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Tag Archives: Archbishop of Canterbury
Twixtmas News
Hopefully, BRIN readers have had a good rest over Christmas. In case any of you ‘switched off’ from the religious statistical news during the festivities, here is a round-up of seven stories which made headlines between 24 and 29 … Continue reading
Posted in Official data, People news, Religion and Politics, Religion in the Press, Religious beliefs, Survey news
Tagged AB InBev, alcohol, Archbishop of Canterbury, Archbishop of Westminster, attributes of a democracy, Body Mass Index, Christmas carols, Christmas Day working, Christmas story, Classic FM, clergy, ComRes, Deborah Lycett, first-time voters, Health Survey for England, Jesus Christ, Journal of Religion and Health, Justin Welby, Labour Force Survey, moral leadership, Obesity, Office for National Statistics, Opinium Research, religious festivals, self-assessed religiosity, Sunday Times, The Observer, Vincent Nichols, YouGov
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Huffington Post and Other Polls
Huffington Post religion poll As part of its new ‘Beyond Belief’ series, The Huffington Post UK commissioned Survation to carry out a short online survey about religion among 2,004 Britons on 31 October and 1 November 2014. Results were … Continue reading
Posted in Survey news
Tagged alcohol, Archbishop of Canterbury, Ashers Baking Company, atheists, Channel 4 News, child abuse, Church of England, Church Times, clergy, ComRes, confused.com, Equality Commission for Northern Ireland, ghosts, Halloween, haunted houses, Huffington Post, Jessica Elgot, Jonathan Chaplin, life after death, Linda Woodhead, morality, OnePoll, Opinium Research. Populus, religion as cause of harm, Religious Affiliation, religious hate crimes, same-sex marriage, self-assessed religiosity, Sunday Times, supernatural, Survation, The Sun, YouGov
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Young Religion and Other News
Today’s authoritative post by BRIN associate Dr Ben Clements on survey trends in religious attitudes to euthanasia will be a hard act to follow, but hopefully these eight items of religious statistical news will still be of interest to some … Continue reading
Posted in Attitudes towards Religion, church attendance, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Ethnicity, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Religion in the Press, Survey news
Tagged Andrew Village, Archbishop of Canterbury, Bradford, Christians, Church of England, Church Times, Cumbria, David Graham, deprivation, God, government, Government Equalities Office, Hillingdon, Institute for Jewish Policy Research, internet, Internet Archive, Ipsos-MORI, Jews, Jonathan Boyd, Kevin Stenson, King's College London, Laura Staetsky, Leslie Francis, Linda Woodhead, London, Martyn Evans, Methodist ministers, Methodist Recorder, Michael Hirst, Muslims, Newham, Nicola Madge, Peter Brierley, Peter Hemming, Peter Webster, politcians, politics, public consultation, Rowan Williams, same-sex marriage, secondary schools, Sharia law, YouGov, young people
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Vicar of Dibley and Other News
You can tell that it is the mid-summer ‘silly season’, when hard news is more difficult to come by, if BRIN has to lead a post on the fictional sitcom The Vicar of Dibley! However, we also find space for … Continue reading
Posted in News from religious organisations, Official data, People news, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Religion in public debate, Religion in the Press, Religious Census, Survey news
Tagged Aliens, Alternative Queen's Speech, anti-Semitic incidents, Anti-Semitism, Archbishop of Canterbury, Ask Jeeves, atheism, Burka, census of population, Church of England, community projects, Community Security Trust, Conservative MPs, David Graham, David Ward, Diocese of London, face coverings, God, haredim, Institute for Jewish Policy Research, Islamophobia, Israel, Jesus Christ, Justin Welby, Liberal Democrat Voice, Liberal Democrats, Opinium Research, payday loans, predictions, Religious Affiliation, religious dress, Rev, Second Coming, Social Capital, television comedies, The Times, u-turns, Vicar of Dibley, Wonga, YouGov
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Easter Day with the Sunday Times
Just a fortnight after its last batch of questions on religion, the Sunday Times has taken advantage of its Easter Day publication to include another module in its weekly online omnibus poll conducted by YouGov. On this occasion, 1,918 Britons … Continue reading
Posted in church attendance, Religion in the Press, Survey news
Tagged Archbishop of Canterbury, church attendance, Church of England, Dipesh Gadher, Easter, God, homosexuality, importance of religion, in touch, Jesus Christ, Justin Welby, moral leadership, out of touch, parents, Pope Francis I, religious country, Resurrection, Rowan Williams, same-sex marriage, self-assessed religiosity, Son of God, Sunday Times, trust in clergy, women bishops, YouGov
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Winter 2013 Cpanel
The results of two modules from the winter 2013 Cpanel of churchgoers have been released by their sponsors this Eastertide, doubtless in a bid to grab the public’s attention at a time of year when religion has traditionally taken centre … Continue reading
Posted in News from religious organisations, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Survey news
Tagged advertising, Archbishop of Canterbury, C4M, churchgoers, Coalition for Marriage, ComRes, Conservative Party, Cpanel, David Cameron, freedom of religious expression, government, homosexuality, image of the Church, Justin Welby, local places of worship, media, Premier Christian Radio, rights of Christians, same-sex marriage, voting
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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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Welcome to 2013
Welcome to 2013! All of us at BRIN wish our readers every success and happiness in the New Year. We thank you for using our website (there have been over 360,000 page views to date). We sincerely hope that not … Continue reading
Posted in Historical studies, News from religious organisations, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Religion in the Press, Survey news
Tagged 1960s, Archbishop of Canterbury, Automobile Association, Bishops, Boydell Press, Callum Brown, Christmas carols, Church Commissioners, Church of England, Classic FM, costs, Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph, demography, Hannah Stuart, Henry Jackson Society, Houriya Ahmed, media, Muslim Council of Britain, number 13, O Holy Night, Populus, public sphere, religious festivals, secularization, superstitions, The Guardian, triskaidekaphobia, vehicle registration plates, women
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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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