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Tag Archives: politics
Sunday Times Religion Poll
YouGov conducts a weekly online poll for The Sunday Times, and today’s edition includes a special module on religion (with particular reference to attitudes to the Church of England and the Roman Catholic Church), as well as analysing responses to … Continue reading
Posted in News from religious organisations, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Religion in the Press, Survey news
Tagged Archbishop of Canterbury, Argentina, celibacy, child abuse, Church and State, Church of England, Coalition Government, David Cameron, extra-marital sex, Francis I, George Osborne, in touch, Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Justin Welby, out of touch, politics, Pope, priests, Roman Catholic Church, same-sex marriage, South America, Sunday Times, welfare benefits, women bishops, 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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Pope Benedict Departs and Other News
Benedict XVI leaves the papal office today following his resignation earlier in the month, and it is fitting that he should be the lead story in our latest BRIN post. This mostly derives from YouGov’s February 2013 Eurotrack survey, but … Continue reading
Posted in Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Survey news
Tagged Andrea Hatcher, Andy Walton, Coalition Government, conservatism, Denmark, education, Elisabeth Arweck, European Union, Eurotrack, Finland, France, Germany, household finances, Islam, Jewish leaders, Journal of Beliefs & Values, Leslie Francis, Muslim clerics, Nick Spencer, politicians, politics, Pope Benedict XVI, Religion and Society Programme, Religious Affiliation, Religious diversity, religious leaders, religious right, Robert Jackson, Roman Catholic Church, secondary schools, Sweden, Theos, YouGov, young people
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Sunday Times Religion Poll
The Sunday Times took advantage of the expected announcement of the appointment of Justin Welby as the next Archbishop of Canterbury (eventually confirmed on 9 November) to include several questions on religion in the latest weekly omnibus poll which YouGov … Continue reading
Posted in church attendance, Religion and Politics, Religion in the Press, Survey news
Tagged Archbishop of Canterbury, Bishop of Durham, church attendance, Church of England, God, higher power, homosexuality, Justin Welby, politics, Rowan Williams, same-sex marriage, Sunday Times, women bishops, YouGov
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September Snippets
Herewith the headlines from five new sources of British religious statistics, arranged in order of their date of release: Creationism versus Evolution Whereas 51% of Americans still believe that God created human beings in their present form within the last … Continue reading
Posted in News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Politics, Survey news
Tagged Angus Reid Public Opinion, BBC Local Radio, Canada, Church of England, church weddings, ComRes, Creationism, David Cameron, Ed Miliband, Evening Standard, evolution, God, hate crimes, Home Office, human beings, Ipsos-MORI, man of faith, marriage, police, politics, United States of America, women bishops, www.yourchurchwedding.org
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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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Anti-Conservative Vote
Religion is the single most powerful predictor (among eight factors) of an individual’s likelihood to say that they would never vote Conservative, with 44% of those with no faith rejecting the possibility of supporting the Tories, compared with 35% of … Continue reading
London Mayoral Elections
Just a week after the publication of the Demos report Faithful Citizens, which established linkages between people of faith and progressive politics, comes evidence that religious issues are creeping into the forthcoming and hotly-contested elections for London’s Mayor. This is … Continue reading
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
Western European Religion
There is no real consensus of public opinion in matters of religion, according to a new multinational poll from YouGov@Cambridge, published in connection with a symposium on the future of Europe, held at the British Academy on 15 March 2012. … Continue reading
Posted in Attitudes towards Religion, Religion and Politics, Survey news
Tagged children, Christians, church, Denmark, Europe, France, Germany, God, integration, Italy, Muslims, Norway, organized religion, politics, religious upbringing, Sweden, terminal decline, YouGov, YouGov@Cambridge
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