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Tag Archives: discrimination
2011 Anglican Statistics and Other News
As usual, there has been a lot of media interest today in the latest (2011) Statistics for Mission of the Church of England. They are always seen as something of a barometer of the spiritual state of England, and so … Continue reading
Posted in church attendance, Historical studies, News from religious organisations, Religion and Ethnicity, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Rites of Passage, Survey news
Tagged Archbishops' Council, church attendance, Church of England, discrimination, equality, Google, Institute for Jewish Policy Research, Ipsos-MORI, Jews, MMR Research, Muslims, National Jewish Community Survey, OMD UK, Political Quarterly, religious festivals, religious institutions, rites of passage, same-sex marriage, Siobhan McAndrew, Steven Kettell, YouGov, YouGov@Cambridge
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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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Marginalized Christians?
The All Party Parliamentary Group ‘Christians in Parliament’, chaired by Conservative MP Gary Streeter, is currently conducting the ‘Clearing the Ground’ inquiry, which seeks to establish whether changes to the law and recent court decisions have adversely affected Christian freedoms … Continue reading
Scottish Social Attitudes Discrimination Module
The level of religious prejudice in Scotland in 2010 was much the same as in 2006, notwithstanding significant legislative and other activities to counter it by both the UK and Scottish Governments during the intervening years. Moreover, Scottish attitudes to … Continue reading
Posted in Attitudes towards Religion, Official data, Survey news
Tagged acquaintances, banks, Christians, crucifixes, discrimination, employment, Equality and Human Rights Commission (Scotland), headscarves, Hindus, identity, Islamophobia, Jews, John Curtice, marriage, Muslims, primary school teachers, Rachel Ormston, relationships, religious dress, religious prejudice, ScotCen, Scotland, Scottish Centre for Social Research, Scottish Government, Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, Sikhs, Susan McConville, Susan Reid, turbans, veils
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Religion and Belief in Higher Education
Fresh empirical insights into the state of religion in UK higher education are offered in a new report commissioned by the Equality Challenge Unit, undertaken on its behalf by researchers at the University of Derby, and launched on 11 July. … Continue reading
Posted in Attitudes towards Religion, Survey news
Tagged campus facilities, discrimination, Equality Challenge Unit, harassment, higher education, importance of religion, Kieran Bentley, monitoring, Nicki Moore, Paul Weller, Religious Affiliation, toleration, Tristram Hooley, University of Derby, university students
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Perceptions of Discrimination
Today’s news includes a report that two devout Christians running a private hotel in Cornwall have been found to be in breach of the Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2007 for refusing to allow a gay couple to share a … Continue reading
Posted in Survey news
Tagged Anti-Semitism, atheists, Christianophobia, Christians, discrimination, Islamophobia, Jews, Muslims, prejudice, The Sun, YouGov
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Not Ashamed – Christianity in Britain
Some sections of British evangelical Christianity feel increasingly beleaguered in the face of what they perceive as the progressive marginalization of their faith, at the hands of the law, the media, government and employers. Christian Concern is one organization seeking … Continue reading
Posted in News from religious organisations, Religion in public debate, Survey news
Tagged Christian Concern, Christian country, Christian Legal Centre, Christian symbols, Christianity, Christians, ComRes, conscience, cross, discrimination, employers. employment, foster care, freedom of speech, health care workers, homosexuality, Muslims, Not Ashamed, prayer, religious freedom, workplace
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Understanding Society
On 13 December the Economic and Social Data Service (ESDS) made an interim release of data for the general population component from Wave 1, Year 1 (running from 8 January 2009 to 7 March 2010) of Understanding Society, the new … Continue reading
Posted in Official data, Survey news
Tagged British Household Panel Survey, church attendance, discrimination, Economic and Social Data Service, Economic and Social Research Council, employment, harassment, Institute for Social and Economic Research, longitudinal studies, National Centre for Social Research, Religious Affiliation, religious beliefs, Understanding Society, United Kingdom Household Longitudinal Study
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Equality and Human Rights Commission – New Research
We recently highlighted the publication of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC)’s first triennial review, and of its relevance for British religious statistics. See http://www.brin.ac.uk/news/?p=656 We can now report that the EHRC has commissioned two new research papers, which, … Continue reading