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Tag Archives: atheists
Counting Religion in Britain, February 2021
Counting Religion in Britain, No. 65, February 2021 features 30 new sources of British religious statistics. The contents list appears below and a PDF version of the full text can be downloaded from the following link: No 65 February 2021 … Continue reading
Posted in Attitudes towards Religion, Covid-19, Historical studies, Ministry studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, People news, Religion and Ethnicity, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Religious Census, Religious prejudice, Survey news
Tagged Abderrahmane Labreche, abortion, All Party Parliamentary Group on British Muslims, Andrew Village, Andy Goodliff, anti-Semitic incidents, Anti-Semitism, Arts and Humanities Research Council, Atheism UK, atheists, attendance at religious services, Baptist Union of Great Britain, Bible, Bible Society, Black Britons, Board of Deputies of British Jews, British Academy, British Association for the Study of Religions, British Future, British Muslim Heritage Centre, British Social Attitudes Survey, carbon footprint, Christian Aid, Christian Conference Trust, Christian event organizers, Christian Research, Christians, Church Leaders Panel, Church of England, Church Times, clergy, climate change, Community Life Survey, Community Security Trust, coronavirus, Covid-19, David Voas, developing countries, Economic and Social Research Council, ethnic and religious minorities, EVENS, Evidence for Equality National Survey, getting ahead in life, Greater Manchester, Henry Jackson Society, higher education, Humanist Society Scotland, Humanists UK, ICM Unlimited, importance of religion, infections, Institute of Jainology, Ipsos-MORI, Islamophobia, Jake Puddle, Jews, Jill Rutter, Journal of Beliefs and Values, Kantar Public, Katie Harrison, King's College London, Labour Party, Leslie Francis, lockdown, London, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Mental Health, Milton Keynes, Mohammad Seddon, mortality, Muslim Census, Muslims, NatCen Social Research, Open University, parish finance, places of worship, psychological type, Religious Affiliation, religious census, religious divisions, religious prejudice, renewal, Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, retired clergy, Roman Catholics, Samuel Nunney, Savanta ComRes, Scotland, Scottish Surveys Core Questions, sectarianism, Serena Hussain, Society for the Protection of Unborn Children, Stephen McKinney, Strictly Orthodox Jews, Survation, Tearfund, theology, theology and religious studies, Together Initiative, University of Manchester, University of York, Ursula McKenna, vaccines, World Vision UK, YouGov, Young People’s Attitude to Religious Diversity Project, YourNeighbour, Youthscape Centre for Research
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Counting Religion in Britain, June 2019
Counting Religion in Britain, No. 45, June 2019 features 15 new sources of British religious statistics. The contents list appears below and a PDF version of the full text can be downloaded from the following link: No 45 June 2019 … Continue reading
Posted in Historical studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Religious beliefs, Religious prejudice, Survey news
Tagged agnostics, Allchurches Trust, Annual Population Survey, atheists, British Journal of Religious Education, British Sikh Report, Cathal O’Siochru, charitable giving, children’s and young people’s ministry, Church of England, Conservative Party, Crime Survey for England and Wales, David Lundie, diversity, EasterPilgrim, Gallup Inc, Gallup World Poll, gift aid, higher education students, Hope Not Hate, Islamophobia, Jonathan Lanman, Kantar Public, LentPilgrim, Lois Lee, London, Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime, Miguel Farias, Muslims, Office for National Statistics, Office for Students, parental right of withdrawal, Qualtrics Panels, Religious Affiliation, religious education, religious fundamentalism, safeguarding, science, Scottish Government, Sikhs, Social Surveys (Gallup Poll) Ltd, Stephen Bullivant, terrorism, Understanding Unbelief Programme, Wellcome Global Monitor, Wellcome Trust, Will Jennings, YouGov
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Religiosity and Other News
Self-assessed religiosity In our post of 11 January 2015, we reported on the British results from the WIN/Gallup International End of Year 2014 poll, focusing on a question about trust in religious professionals, but also noting findings on two … Continue reading
Posted in News from religious organisations, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Survey news
Tagged Annual Population Survey, atheists, British Social Attitudes Survey, church growth, Church of England, Democratic Audit, Faith in Research, Ingrid Storm, Islam, life satisfaction, Linda Woodhead, Mark Hart, Muslims, non-Muslims, Office for National Statistics, ORB International, Religiosity, religious person, Sky News, Survation, well-being, WIN/Gallup International
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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
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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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Discrimination, Identity, and Other News
The eight stories in today’s post feature a range of topics, but religious discrimination and religious identity especially stand out. It should be noted that the latest statistical bulletin for the Government’s Integrated Household Survey, covering the calendar year 2012 … Continue reading
Posted in church attendance, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Rites of Passage, Survey news
Tagged armed forces, atheists, Brierley Consultancy, Christian Research, Christians, Church of England, Church of Scotland, Citizenship Survey, climate change, ComRes, discrimination, disinvestment, Equality and Human Rights Commission, face veil, fossil fuels, freedom to practice religion, HM Inspectorate of Prisons, Independent on Sunday, Islamophobia, Jews, marriages, Ministry of Defence, Muslims, Office for National Statistics, Operation Noah, religious activity, religious dress, Religious Identity, Resonate, Scotland, Scottish Household Survey, Steve Bruce, Sunday Mirror, Sundays, time use, Tony Glendinning, YouGov
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Faith of the Faithless
‘Whatever the trends in affiliation to formalised religion in Britain, we are not a post-religious, still less a post-spiritual, society, and … even those “beyond the fringe” – who do not call themselves religious, attend religious services or believe in … Continue reading