News |

Counting Religion in Britain, November 2024

Posted on December 1, 2024 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 110, November 2024 features nine short articles on fourteen 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 110 November 2024

OPINION POLLS

Crisis in the Church of England: resignation of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Assisted dying Bill: polling of British public by Focaldata and More in Common
Belief in an afterlife, a nation divided into thirds: More in Common poll
Ipsos Veracity Index, 2024: trust in professions and groups to tell the truth

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

Participation of ethnic minorities in Church of England ministry and leadership
Ethnic diaspora congregations in Scotland: Brendan Research report
Provision of religious education in primary schools in England and Wales
Intolerance and discrimination against Christians in Europe

PEOPLE NEWS

Profile of Fiona Tweedie, church statistician

Please note: Counting Religion in Britain is © Clive D. Field, 2024

Posted in Ministry studies, News from religious organisations, People news, Religion and Education, Religion and Ethnicity, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Religious beliefs, Religious prejudice, Survey news | Tagged Action for Churches Together in Scotland, afterlife, Archbishop of Canterbury, Archbishops’ Commission for Racial Justice, assisted dying, Brendan Research, Care Not Killing, Christianophobia, Christians, Church of England, Church Times, diaspora congregations, disestablishment, ethnic minorities, Fiona Tweedie, focaldata, hate crimes, importance of religion, Ipsos, Ipsos Veracity Index, John Smyth, Justin Welby, Keith Makin, Kim Leadbeater, legislation, Liam Jerrold Fraser, More in Common, National Association of Teachers of Religious Education, Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination Against Christians in Europe, Opinium Research, Paul Miller, personal religious beliefs, politics, primary schools, Religious Affiliation, religious education, religious leaders, religious prejudice, Scotland, Scottish Church Leaders’ Forum, Sheila Akomiah-Conteh, Terminally Ill Adults End of Life Bill, The Observer, trust in clergy and priests, truthfulness, YouGov | Leave a comment

Counting Religion in Britain, October 2024

Posted on November 2, 2024 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 109, October 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 109 October 2024

OPINION POLLS

Reform of the House of Lords: should Church of England bishops keep their seats?
Anniversary of 7 October and aftermath: sympathies with Israel and Palestinians
Observance of, and attitudes to, Halloween in Britain

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

Economic value of church provided health and wellbeing activities
Anniversary of 7 October and aftermath: British Jewish views
Anniversary of 7 October and aftermath: JPR analysis of anti-Semitism post-7 October
Anniversary of 7 October and aftermath: anti-Semitic and Islamophobic incidents
Core Jewish population of Great Britain

OFFICIAL STATISTICS

Religious and other hate crimes, 2023–24

ACADEMIC STUDIES

English and Welsh Catholic attitudes to child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church
Political, social, economic, and religious perspectives of ethnic minority Britons
Longitudinal study of churchgoing in Edinburgh and Leith
Religion in English northern industrial towns during the 1950s
Paganism in numbers

Please note: Counting Religion in Britain is © Clive D. Field, 2024

Posted in church attendance, Historical studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Economics, Religion and Ethnicity, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Religion in public debate, Religious Census, religious festivals, Religious prejudice, Survey news | Tagged Allan Little, Angela Puca, anti-Semitic incidents, Anti-Semitism, Billingham, Bolton, Bonfire Night, Centre for Catholic Studies, child sexual abuse, church attendance, Church of England bishops, Clive Field, Community Security Trust, divisions between different religions, Durham University, economic value of churches, Edinburgh and Leith, Edinburgh University Press, Equinox Publishing, ethnic minorities, focaldata, Gaza, Gregory Ryan, Halloween, Hamas, hate crimes, health and wellbeing, Hezbollah, Historical Research, Home Office, House of Lords, identity, Institute for Jewish Policy Research, Islamist terrorism, Islamophobia, Islamophobic incidents, Israel, Israel-Palestine conflict, Jasmine Kazantzis, Jewish Current Affairs Survey, Jews, Jonathan Boyd, King's College London, Lebanon, Marcus Pound, Middle East, More in Common, Muslims, National Churches Trust, National Health Service, northern industrial towns, Pagans, Palestinians, police, politics, radical Islamist extremist incidents, Rawmarsh, religious hate crimes, religious prejudice, rites of passage, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Catholics, safe place, Savanta, Scotland, Scottish Church History, Scunthorpe, secularization, Sergio della Pergola, Social Capital, State of Life, Suzanne Owen, sympathy, Tell MAMA, UK in a Changing Europe, Vivianne Crowley, Will Watt, YouGov | Leave a comment

