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Tag Archives: force for good
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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Papal Visit Anniversary
Seven-tenths of the British public can still recall Pope Benedict XVI’s state and pastoral visit to Scotland and England, which took place from 16 to 19 September 2010, but fewer than one-third consider that his presence here was good for … Continue reading
Posted in News from religious organisations, Survey news
Tagged aggressive secularism, Catholic Communications Network, child sex abuse, family values, force for good, God, morals, Opinion Research Business, papal visit, political correctness, Pope Benedict XVI, Roman Catholic Church, schools, self-assessed religiosity, self-assessed spirituality, spiritual values
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YouGov@Cambridge on Religion
On 30 April last, we reported on the virtual launch of YouGov@Cambridge (a collaboration between pollsters YouGov and the University of Cambridge’s Department of Politics and International Studies) and on the interim results from the first annual YouGov@Cambridge census of British … Continue reading
Posted in Attitudes towards Religion, church attendance, Religion and Politics, Survey news
Tagged bigotry, children, church, church attendance, conflict, decline, force for good, God, higher spiritual power, intolerance, misery, organized religion, politics, prayer, Religious Affiliation, science, self-assessed religiosity, University of Cambridge Department of Politics and International Studies, upbringing, YouGov, YouGov@Cambridge
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Ipsos Global @dvisor Surveys Religion
Forced to choose, no fewer than 71% of Britons contend that ‘religious beliefs promote intolerance, exacerbate ethnic divisions, and impede social progress in developing and developed nations alike’. Only 29% say the polar opposite, that ‘religion provides the common values … Continue reading
Searchlight on Religion
A major new source of public opinion data on religion and inter-faith relations has just become available in the form of a Populus poll for Searchlight Educational Trust. The survey is of unusual importance in terms of the number of … Continue reading
Posted in church attendance, Religion in public debate, Survey news
Tagged Christians, church attendance, English nationalism, extremism, force for good, freedom of speech, Hindus, importance of religion, inter-faith relations, Islam, Islamophobia, Jews, legislation, mosques, multiculturalism, Muslims, personal identity, politics, Populus, religious abuse, Religious Affiliation, religious leaders, religious prejudice, Searchlight Educational Trust, Sikhs, violence
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Populus on the Papal Visit
The opinion pollsters continue to pick up business from the now imminent papal visit to Scotland and England. Following the ComRes/BBC and YouGov/ITV surveys carried out among Catholics, reported by BRIN on Sunday and Monday, today brings a study of … Continue reading
Posted in Survey news
Tagged abortion, child abuse, contraception, force for good, force for ill, gay adoption, homosexuality, paedophilia, papal visit, Pope Benedict XVI, Populus, Roman Catholic Church, Ruth Gledhill, Sam Coates, sexual abuse, The Times, tolerance, understanding, women priests
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