • Religion of civil servants
  • Census 2021, England and Wales: overcrowding and under-occupancy by religion
  • Public examination results in Religious Studies, June 2023: A Levels and GCSEs

ACADEMIC STUDIES

  • Recent articles by Leslie Francis and his research network

NEW DATASET

  • European Social Survey: release of CRONOS-2 dataset

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Counting Religion in Britain, July 2023

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 94, July 2023 features seven 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 94 July 2023

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

  • State of, and prospects for, the United Reformed Church
  • Patterns of membership in the Religious Society of Friends, 2022
  • Scale of Jewish migration from the UK and Europe
  • Virtues of faith project: responses from UK faith communities

OFFICIAL AND QUASI-OFFICIAL STATISTICS

  • UK Armed Forces biannual diversity statistics, April 2023
  • Hate crime in Scotland, April 2022–March 2023

NEW DATASET

  • UK Data Service, SN 9066: Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2019

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P.S. For operational reasons, this month’s edition has been put together on 12 July. Any relevant news stories appearing later in the month will be carried forward and included in our August edition.

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Counting Religion in Britain, June 2023

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 93, June 2023 features 10 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 93 June 2023

OPINION POLLS

  • Pew Global Attitudes Survey, Spring 2023 round: two early releases of findings
  • Preparing for human extinction: will a religious apocalypse finish us off?

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

  • Methodist Church triennial membership returns, 2019–22
  • Scottish Episcopal Church statistics, 2022
  • Teenagers, Christianity, and values in the United Kingdom: Barna Group study
  • Co-operative Funeralcare’s funeral music charts, 2023: a comeback for hymns?

OFFICIAL AND QUASI-OFFICIAL STATISTICS

  • Schools, Pupils, and their Characteristics in England, January 2023

ACADEMIC STUDIES

  • New book: a robust defence of secularization theory and experience
  • Open access journal articles and blogs

DATASETS

  • Whatever happened to the Centre for Comparative European Survey Data?

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Counting Religion in Britain, May 2023

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 92, May 2023 features 16 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 92 May 2023

OPINION POLLS―CORONATION OF KING CHARLES III

  • Before the coronation: Savanta ComRes polls
  • Before the coronation: YouGov polls
  • Before the coronation: other surveys
  • After the coronation

OPINION POLLS―OTHER TOPICS

  • Ipsos Global Advisor multinational religion study
  • World Values Survey, Wave 7 (2017–22): update―new report on UK findings
  • The Archbishop of Canterbury and contemporary politics
  • Functions of the British monarchy: is preservation of Christian morality one of them?
  • Demographics of self-reported attendance at religious services in Great Britain
  • Anti-Semitism in Western and Eastern Europe: The ADL Global 100 Index, 2022

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

  • Church Commissioners for England annual report, 2022
  • Church of Scotland membership and attendance statistics for 2022

OFFICIAL AND QUASI-OFFICIAL STATISTICS

  • Marriages in England and Wales, 2020
  • Census, 2021, England and Wales: new reports and data

NEW DATASETS

  • European Social Survey Round 10 data release
  • UK Data Service, SN 9079: Community Life Survey, 2021–2022

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