Counting Religion in Britain, June 2024

Posted on June 30, 2024 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 105, June 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 105 June 2024

OPINION POLLS

UK general election, 2024: Survation/Jewish Chronicle poll of Jewish voting intentions
UK general election, 2024: Savanta/Hyphen poll of Muslim voting intentions
UK general election, 2024: deselection of David Campanale as a LibDem candidate
Attitudes to faith in public life: another Institute for the Impact of Faith in Life poll

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

UK general election, 2024: more briefings from Theos
UK general election, 2024: briefings from the Religion Media Centre
UK general election, 2024: How might Jewish electors vote?
Voice for Justice UK report on The Costs of Keeping the Faith
General Synod paper: parlous state of Church of England diocesan finances
Fall-out from Israel-Hamas conflict: impact on the UK film and television workforce

OFFICIAL STATISTICS

Religious marriages in England and Wales, 2021 and 2022

ACADEMIC STUDIES

Churchgoing in Britain during the fin de siècle
Coronavirus chronicles: religious affiliation and Covid-19 vaccine uptake in England

NEW DATASET

Release of European Social Survey, round 11 data for the UK

Please note: Counting Religion in Britain is © Clive D. Field, 2024

Posted in church attendance, Covid-19, Historical studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Religious prejudice, Rites of Passage, Survey news | Tagged Anti-Semitism, Arabs, attendance at religious services, British Election Study Internet Panel, Carli Lessof, Catherine Pepinster, Charlotte Littlewood, Christianophobia, Christians, Church of England, churchgoing, climate change, Clive Field, Conservative Party, coronavirus, cost of living, Covid-19 vaccine, David Campanale, deselection, diocesan finances, European Social Survey, faith and environmental sustaimnability, faith in public life, Film and TV Charity, fin de siècle, Gaza, general election, George Lapshynov, Hardeep Singh, Hindus, Hyphen, Institute for Jewish Policy Research. Institute for the Impact of Faith in Life, Ipsos-MORI, Israel, Israel-Hamas war, Israel-Palestine conflict, Jeremy Corbyn, Jewish Chronicle, Jewish News, Jews, Jonathan Boyd, Keir Starmer, Labour Party, Lianne Kolirin, Liberal Democrat Party, Local Historian, Martin Ejnar Hansen, mental health and wellbeing, Muslims, Naomi Canton, National Health Service, newspaper censuses of church attendance, Office for National Statistics, Paul Bickley, politics, private prayer, pro-Palestine independent candidate, Religion Media Centre, Religious Affiliation, Religious discrimination, religious marriages, religious prejudice, Rishi Sunak, Savanta, Scotland, Scottish independence, self-assessed religiosity, Sikhs, Steven David Pickering, Survation, Theos, Tim Wyatt, UK film and television workforce, Vaccine, Voice for Justice UK, voting intentions, Whitestone Insight, Yinxuan Huang, YouGov | Leave a comment

