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Counting Religion in Britain, September 2024

Posted on September 30, 2024 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 108, September 2024 features eight 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 108 September 2024

OPINION POLLS

Importance of being Christian in order to be ‘truly British’: NatCen findings
UK general election, 2024: religion and voting behaviour––YouGov polling
Marriage in church: who should walk the bride down the aisle?
Round-up of latest YouGov online trackers on religion

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

Church of England cathedral statistics, 2023
Three recent Institute for Jewish Policy Research reports
Economic contribution of British Muslims

OFFICIAL STATISTICS

Religion of civil servants, 2022–24

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Counting Religion in Britain, April 2023

Posted on April 30, 2023 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 91, April 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 91 April 2023

OPINION POLLS

Coronation blues: can King Charles III still enthuse his people about his coronation?
Mourning Queen Elizabeth II: Bible Society report derived from YouGov polling
Necessity to believe in God to be moral and have good values? Most don’t think so

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

Coronavirus chronicles: Church of England attendance in October 2022
Coronavirus chronicles: Church of England cathedral statistics, 2022
Death and dying in the UK: new report from Theos and Susanna Wesley Foundation

OFFICIAL AND QUASI-OFFICIAL STATISTICS

Census, 2021, England and Wales: new reports and data
Government engagement with faith: publication of The Bloom Review

ACADEMIC STUDIES

Three recent open access publications

NEW DATASET

UK Data Service, SN 9072: British Social Attitudes Survey, 2021

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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

OPINION POLLS

Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (1926–2022): public attitudes to her funeral
Self-reported religious behaviour: Savanta ComRes poll for the Church of England (2)
Importance attached to religious and other freedoms and rights
Inaugural Global Faith and Media Study

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

Articles in the October 2022 edition of FutureFirst
Statistics of the Scottish Episcopal Church as at 31 December 2021
180 years of Jewish population change in the UK
Coronavirus chronicles: the UK Jewish experience of Covid-19

ACADEMIC STUDIES

The future of religion in Britain – according to Linda Woodhead
Sex and religiosity in Great Britain in the early 2010s
Coronavirus chronicles: lay churchgoers’ attitudes towards online Holy Communion

NEW DATASETS

UK Data Service, SN 9005: British Social Attitudes Survey, 2020
UK Data Service, SN 9006: Annual Population Survey, Three-Year Pooled Dataset, January 2019-December 2021

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Counting Religion in Britain, March 2021

Posted on April 2, 2021 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 66, March 2021 features 20 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 66 March 2021

OPINION POLLS

Humanists UK’s 2021 census campaign bolstered by new YouGov polling
Updates to YouGov trackers: religion’s influence, belief in God, and Sunday trading
Should Church of England bishops continue to sit in the House of Lords?
Coronavirus chronicles: experiences of bereavement and funerals in the age of Covid-19
Attitudes to international aid: Savanta ComRes poll for Islamic Relief
Talking about religion: opinion poll for Zopa
Religious division in Scottish society: Survation poll for Scotland in Union
Perceptions of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia as problems in the UK
Anti-Semitism in the Labour Party: YouGov poll of Labour members
Threat posed by Islamic extremists: YouGov poll of general public

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

Coronavirus chronicles: the Anglican experience of Covid-19
Coronavirus chronicles: the Baptist experience of Covid-19
Coronavirus chronicles: the Methodist experience of Covid-19
Coronavirus chronicles: the Jewish experience of Covid-19

OFFICIAL AND QUASI-OFFICIAL STATISTICS

Coronavirus chronicles: vaccination rates by religion of people aged 70 and over
Census snippets: measuring religion in England and Wales in 2021
Characteristics of police recorded hate crime in Scotland

ACADEMIC STUDIES

Three recent articles in academic journals

NEW DATASETS

UK Data Service SN 8699: Contemporary Relevance of Thatcherite Values, 2019
UK Data Service SN 8789: Annual Population Survey, January-December 2020

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Counting Religion in Britain, February 2021

Posted on March 2, 2021 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 65, February 2021 features 30 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 65 February 2021

OPINION POLLS

Coronavirus chronicles: are things really looking up that much for the Churches?
Coronavirus chronicles: Christian Aid poll on Covid-19 vaccines in developing nations
Coronavirus chronicles: returning to places of worship after lockdown
Coronavirus chronicles: Survation on lockdown of Scottish places of worship
Coronavirus chronicles: religious correlates of attitudes to abortion in England
Perceived importance of religion for getting ahead in life: KCL inequality poll
The Together Initiative’s Our Chance to Reconnect report: religion questions
ICM/Henry Jackson Society poll of UK adults and Black Britons: religion comparisons
Savanta ComRes report on Church Leaders Panel for 2020
Perceptions of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia as problems in the UK

