The census of population (2001, 2011, 2021) is the main statistical source for non-Christian and other faiths and groups. Jews…
Very interesting
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As stated in our report, the comment was made by Nick Spencer of the think tank Theos. You could contact…
It does not seem hypocritical, to me, to hold the opinion that people's relationship with God is a personal matter…
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5 responses to “Teaching Christianity and Other News”
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It’s rather annoying that there has been so much coverage of the Oxford survey of Christianity within RE and yet no published data available.
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The Oxford University reserarch referred to here was sponsored by two religious groups with an interest in bringing Christianity to children. One, the Jerusalem Trust is a missionary organisation with a self-confessed proselytising agenda. The other is the Cuilham and St Gabriel’s Trust which bankrolls RE Today, which seeks to reinforce and extend religious education in schools.
We are highly suspicious of the objectivity of this report and find it significant that the poll has not been published – what exactly did they ask in order to get these results?
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BRIN entirely agrees that it would be beneficial if the full data tables from the teaching Christianity poll could be published.
They have still not appeared on the YouGov website, so BRIN will contact Oxford University’s Department of Education to see whether they can be made available.
In the meantime, BRIN readers may be interested in a related recent publication from the Oxford Department:
Nigel Fancourt, TEACHING ABOUT CHRISTIANITY IN RELIGIOUS EDUCATION: A REVIEW OF RESEARCH (2012)
It is available at:
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Thank you for the link .
I look forward to finding out if you receive a response from Oxford University’s Department of Education.
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