Counting Religion in Britain, November 2023

Posted on December 8, 2023 by Clive D. Field

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

Please note: Counting Religion in Britain is © Clive D. Field, 2023

Posted in church attendance, Ministry studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Education, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Religion in public debate, Religious beliefs, Religious Census, Religious prejudice, Rites of Passage, Survey news | Tagged anti-Semitic incidents, Anti-Semitism, attachment to God(s), attendance at religious services, Batley, bereavement, blasphemy, Buddhists, Campaign against Antisemitism, census of population, Christians, Christians against Poverty, Church of England, churches, Community Security Trust, coronavirus, cost of living crisis, councillors, Covid-19, Damon Perry, death, dying, emotions, Equality and Human Rights Commission, Equality and Human Rights Monitor, Eurotrack, financial pressures, funerals, God(s), Hamas, happiness, higher spiritual being(s), Hindus, image of the Prophet Muhammad, importance of religion for personal identity, Institute for Jewish Policy Research, Institute for the Impact of Faith in Life, Ipsos, Islamophobia, Israel, Israel-Palestine conflict, Israelis, Jed Meers, Jews, job satisfaction, Jonathan Boyd, Keir Starmer, Ken Eames, Labour Party, life satisfaction, London City Mission, Madeleine Pennington, Mental Health, Muslim Census, Muslims, Nathan Mladin, optimism, ordinands, Ordinands’ Association, Palestinians, Pearn Kandola Research, police, Policy Exchange, politics, practising Christians, psychological wellbeing, Rakib Ehsan, Religious Affiliation, religious hate crimes, religious prejudice, resilience, Savanta, schoolteachers, Scotland, self-censorship, self-control, sexual orientation, sharing the faith, Sikhs, Sky, statistics for mission, Strategic Development Funding, Techne UK, Theos, voting intentions, Wales, work, workplace, YouGov | Leave a comment

Counting Religion in Britain, October 2023

Posted on November 1, 2023 by Clive D. Field

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

Please note: Counting Religion in Britain is © Clive D. Field, 2023

Posted in Ministry studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Ethnicity, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Religious prejudice, Survey news | Tagged anti-Semitic incidents, Anti-Semitism, Bible Society, Carli Lessof, Chinese Christianity, clergy and priests, Community Security Trust, faith workers, family ties with Israel, Gallup, Gallup World Poll, Gaza, Hamas, hate crimes, Home Office, Hong Kong, Immigration, Institute for Jewish Policy Research, Ipsos Global Trustworthiness Index, Islamophobia, Islamophobic incidents, Israel, Israel-Hamas conflict, Israelis, Jonathan Boyd, Kaya Burgess, London School of Theology, MEND, Muslim Census, Muslims, Palestinians, Pew Global Attitudes Survey, Pew Research Center, police, politics, Radiant Foundation, religious prejudice, Rob Ford, Savanta ComRes, stress, Tell MAMA, terrorist organization, The Times, trustworthiness, Unite the union, voting intention, wellbeing, Yinxuan Huang, YouGov | Leave a comment

Counting Religion in Britain, May 2023

Posted on June 2, 2023 by Clive D. Field

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

Please note: Counting Religion in Britain is © Clive D. Field, 2023

Posted in Attitudes towards Religion, church attendance, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Religious beliefs, Religious Census, Religious prejudice, Rites of Passage, Survey news | Tagged Anti-Defamation League, Anti-Semitism, Archbishop of Canterbury, attendance at religious services, BMG Research, Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board, census of population, charitable giving, Christian morality, Church Commissioners, church membership, Church of England, Church of Scotland, CNN, Community Life Survey, coronation, coronavirus, Covid-19, Daily Mirror, Department for Digital Culture Media and Sport, Devil, disability, European Social Survey, God, heaven, hell, holocaust, i newspaper, Illegal Migration Bill, Ipsos Global Advisor, Ipsos-MORI, Israel, Jews, Justin Welby, Kantar Public, King Charles III, Lord Ashcroft Polls, marriages, monarchy, National Centre for Social Research, Office for National Statistics, Opinium Research, Peter Brierley, Policy Institute King’s College London, politics, prayer, Religious Affiliation, religious beliefs, religious census, religious practices, religious prejudice, rites of passage, royal family, Savanta ComRes, self-assessed religiosity, supernatural spirits, television audience for coronation, tenure, The Observer, The Times, UK Data Service, volunteering, World Values Survey, Yahoo News, YouGov | Leave a comment

Counting Religion in Britain, July 2022

Posted on August 1, 2022 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 82, July 2022 features sixteen 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 82 July 2022

OPINION POLLS

Perceptions of prejudice against religious groups as a problem in contemporary society
Importance of a British prime minister being a Christian: Deltapoll for Mail on Sunday

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

Coronavirus chronicles: Easter church attendance before and after the pandemic
Peer evangelism among young people in the UK
Anti-Semitism in English secondary schools and colleges: Henry Jackson Society report
Merseyside Jewish community census, 2021: summary report
Attacks on mosques and Islamic institutions in the UK: Muslim Census survey