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

Coronavirus chronicles: reaching for the Bible in a time of pandemic
Coronavirus chronicles: Church of England discussion paper on its prospects
Coronavirus chronicles: the attitudes of churchgoing laity in the Church of England
Coronavirus chronicles: survey of the views of Christian event organizers
Coronavirus chronicles: Jewish mortality from Covid-19
Community Security Trust’s anti-Semitic incidents report for 2020
Coronavirus chronicles: the Muslim experience of Covid-19
Attitudes of young British Christians towards climate change
Church of England’s carbon footprint: first year’s data from energy tool

OFFICIAL AND QUASI-OFFICIAL STATISTICS

On your marks! The decennial population census of England and Wales is on 21 March
Scottish Surveys Core Questions: 2019 results released

ACADEMIC STUDIES

Coronavirus chronicles: University of York’s ‘Covid-19, Churches, and Communities’
Coronavirus chronicles: launch of Evidence for Equality National Survey (EVENS)
Coronavirus chronicles: impact of Covid-19 on London’s Strictly Orthodox Jews
Renewal in the Baptist Union of Great Britain during the 1990s
Theology and Religious Studies Provision in UK Higher Education (2019): A response
Three recent articles in academic religion journals

NEW DATASETS

UK Data Service, SN 8767: Community Life Survey, 2019–2020
UK Data Service, SN 8772: British Social Attitudes Survey, 2019

PEOPLE NEWS

Katie Harrison appointed Archbishop of Canterbury’s public affairs adviser

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Counting Religion in Britain, November 2020

Posted on December 1, 2020 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 62, November 2020 features 23 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 62 November 2020

OPINION POLLS

How we get along: Woolf Institute diversity study of England and Wales
Ipsos MORI Veracity Index, 2020: who trusts clergy and priests to tell the truth?
Religious correlates of adoption/fostering: Savanta ComRes poll for Home for Good
Importance attached to Religious Studies as a secondary school subject
Knowledge of the Holocaust and its importance in the school history curriculum
Perceptions of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia as problems in the UK
Legacy of Islamic State: the public’s ongoing lack of sympathy for Shamima Begum
Coronavirus chronicles: Co-op calls for reopening of places of worship during lockdown
Coronavirus chronicles: door-to-door carol singing not so welcome this Christmas

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

Coronavirus chronicles: Evangelical Alliance’s second survey of Changing Church
Church growth and social action in the Church of England
Church of England cathedral statistics, 2019
Coronavirus chronicles: UK Jewish mortality from Covid-19
Coronavirus chronicles: MCB report on British Muslims and Covid-19
Islamophobia and the Labour Party: report by the Labour Muslim Network

OFFICIAL AND QUASI-OFFICIAL STATISTICS

Campaign to recognize Sikhs as an ethnic group in the 2021 census of population
Coronavirus chronicles: partnerships between faith groups and local authorities

ACADEMIC STUDIES

Coronavirus chronicles: fear, isolation, and compulsive buying among religious groups
Coronavirus chronicles: more findings from ‘Coronavirus, Church, and You’ survey
Coronavirus chronicles: Exeter report on Covid-19, Christian faith, and wellbeing
Secularization at the grass roots: a perspective from twentieth-century Slough
Round-up of recent academic journal articles

NEW DATASET

UK Data Service, SN 8718: National Survey for Wales, 2019–2020

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Counting Religion in Britain, February 2020

Posted on March 1, 2020 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 53, February 2020 features 24 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 53 February 2020

OPINION POLLS

Frequency and subjects of prayer: Savanta ComRes poll for Premier Christian Media
Monarchy and Supreme Governorship of the Church of England: Daily Express poll
Attitudes to people holding opposite views about the existence of God
Anti-Semitism and Lord Ashcroft’s diagnosis of Labour’s defeat in the general election
Electoral damage from anti-Semitism assessed by Labour Party members and affiliates
Public attitudes to Labour Party’s response to allegations of anti-Semitism
Public support for a Labour Party plan to tackle anti-Semitism
Knowledge of the Holocaust: YouGov poll to mark Holocaust Memorial Day
Affluence and wellness priorities: YouGov study of wealthy households

