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Tag Archives: Islamophobia
Gender and Religion and Other News
Today BRIN features the third instalment of findings from the YouGov poll commissioned in connection with the 2013 series of Westminster Faith Debates, plus the usual miscellany of other British religious statistical news. Gender and religion There is little public … Continue reading
Posted in News from religious organisations, Religion in public debate, Survey news, visualisation
Tagged Albert Jewell, anti-Muslim incidents, child abuse, Church of England, ComRes, Dress, European Values Study, gender, gender segregation, hymns, image of the Church, Inge Sieben, Islamophobia, Janet Eldred, Journal of Applied Arts & Health, Linda Woodhead, Loek Halman, Marga van Zundert, Measuring Anti-Muslim Attacks, Mental Health, Michael Jackson, Michael Lowis, parish level, policies, Pope, Premier Media Group, religious leadership, Research Group of the Christian Council on Ageing, Roman Catholic Church, separate education, teachings and traditions, Tell MAMA, Westminster Faith Debates, women, YouGov
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Religion and Voting and Other News
Four stories are covered in today’s BRIN post, including new data on religion and prospective voting behaviour. Religion and voting Two new large-scale polls (from YouGov and Populus) shed light on the relationship between religion and voting intentions since UKIP’s … Continue reading
Posted in church attendance, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Survey news
Tagged al-Qaeda, Angus Reid Public Opinion, blood donation, Chatham House, Christian Research, churchgoers, English Defence League, fleshandblood, Islam, Islamism, Islamophobia, Kore, Lord Ashcroft, Matthew Goodwin, Muslims, NHS Blood and Transplant, organ donation, politics, Populus, Religious Affiliation, terrorism, voting, 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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Attitudes to Muslims
The year 2012 ended with the revelation that the Muslim community in England and Wales had grown by 75% between the 2001 and 2011 censuses of population. This basic demographic fact, combined with the increasingly prominent role and voice which … Continue reading
Posted in Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Survey news
Tagged Ben Clements, British Social Attitudes Surveys, cartoon, Charlie Hebdo, freedom of expression, freedom of speech, hate crime, Innocence of Muslims, integration, Islam, Islamophobia, Journal of Contemporary Religion, Muslims, offence, Prophet Muhammad, solidarity of the religious, United States, YouGov, Youtube
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Churchgoing in York and Other News
Herewith three news items which have come to hand during the final week of October: Churchgoing in York The churchgoing history of York from 1764 to the present day is recounted, statistically, in part II (chapter 6, pp. 113-56) of … Continue reading
Posted in church attendance, Historical studies, News from religious organisations, Survey news
Tagged Anti-Semitism, Back to Church Sunday, Baptist Union, BIG Welcome, Christianophobia, Christians, church attendance, church growth, David Goodhew, Elim Pentecostal Church, Islamophobia, Jews, Methodist Church, mission, Muslims, prejudice, Religious discrimination, Robin Gill, York, YouGov
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Respect for Clergy and Other News
Herewith some news stories about British religious statistics which have come to hand during the past fortnight; they are arranged in order of release date. Evangelicals and Money Evangelical Christians are not immune from the economic downturn, with 15% feeling … Continue reading
Posted in News from religious organisations, Survey news
Tagged Angus Reid Public Opinion, Archbishop of Canterbury, Canada, Christian Research, Church of England, clergy, ComRes, Cpanel, English Heritage, Evangelical Alliance, evangelicals, freedom of expression, heritage, Innocence of Muslims, Islamophobia, ministers, money, Newman Demographic Survey, Pastoral Research Centre, places of worship, priests, professions, Resonate, respect, Roman Catholic Church, Rowan Williams, tolerance, United States of America, women bishops
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Rating Rowan Williams and Other New Sources
There follows a round-up of British religious statistics published between 26 and 28 September 2012, arranged in order of their date of release. Additionally, it should be noted that, although the Office for National Statistics issued a statistical bulletin on … Continue reading
Posted in News from religious organisations, Religion and Politics, Religion in the Press, Survey news
Tagged Arab Spring, Archbishop of Canterbury, BBC Local Radio, Ben Clements, British Social Attitudes Survey, Church of England, ComRes, cultural boycott, democracy, English Baccalaureate, GCSEs, Innocence of Muslims, Islam, Islamophobia, Israel, Jewish Chronicle, Journal of Contemporary Religion, Muslim world, National Association of Teachers of Religious Education, religious education, religious groups, Rowan Williams, schools, The Guardian, United States, violence, West, YouGov
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August YouGov Polls on Political Issues
Herewith a round-up of recent YouGov polls touching on the interaction of religion and politics. ‘Doing God’ The majority of Britons are keen to keep religion apart from politics, according to a study published on 13 September 2012. 81% affirmed … Continue reading
Posted in Religion and Politics, Survey news
Tagged China, Christianity, DWF, Extremis Project, France, Germany, government, influence of religion, Islam, Islamophobia, legislation, Matthew Goodwin, Middle East and North Africa, Muslims, Olympic Games, Pakistan, Paralympic Games, political parties, politicians, politics, prejudice, public office, Religious Affiliation, religious leaders, shopping, Sunday Times, Sunday trading, United States, voting, YouGov, YouGov@Cambridge
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British Social Attitudes, 2011
The twenty-ninth report from the British Social Attitudes (BSA) Survey was published by NatCen Social Research on 17 September 2012, less than a year after the completion of the fieldwork (June-November 2011) on which it is based. As usual, the … Continue reading
Posted in church attendance, Religion and Ethnicity, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Survey news
Tagged Alison Park, BBC, British Social Attitudes Survey, church attendance, David Utting, Elizabeth Clery, Immigration, Islamophobia, John Curtice, marriage, migration, Miranda Phillips, moral issues, Muslims, NatCen Social Research, Pakistan, RE:THINK 2012, Religious Affiliation, religious services, students, TNS-BMRB
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