OFFICIAL AND QUASI-OFFICIAL STATISTICS

Coronavirus chronicles: vaccination rates by religion as at 31 May 2022
Civil Service statistics, 2022: profile by religion or belief

ACADEMIC STUDIES

Coronavirus chronicles: Covid-19’s impact on the body, mind, and soul of Anglicans
Analysing the ‘Muslim penalty’ in the British labour market
Relationship between religiosity and Parkinson’s disease in England and the USA
Effectiveness of school mindfulness programmes in minimizing mental health risks
Reviewing the statistics of the secularization history of Britain
Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 32 (2022)
Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion, Volume 13 (2022)

Please note: Counting Religion in Britain is © Clive D. Field, 2022

Posted in church attendance, Covid-19, Historical studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Education, Religion and Politics, religious festivals, Religious prejudice, Survey news | Tagged 9 Dot Research, Abidemi Otaiku, Andrew Village, Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion, anti-Semitic incidents, Anti-Semitism, Ben Gidley, Bev Botting, Bob Jackson, Brill, Charlotte Littlewood, Christians, church attendance, Church of England, Church Pastoral Aid Society, Church Times, civil service, Clive Field, coronavirus, Covid-19, Covid-19 and Church-21 Survey, Deltapoll, Easter, English Longitudinal Study of Aging, Ethnic and Racial Studies, Evidence-Based Mental Health, Henry Jackson Society, Islamophobia, Jews, Journal of Contemporary Religion, Journal of Religion and Health, labour market, Leslie Francis, Liverpool, Mail on Sunday, MEND, Mental Health, Merseyside, Merseyside Jewish Representative Council, mindfulness, mosques, Muslim Census, Muslim penalty, Muslims, Office for National Statistics, Parkinson’s disease, peer evangelism, Philip Sapiro, politics, prime minister, Ralph Hood, Religious Affiliation, religious festivals, religious prejudice, religiously motivated attacks, Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, Samir Sweida-Metwally, Samuel Sami Everett, Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor, Savanta ComRes, Scripture Union, secondary schools, secularization, Steve Bruce, UK Household Longitudinal Study, vaccination rates, Willem Kuyken, YouGov, young people | Leave a comment

Counting Religion in Britain, May 2022

Posted on June 1, 2022 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 80, May 2022 features 22 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 80 May 2022

OPINION POLLS

Attitudes to continued presence of Church of England bishops in the House of Lords
Attitudes to existing Sunday trading hours in England and Wales
Perceptions of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia as problems in UK society
Perceptions of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia as problems in UK professional football
Science and religion: more results from YouGov/Theos/Faraday Institute polling

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

Mapping Christian youth ministry in south-west England
Annual report of Church Commissioners for 2021
Church of Scotland congregational statistics for 31 December 2021
Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) membership statistics for 31 December 2021
Growth of strictly Orthodox Jewry: European Jewish Demography Unit estimates
Performance measures of religious education in England and Wales

OFFICIAL AND QUASI-OFFICIAL STATISTICS

Marriages in England and Wales, 2019
Social capital in the UK, 2020–21
Response rate to Scotland’s census, 2022 still below target
Results of 2021 Research Excellence Framework published

ACADEMIC STUDIES

Calculating decline and extinction potentials for UK Churches
Religion and the supernatural during the 1990s: evidence from Mass Observation
Some psychological insights into churchgoing in the UK
Coronavirus chronicles: gendered responses to Covid-19 in the Church of England
Coronavirus chronicles: rural Anglican lay attitudes to online worship during Covid-19
Coronavirus chronicles: God, prayer, personal wellbeing, and the pandemic
Ethos of Anglican primary schools in Wales

