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Tag Archives: Burka
Counting Religion in Britain, August 2018
Counting Religion in Britain, No. 35, August 2018 features 22 new sources. It can be read in full below. Alternatively, you can download the PDF version: No 35 August 2018 OPINION POLLS Boris Johnson and the burka The debate over the … Continue reading
Posted in Attitudes towards Religion, church attendance, Ministry studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Ethnicity, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Religion in public debate, Religious beliefs, Religious Census, Religious prejudice, Survey news
Tagged A Levels, Allan Vint, Anti-Semitism, apology, Asian elephants, attendance at religious services, BBC Asian Network, BMG Research, Boris Johnson, Brexit, British Asians, Burka, census of population, Censuswide, Charity Awareness Monitor, Church of England, Church of Scotland, church schools, ComRes, Conservative Party, criticism of Christianity, dating apps, Deltapoll, Department for Education, discipline, division and conflict, Donald Trump, England, ethnicity, European Union, evangelicals, Faith schools, Fraser Sutherland, GCSEs, Greg Smith, Hindus, Humanist Society Scotland, Humanists UK, Immigration, importance of religion, inter-faith relationships, Ipsos-MORI, Islamophobia, Israel, Jeremy Corbyn, Jewish News, Jews, Joint Council for Qualifications, Labour Party, lifestyle, Linda Woodhead, local politicians, Matthew Weldon, ministry, Muslims, National Records of Scotland, National Secular Society, Newsbeat, nfpSynergy, Opinium Research, personal identity, populism, Populus, Radio 4, Rafaela Dancygier, Religion State and Society, Religious Affiliation, religious beliefs, religious broadcasting, religious prejudice, Religious Statistics, religious studies, school admissions, Scotland, Scottish Government, Sikhs, Sky Data, social integration, Sun on Sunday, Sunday Express, Survation, Tell MAMA, The Observer, Thought for the Day, tourism, Tunisia, uniformed organizations, volunteering, YouGov, Young People in Scotland Survey, Youth United Foundation
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Counting Religion in Britain, February 2018
Counting Religion in Britain, No. 29, February 2018 features 18 new sources. It can be read in full below. Alternatively, you can download the PDF version: No 29 February 2018 OPINION POLLS Female suffrage anniversary To commemorate the then impending … Continue reading
Posted in Ministry studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, religious festivals, Religious prejudice, Rites of Passage, Survey news
Tagged Amazon, Ann Casson, anti-Semitic incidents, Anti-Semitism, Baptist ministers, Baptist Quarterly, BBC Radio 5 Live, Billy Graham, British Social Attitudes Surveys, Burka, Christian-ethos schools, Christine Brewster, Church House Publishing, Church of England, Church Urban Fund, church-based social action, Community Security Trust, ComRes, contraceptive pill, Core Issues Trust, Crime Survey for England and Wales, David Lankshear, disestablishment, disrespect, Emma Eccles, Francis Scale of Attitude toward Christianity, Harry Drake, hate speech, Heather Buckingham, Home Office, homosexuality, Immigration, Islam, Islamophobia, Kantar Public, Lent, Leslie Francis, Lucy Moor, marriages, Mental Health Religion and Culture, Ministry of Justice, mosques, Muslim Council of Britain, Muslims, National Health Service, Office for National Statistics, Patrick Laycock, Paul Beasley-Murray, Populus, Prospect, psychological type scales, reading habits, Reform, Religious Affiliation, religious festivals, religious figures, religious prejudice, religious studies, secondary schools, Silvia Sim, Siobhan McAndrew, spiritual development, suffrage, Syria, Tom Owton, Tom Sefton, Trevor Cooling, University of Bristol, University of Essex, University of Strathclyde, University of Texas, Voices of the Silenced, vote, Vue Piccadilly, Wealth and Assets Survey, Wing Chan, women, YouGov
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Counting Religion in Britain, April 2017
Counting Religion in Britain, No. 19, April 2017 features 27 new sources. It can be read in full below. Alternatively, you can download the PDF version: No 19 April 2017 OPINION POLLS Lenten abstinence and Easter activities Just under one-fifth … Continue reading
Posted in Attitudes towards Religion, church attendance, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Ethnicity, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Religion in the Press, Religious beliefs, religious festivals, Religious prejudice, Survey news
Tagged 9dot-research, abstinence, academic research, active membership of religious groups, attendance at religious services, BBC, Ben Clements, Benedict XVI Centre for Religion and Society, BMG Research, Brexit, British Household Panel Survey, British Sociological Association, Burka, Cadbury, Care for the Family, census of population, Chris Dibben, Christian Institute, church attendance, church growth, church membership, Church of England, Church of England Newspaper, Church Times, ComRes, Daily Telegraph, David Voas, David Wright, Dermot O’Reilly, Easter, Easter eggs, Englishness, ethnic minorities, European Union, Faith in Research, family, Francesca Montemaggi, free school meals, freedom of expression, FutureFirst, general election, Gillian Raab, Global Religious Landscape, government restrictions on religion, Health and Place, homosexuality, HOPE, identity, income, Ingrid Storm, integration, Islam, Islamophobia, James Crouch, Jesus Christ, Jewish students, Journal of Contemporary Religion, labour market, Lent, life after death, Lord Ashcroft, Mark