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Category Archives: Religion and Social Capital
Two YouGov Pre-Easter Polls
Our focus today is on the headlines from two newly-released YouGov polls, one Easter-related and one not (being the latest instalment of data from the Westminster Faith Debates survey). Easter observance Around 6,000,000 British adults should be in church congregations in a … Continue reading
Posted in church attendance, Religion and Social Capital, Religion in public debate, Survey news
Tagged church attendance, Denmark, Easter, Easter eggs, Eurotrack, family, Finland, France, Germany, homosexuality, lesbian gay and bisexual people, Linda Woodhead, Norway, religious festivals, Sweden, Westminster Faith Debates, YouGov
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Money for Good and Other News
BRIN certainly cannot trump the unprecedented inauguration of new leaders of the global Catholic and Anglican communions within the same week. But, on a business-as-usual level, here are six more religious statistical stories for your edification. Money for good UK … Continue reading
Posted in News from religious organisations, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Religion in public debate, Survey news
Tagged All Party Parliamentary Group on Religious Education, Ben Clements, British Social Attitudes Survey, Centre for Church Growth Research, charitable giving, church growth, Church of England, Cranmer Hall, David Goodhew, homosexuality, Ipsos-MORI, Lucy de Las Casas, Matt van Poortvliet, meditation, Mind, ministry, Money for Good UK, NatCen, New Philanthropy Capital, ordinands, Parliamentary Affairs, Populus, religious education, Rob Abercrombie, Sally Bagwell, same-sex marriage, Stephen Lloyd, volunteering, YouGov
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Climbing the Papal Mountain and Other News
Today’s post covers three news stories, two of which test public reactions to the religious landscape following, respectively, the resignation of the Pope and last month’s four cases of alleged religious discrimination appealed to the European courts. Climbing the … Continue reading
Posted in News from religious organisations, Organisational data, Religion and Social Capital, Religion in public debate, Survey news
Tagged accountants, African Pope, Anti-Semitism, Bethany Eckley, Burka, Christian cross, Christian Research Consultancy, Church of England, Church Urban Fund, clergy, ComRes, European Court of Human Rights, flight attendants, force for good, Independent on Sunday, Islamophobia, kippah, Nadia Eweida, nurses, papacy, parishes, Religious discrimination, religious dress, Roman Catholic Church, Shirley Chaplin, skullcap, social action, Sunday Mirror, teachers, workplace, YouGov, YouGov@Cambridge
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British Cohort Study + Fostering
Our main story in today’s round-up of religious statistical news features initial findings from the current wave of one of the few genuinely longitudinal studies covering religion in this country, which further illustrates some of the methodological challenges involved in framing … Continue reading
Posted in church attendance, Measuring religion, Religion and Social Capital, Survey news
Tagged afterlife, Alice Sullivan, BCS70, British Cohort Study, British Social Attitudes Surveys, Centre for Longitudinal Studies, church attendance, David Voas, Economic and Social Research Council, foster children, foster parents, fostering, God, Institute of Education, inter-religious fostering, life after death, Matt Brown, Methodology, question-wording, Religious Affiliation, religious upbringing, Rotherham, TNS-BMRB, YouGov
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After General Synod, Religion and Health
In today’s news round-up, BRIN covers a poll of public attitudes to current issues in the Church of England, following General Synod’s narrowest of rejections of women bishops, and some interesting research into the relationships between religion and health. Church … Continue reading
Posted in Official data, Religion and Ethnicity, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Religion in public debate, Religion in the Press, Survey news
Tagged Church of England, Equality Act 2010, equality groups, General Synod, homosexuality, Julie Ramsay, Karen MacNee, Measure for Women Bishops, NHS Health Scotland, out of touch, Parliament, Paul Whybrow, religion and health, Religious Affiliation, religious freedom, same-sex marriage, ScotCen Social Research, Scotland, Scottish Government, Scottish Health Survey, Sunday Times, women bishops, YouGov
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London Church Census and Other News
The following three news items have reached BRIN’s in-tray during the past few days: London church census A census of attendance of Greater London’s churches took place on 14 October 2012 (chosen as an ‘average’ Sunday). Commissioned by the London … Continue reading
Posted in church attendance, News from religious organisations, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Religion in public debate, Survey news
Tagged Accord Coalition, admission policies, charitable giving, Charities Aid Foundation, church attendance, church census, ComRes, discrimination, Greater London, Joy Dobbs, Karl Wilding, London City Mission, Malcolm Smith, National Council for Voluntary Organisations, Office for National Statistics, Peter Brierley, religious causes, Richard Harrison, selection, state schools, Véronique Jochum
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Anglican Themes – and Funeral Hymns
The cluster of news stories which have come to hand within the last four days mainly concern the Church of England, but a couple are also of wider interest: Church of England Growth? The Church of England launched a new … Continue reading
Posted in church attendance, News from religious organisations, Religion and Social Capital, Survey news
Tagged Andreas Whittam Smith, Angels, Association of English Cathedrals, Association of Leading Visitor Attractions, Cathedrals, church attendance, church growth, Church of England, Church of England Newspaper, Co-operative Funeralcare, ComRes, David Voas, Foundation for Church Leadership, funerals, FutureFirst, God, Grubb Institute, heritage, hymns, Jesus Christ, life after death, music, Peter Brierley, reincarnation, Religious Affiliation, religious beliefs, Resurrection, soul, spiritual capital, Theos, tourism, universal life force, University of Essex, Visit England, visitors
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Faithful Citizens
‘Religious citizens in the UK are more likely to be civically engaged and politically active than their non-religious counterparts. They are also more likely to hold progressive political values on a number of important political and economic questions at the … Continue reading
Church Growth and Social Action
93% of Anglican clergy agree that ‘engaging with the poor and marginalised in the local area is a vital activity for a healthy church’, and yet only 44% admit that ‘tackling poverty is a fundamental part of the strategy of … Continue reading