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Monthly Archives: October 2011
Occupy London and St Paul’s Cathedral
The photograph of St Paul’s Cathedral standing proud amid the chaos of the London Blitz was one of the most striking and iconic images of the Second World War, at once tangible evidence of a seeming miracle and a beacon … Continue reading
Posted in Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Religion in the Press, Survey news
Tagged anti-capitalism, anti-Catholicism, Church and State, Church of England, Clive Field, establishment, Giles Fraser, legislation, monarchy, Occupy London, protest, Roman Catholics, St Paul's Cathedral, Sunday Times, YouGov
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Halloween Activities
With exactly one week to go to Halloween (All Hallows’ Eve), one-third of Britons may be planning to observe the day in some way, according to a new poll. TNS interviewed 1,030 British adults aged 16-64 online on 27-29 September … Continue reading
Beyond 2011
The Office for National Statistics launched a public consultation on 17 October 2011 for its ‘Beyond 2011’ programme, which is to examine options for producing detailed information about small areas and neighbourhoods that has traditionally been a core output from … Continue reading
Posted in Official data
Tagged Beyond 2011 programme, Census, Office for National Statistics
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Restudies of Religion in English and Welsh Communities
Steve Bruce, who has been Professor of Sociology at the University of Aberdeen since 1991, has been engaged since 2007 on an extended reappraisal of religious change in Britain since 1945, made possible by the award of a Leverhulme Trust … Continue reading
Posted in church attendance, Historical studies, Measuring religion, Organisational data, People news
Tagged Alwyn Rees, Anne Murcott, Banbury, Bill Pickering, Billingham, Church of England, Colin Bell, community studies, Contemporary Wales, County Durham, David Clark, Deerness Valley, Eric Batstone, Isabel Emmett, Journal of Ecclesiastical History, Llanfihangel yng Ngwynfa, Llanfrothen Ffestiniog, Llansantffraid Glyn Ceiriog, Llanuwchllyn-Llangower, Margaret Stacey, Methodism, mining, Northern History, Oxfordshire, Peter Kaim-Caudle, Peterlee, Rawmarsh, restudies, Robert Moore, Ronald Frankenberg, Scunthorpe, secularization, Sociological Review, Staithes, Steve Bruce, Trefor Owen, Upper Teesdale, Wales, Yorkshire
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Chaplaincy to the Armed Forces
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is spending £22 million annually on employing 280 Christian chaplains across the three armed services, according to the MoD’s reply to a request under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act made by the National Secular … Continue reading
Should Ethics be Taught?
While church connection helps to promote moral and ethical behaviour and worldviews among young people, religious schools do not have a consistently positive impact in that regard. This is the inference which can be drawn from the charts and summaries … Continue reading
Spirituality in the Ascendant?
Spirituality and mystical beliefs are taking over from religion in Britain, according to the spin being put on the results of a new poll. It was commissioned to support a major marketing and publicity campaign launched by HarperCollins on 17 … Continue reading
Posted in Survey news
Tagged afterlife, Aleph, ghosts, HarperCollins, heaven, hell, Karma, Paulo Coelho, reincarnation, spirituality
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Christian Research – What is the Future?
The restructuring at Christian Research, which we covered on 16 September last – http://www.brin.ac.uk/news/?p=1405 – seems to have attracted relatively little interest in the Christian media. Nor has the parent body, Bible Society, been publicly forthcoming about its future plans … Continue reading
National Jewish Student Survey, 2011
‘Jewish students are comfortable being openly Jewish at British universities, despite having concerns about attitudes to Israel on campus. Their commitment to Israel and the Jewish people is robust, but their appreciation of their personal social responsibility lacks muscle.’ These … Continue reading
Posted in News from religious organisations, Religion and Social Capital, Survey news
Tagged Anti-Semitism, concerns, David Graham, friends, higher education, Institute for Jewish Policy Research, Ipsos-MORI, Israel, Jewish students, Jewishness, Jonathan Boyd, JPR, National Jewish Student Survey, Pears Foundation, students, Union of Jewish Students
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Women’s Representation in the Church in Wales
The Governing Body of the Church in Wales met at the University of Wales, Trinity St David on 21 and 22 September 2011. One of the items on its agenda was a report from Dr Gill Todd of the Diocese … Continue reading
Posted in News from religious organisations, Organisational data
Tagged Church in Wales, churchwardens, clergy, diocesan boards of finance, finance, Gill Todd, Governing Body, Lord Rowe-Beddoe, membership, parochial church councils, representation, Representative Body, Richard Jones, women
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