Hart, Maureen Glackin, Methodist Church, Methodist Recorder, Michael Rosato, Muslims, National Trust, National Union of Students, Natural Environment Research Council, niqab, non-religion, Northern Ireland, Opinium Research, Oven Pride, Paul Boyle, Paul Nuttall, Peter Brierley, Pew Research Center, politicians, Priya Minhas, Religious Affiliation, religious dress, religious festivals, religious freedom, religious nones, religious views, Research Councils UK, Resurrection, Roman Catholic schools, Sadek Hamid, Scotland, Scottish Affairs, Scottish church census, Scottish Social Attitudes Surveys, sectarian disadvantage, secularization, sin, Stephen Bullivant, Steve Bruce, Syrian refugees, The Observer, The Times, Theresa May, Tim Farron, toleration, Tony Glendinning, transmission of faith, Trevor Phillips, United Kingdom Independence Party, voting, YouGov, youth
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Counting Religion in Britain, September 2016
Counting Religion in Britain, No. 12, September 2016 features 26 new sources. It can be read in full below. Alternatively, you can download the PDF version: no-12-september-2016 OPINION POLLS Religious affiliation Lord Ashcroft’s latest large-scale political poll, conducted online among … Continue reading
Posted in Historical studies, Ministry studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Religious beliefs, Religious prejudice, Rites of Passage, Survey news
Tagged American Journal of Sociology, Angus Ritchie, Anti-Semitism, Astley-Francis Scale of Attitude toward Theistic Belief, athletes, BBC, Berry Billingsley, Beth Green, British Social Attitudes Survey, Bryan Wilson, Burka, burkini, Campaign against Antisemitism, Cathedrals, Centre for Theology and Community, Christian Research, Christopher Alan Lewis, church bell-ringing, church growth, Church in Wales, church membership, Church of England, circumcision, clergy, Co-operative Funeralcare, David Voas, discrimination, Evangelical Alliance, evangelicals, funeral music, human extinction, importance of religion, Ipsos-MORI, Islamophobia, Jewish Chronicle, Labour Party, Leslie Francis, London, Lord Ashcroft, lucky charms, Mark Chaves, Mental Health Religion and Culture, Muslims, obsessions, Oxford University Press, parish finance, practising Christians, Religious Affiliation, religious apocalypse, religious dress, Resonate, rites of passage, science, ScotCen Social Research, Scottish Election Study, Scottish Government, Scottish Household Survey, Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, secularization, Soul Survivor, Steve Bruce, supernatural, theistic belief, Tim Thorlby, Union of Jewish Students, United States of America, YouGov
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Mid-Summer Miscellany
Burka The burka (and thus Islam) has been in the news again during the past week, partly because the European Court of Human Rights has upheld France’s ban on wearing the full face-veil in public (a similar ban also … Continue reading
Posted in Historical studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Survey news
Tagged Association of Convenience Stores, Burka, Catholic Directory, church, clergy, Clive Field, ComRes, Contemporary British History, crime, Islamophobia, Janine McKenna, jihad, Kathryn Skivington, Muslims, Opinium Research, Pastoral Research Centre, religious authority, religious dress, religious hatred, Roman Catholic Church, Scotland, Scottish Government Social Research, sectarianism, secularization, Sunday Times, Sunday trading, Tony Spencer, YouGov
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Religious Vote and Other News
Is there a religious vote? A religious vote continues to exist in Britain, particularly as regards disproportionate Anglican and Jewish preferences for the Conservative Party and Catholic and Muslim preferences for the Labour Party. However, the association between religion and … Continue reading
Posted in Historical studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Religious Census, Survey news
Tagged Alternative Vote Referendum Study, Ben Clements, British Election Studies, British Social Attitudes Surveys, Burka, census of population, Church of England, Church Urban Fund, counting blessings, credit unions, disestablishment. European Values Surveys, gypsies, Ipsos-MORI, Irish travellers, Islamophobia, Journal of Anglican Studies, Muslims, Nick Spencer, Olivier Roy, Pew Global Attitudes Surveys, political values, politics, Religious Affiliation, religious dress, Theos, voting, YouGov
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Faith Schools and Other News
Seven religious statistical stories feature in today’s post, including five newly-released YouGov polls, four touching on aspects of religious prejudice, and leading with a major study of attitudes to faith schools. Faith schools In our post of 2 September 2013, … Continue reading
Posted in church attendance, News from religious organisations, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Survey news
Tagged Andrew Village, Anti-Semitism, Association for the Scientific Study of Anomalous Phenomena, Burka, Church of Scotland, churchgoers, courtrooms, Ecumenism, evolution, face veil, Faith schools, football, Football Association, ghosts, hijab, hospitals, Islamophobia, Jews, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Linda Woodhead, Muslims, niqab, prejudice, psychological type, religious dress, schools, Scotland, Sunday Times, Sylvia Baker, The Sun, Tottenham Hotspur FC, UFOs, Westminster Faith Debates, Yids, YouGov
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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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