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

SunLife’s Cost of Dying Report, 2020: the diminishing religious aspect of funerals
Acute NHS chaplaincy pastoral, spiritual, and religious care services in England
Barna Group and The Connected Generation research project: UK report
Children and youth ministry in the Church of England: General Synod paper
Church Buildings Council report on struggling Church of England places of worship
Catholic Education Service 2019 census of Catholic schools and colleges
UK Jews and organ donation
Community Security Trust’s Antisemitic Incidents Report, 2019

OFFICIAL AND QUASI-OFFICIAL STATISTICS

Exploring Religion in England and Wales: equalities data audit by the ONS

ACADEMIC STUDIES

Religious census of Cumbria, 1851: critical edition of the manuscript returns
Catholics in the British Social Attitudes Surveys and British Election Studies
Hypothetical collective action by British Muslims against Islamist extremism

NEW DATASETS

UK Data Service, SN 8584: Community Life Survey, 2018–2019
UK Data Service, SN 8591: National Survey for Wales, 2018–2019
UK Data Service, SN 8606: British Social Attitudes Survey, 2018

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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

OPINION POLLS

Climate change: the views of active Christians and the general public
Anti-Semitism and the Labour Party: the views of the general public
Anti-Semitism and the Labour Party: the views of party members
Islamophobia and the Conservative Party: the views of party members towards Islam
Religion and mental health issues
Religion and dietary preferences
The world’s most admired people: results of YouGov’s latest annual survey

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

Anti-Semitic incidents recorded by Community Security Trust, January-June 2019
Media reporting of Islam and Muslims: launch of new monitoring centre

OFFICIAL AND QUASI-OFFICIAL STATISTICS

Religious backgrounds of Civil Service staff
Religious backgrounds of UK armed forces
Number of faith schools and their pupils in England: results of 2019 annual census
Religious hate crime in Scotland, 2018-19

ACADEMIC STUDIES

British Social Attitudes Survey and International Social Survey Programme, 2018
Science versus religion: meta-analysis of ten years of data on public attitudes in the UK

NEW DATASETS

GESIS Data Archive for the Social Sciences, Cologne, ZA 7500: European Values Study, 2017 Integrated Dataset
UK Data Service, SN 8478: Community Life Survey, 2017-2018

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Counting Religion in Britain, March 2019

Posted on March 31, 2019 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 42, March 2019 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 42 March 2019

OPINION POLLS

Crossing religious divides: multinational survey by Ipsos for the BBC
Humanist weddings: Humanists UK’s new poll and analysis of Scottish divorce data
Self-understanding of anti-Semitism: Deltapoll for Jewish Chronicle
Jews, political parties, and anti-Semitism: Survation poll for Jewish Leadership Council
YouGov@Cambridge tracker on Islam’s perceived compatibility with British values
Islamic State: YouGov polling on the death of Shamima Begum’s son

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

European Jewish Demographic Unit established by Institute for Jewish Policy Research

OFFICIAL AND QUASI-OFFICIAL STATISTICS

Mode of solemnization of marriages in England and Wales in 2016
Report on diversity of candidates and elected officials in Great Britain

ACADEMIC STUDIES

The Bible and digital millennials: new survey-based research from CODEC
Religion and Brexit: evidence from the 2016 British Election Study Referendum Panel
Gender differences in religion and spirituality among technical and health professionals
Muslim perceptions of discrimination in Western Europe: revisiting 2006 Pew data

NEW DATASET

UK Data Service, SN 8450: British Social Attitudes Survey, 2017

PEOPLE NEWS

Revd Professor David Alfred Martin, FBA (1929-2019)

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Counting Religion in Britain, September 2018

Posted on December 1, 2018 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 36, September 2018 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 36 September 2018

OPINION POLLS – GENERAL

God’s gender
Miracles
Archbishop of Canterbury and politics
Parent power
Religious education
Horoscopes

OPINION POLLS – LABOUR PARTY AND ANTI-SEMITISM

12 August-4 September 2018: Survation
31 August-1 September 2018: Survation
10-13 September 2018: YouGov
18-19 September 2018: YouGov
19-20 September 2018: ComRes
21-22 September 2018: BMG Research

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

Church in Wales membership

OFFICIAL AND QUASI-OFFICIAL STATISTICS

Religion of hospital patients

ACADEMIC STUDIES

Steve Bruce, Researching Religion
London desecularization
Scottish secularization
Bobby Duffy, The Perils of Perception
British Social Attitudes Survey, 2017
Faith schools
Anglicans and Brexit

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