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Counting Religion in Britain, August 2024

Posted on September 1, 2024 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 107, August 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 107 August 2024

OPINION POLLS

Pew Research Center polling updates on religion
Church closure poll: Whitestone Insight for National Churches Trust
UK general election, 2024: how faith communities actually voted
Religion as a source of the current conflict in the Middle East: new YouGov poll
Public concerns about religious extremism in the UK: Ipsos and YouGov polling
Is the National Health Service treated like a ‘national religion’ in Britain?

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

Public examinations in Religious Studies
UK general election, 2024: final briefing from Theos, on religion and climate change
JPR report on UK Jewish observance of Shabbat
Community Security Trust report on anti-Semitic incidents, January–June 2024
Foreign-born Jews resident in the UK: Pew Research Center stands corrected

ACADEMIC STUDIES

Some picks from recent Taylor and Francis academic journals

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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

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Counting Religion in Britain, May 2024

Posted on May 25, 2024 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 104, May 2024 features fifteen 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 104 May 2024

OPINION POLLS

Attitudes to faith in public life
Attitudes to Sunday trading hours in England and Wales
Fall-out from Israel-Hamas conflict: where do British public sympathies lie?
Fall-out from Israel-Hamas conflict: perceptions of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia
Fall-out from Israel-Hamas conflict: university student opinion

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

Will religion count in the UK and other national elections in 2024?
UK evangelical Christians and politics
Church of England attendance statistics, 2023: preliminary view
Church of Scotland congregational statistics, 2023
Collective worship in state schools: teacher attitudes and experiences
Further release from the UK National Jewish Identity Survey
National Jewish Student Survey, 2024

OFFICIAL STATISTICS

Scotland’s census, 2022: religious affiliation data
Hate crimes recorded by the police in Scotland, 2022–23

ACADEMIC STUDIES

Coronavirus chronicles: giving up on online or offline services during lockdown

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Counting Religion in Britain, February 2024

Posted on March 2, 2024 by Clive D. Field

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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Posted in Historical studies, Ministry studies, News from religious organisations, Religion and Education, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Religious Census, Religious prejudice, Survey news | Tagged Amy Unsworth, anti-Semitic incidents, Anti-Semitism, assisted dying, Avery Bazemore, Boydell Press, British Journal of Sociology, Caitriona McCartney, Cathedrals, census of population, church discos, Church of England, Community Security Trust, Conservative Party, David Graham, extremist threats, Fiona Tweedie, Gaza, Institute for Jewish Policy Research, Islamic extremists, Islamophobia, Islamophobic incidents, Israel, Israel-Hamas conflict, Jewish identity, Jonathan Boyd, Keir Starmer, Ken Eames, Labour Muslim Network, Labour Party, Living Ministry, Liz Graveling, Madeleine Pennington, Muslim Council of Britain, Muslims, National Jewish Identity Survey, Palestinians, racism, religious prejudice, religious studies, Rochdale by-election, Savanta, Stephen Jones, Sunday schools, Survation, Tell MAMA, terminal illness, The Times, Theos, voting intentions, wellbeing, Yoni Gordon-Teller, 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

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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, July 2023

Posted on July 12, 2023 by Clive D. Field

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

Posted on June 30, 2023 by Clive D. Field

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, 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, February 2023

Posted on March 2, 2023 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 89, February 2023 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 89 February 2023

OPINION POLLS

Same-sex marriage and the Church of England: two YouGov polls
Should religious people be allowed to hold top government jobs? YouGov/Theos poll
Religious affiliation in Great Britain: aggregate data from five Yonder polls in 2022
Lenten traditions and observances
British Jewish attitudes to Israel and Israeli politics

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

CAP/Brendan Research mapping of Greater Manchester church closures
Church of England clergy spouses and partners: Clergy Family Network survey
Community Security Trust’s anti-Semitic incidents report, 2022
Muslim Census exploration of Muslim women’s faith experiences
Growth of the Muslim humanitarian charity sector in the UK
Faith as a barrier to discussing LGBT+ topics in schools

OFFICIAL AND QUASI-OFFICIAL STATISTICS

Religious census of England and Wales, 2021: additional analyses
Coronavirus chronicles: updating ethnic and religious contrasts in Covid-19 deaths

ACADEMIC STUDY

History of the humanist movement in modern Britain

NEW DATASET

Edinburgh Burgh Churches: Seat Rent Revenues, 1860–1925

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Counting Religion in Britain, January 2023

Posted on February 2, 2023 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 88, January 2023 features 35 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 88 January 2023

OPINION POLLS

After the census results: Christianity in Britain according to Opinium Research
YouGov’s aspects of Christmas poll―was there still room for Jesus Christ?
YouGov poll on self-reported observance of childhood Christmas traditions
Church buildings: Savanta ComRes poll for the National Churches Trust
Religious agencies and cost of living crisis: Savanta ComRes poll for Church of England
Christian mission: Savanta ComRes poll for Operation Mobilisation
Religion and worldviews: Savanta ComRes poll for Culham St Gabriel’s Trust
Same-sex marriage and the Church of England: YouGov poll of public attitudes
Attitudes to Jews and Muslims: Savanta ComRes poll for Voice4Change
Science and religion: more findings from the Theos/Faraday Institute research project
Changing beliefs in God across the generations: Ipsos MORI survey
YouGov poll on self-reported frequency of reading horoscopes
YouGov poll on prevalence of superstitious beliefs

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

Christmas church services in 2022: Bible Society survey for Ecclesiastical
Church of England’s state of readiness to welcome the public at Christmas
Church of England Statistics for Mission, 2021
Church of England Carbon Emissions Report, 2021
United Reformed Church statistics in its 2023 Yearbook
Catholic Education Service’s annual census of Catholic schools and colleges
British Sikh Report, 2022
Hindus and Christians in the workforce: Pearn Kandola reports

OFFICIAL AND QUASI-OFFICIAL STATISTICS

UK armed forces biannual diversity statistics, October 2022
Diversity and inclusion of Scottish Government workforce, 2021: religion
Police-recorded hate crime in Scotland during 2020–21 and 2021–22
Religious census of England and Wales, 2021 (1): expert reactions to the topline data
Religious census of England and Wales, 2021 (2): age and sex breaks

ACADEMIC STUDIES

Religion and occupational structure in early nineteenth-century Wales
Places of worship in Great Britain and Ireland, c.1829–c.1929
Churchgoing in Cheltenham in 1882
Mass Observation, religion, and the Second World War
British Methodism’s engagement with sociology during the long 1960s
Recent changes in British Methodism as reflected in two surveys of presbyters
Coronavirus chronicles: wellbeing of Anglican clergy and laity during third lockdown
Microsimulation of ‘fuzzy fidelity’: cohort effect explanation of secularization
Spirituality in northern Europe: International Social Survey Program data

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