Posted in church attendance, Covid-19, Historical studies, Ministry studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Education, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Religion in public debate, Religion Online, Religious beliefs, Religious Census, Religious prejudice, Rites of Passage, Survey news | Tagged Andrew Village, Anti-Semitism, Archive for the Psychology of Religion, Bishops, Bloomsbury Academic, census of population, Church Commissioners, Church in Wales, church membership, church modelling, Church of England, Church of Scotland, Church Times, coronavirus, Coronavirus Church and You, Covid-19, Covid-19 and Church-21, Daniel Staetsky, David Lankshear, Emma Eccles, European Jewish Demography Unit, Faraday Institute, Fraser Watts, Hannah Waite, House of Lords, immortality, Islamophobia, James Hinton, Jennifer Brown, John Hayward, Jonathan Jong, Journal of Anglican Studies, Journal of Beliefs and Values, Leslie Francis, marriages, Mass-Observation, Miguel Farias, National Records of Scotland, Nick Spencer, Office for National Statistics, online worship, Parliament, politics, prayers for deliverance, professional football, religious education, Religious Education Council for England and Wales, religious prejudice, Religious Society of Friends, reproduction potential, Research Excellence Framework, robots, Rural Theology, Savanta ComRes, science, Scotland, Scottish Government, Social Capital, souls, South West Youth Ministries, South-West England, Strictly Orthodox Jews, Sunday trading, supernatural, Techne UK, The Express, Theos, Ursula McKenna, Valerie van Mulukom, YouGov, youth ministry | Leave a comment

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

Posted in Covid-19, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Education, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Religion Online, Religious beliefs, Religious Census, Religious prejudice, Rites of Passage, Survey news | Tagged 9 Dot Research, Abby Day, Andrew Barclay, Andrew Village, Anglicans, Annual Population Survey, Anti-Semitism, baby boomers, Baptist Times, Baptists, Belief in God, bereavement, Bishops, Board of Deputies of British Jews, boycotts, British Journal of Religious Education, British Social Attitudes Survey, Carli Lessof, Cathal O’Siochru, census of population, Charedis, Christianity, Church of England, Church Times, coronavirus, Coronavirus Church and You, Covid-19, David Graham, David Lundie, David Voas, employment, funerals, Harriet Sherwood, hate crime, Holy Communion, House of Lords, Humanists UK, influence of religion, Ingrid Storm, Institute for Jewish Policy Research, international aid, Islamic extremists, Islamic Relief, Islamophobia, Israel, Jeremy Corbyn, Jewish Chronicle, Jewish communal life, Jewish News, Jews, Jonathan Boyd, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Keir Starmer, Labour Party, Leslie Francis, Methodist Recorder, Methodists, mortality, negative influence, Office for National Statistics, Old Firm football, online services, parents, politics, Politics and Religion, positive influence, religion as conversation topic, Religion Media Centre, Religious Affiliation, religious divisions, religious prejudice, religious socialization, Savanta ComRes, Save Our Rights UK, Scotland, Scotland in Union, Scottish Government, sectarianism, Sunday trading, Survation, Thatcherite values, The Observer, threat, University of Sheffield, vaccination, withdrawal from religious education, Yemen, YouGov, Zopa | Leave a comment

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

Posted in church attendance, Historical studies, Ministry studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Religion in public debate, Religious beliefs, Religious Census, Religious prejudice, Rites of Passage, Survey news | Tagged Alan Munden, anti-Semitic incidents, Anti-Semitism, Barna Group, Ben Clements, Boydell Press, British Election Study, British Social Attitudes Survey, Catholic Education Service, Catholic schools and colleges, church attendance, Church Buildings Council, Church of England, Community Life Survey, Community Security Trust, Connected Generation, crime, Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society, Cumbria, Daily Express, death, Democracy and Security, education, equality, funerals, Gen Z, general election, God, Guy Braithwaite, Health, holocaust, hospitals, International Social Survey Programme, Ipsos-MORI, Islamist extremism, Jewish Organ Donor Association, Jews, Labour Party, Lasse Lindekilde, Lord Ashcroft Polls, millennials, monarchy, NatCen Social Research, National Survey for Wales, Network for Pastoral Spiritual and Religious Care in Health, NHS chaplaincy, Office for National Statistics, Opinium Research, opposite views, organ donation, participation, Peter Carpenter, politics, prayer, Premier Christian Media, Religious Affiliation, religious attendance, religious census, religious prejudice, rites of passage, Roman Catholics, royal family, Sadi Shanaah, Savanta ComRes, Simon O’Donoghue, Sky News, spiritual wellness, struggling churches, SunLife, Supreme Governor, Surtees Society, Survation, tolerance, wellness, work, World Vision, YouGov, young people | Leave a comment

Recent News

Recent Sources

Archives

Recent Comments

British Religion in Numbers is funded as a British Academy Research Project