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Tag Archives: Church and State
Bible Versus Darwin and Other News
Bible versus Darwin Given a list of 30 books, and invited to select three which they considered to be most valuable to humanity (as opposed to having read or enjoyed), 37% of the 2,044 adult Britons recently questioned by … Continue reading
Posted in church attendance, News from religious organisations, Religion and Politics, Survey news
Tagged Association for Promoting Retreats, Ben Wilson, Bible, blasphemy, Catholic Directory, Charles Darwin, Christian Institute, Church and State, church attendance, Church of England, ComRes, disestablishment, Equality Here Now, Folio Society, Iraq, Iraqi Christians, Islamic State, ITV News, Jewish News, Jews, joiners and leavers, Koran, Origin of Species, Pastoral Research Centre Trust, Religious Liberty, retreats, Roman Catholic Church, Scottish Affairs, sectarianism, Steve Bruce, Sunday Times, Syria, television and film, Tony Spencer, voting, YouGov
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Scottish Independence and Other News
Scottish independence The referendum on Scottish independence is now behind us (it was held on 18 September 2014), and we know that a majority of residents of Scotland has voted to remain in the United Kingdom. The referendum campaign … Continue reading
Posted in Historical studies, News from religious organisations, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Survey news
Tagged abortion, Ben Clements, Bible, Charity Brand Index, Christmas Starts with Christ, Church and State, Church of England, Clive Field, ComRes, David Voas, establishment, Harris Interactive, homosexuality, Iraq, Islamic State, ITV News, Journal of Contemporary Religion, Lord Ashcroft Polls, Populus, Roman Catholics, Scotland, Scottish independence referendum, Sunday Times, Syria, Third Sector Research, YouGov
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Christmas and Other Themes
The Christmas season always seems to inspire some light-hearted as well as serious research, and our post today includes festive examples of both genres, plus a few other statistical news stories which have come to hand in the past week … Continue reading
Posted in church attendance, Historical studies, News from religious organisations, People news, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Religion in the Press, Survey news
Tagged afterlife, Bible knowledge, Bible Society, businesses, Christmas, Christmas cards, Christmas carols, Church and State, church attendance, Church of England, ComRes, Devil, disestablishment, evolution, fathers, freedom of religion, gender segregation, God, human rights, Jesus Christ, Liberty, nativity, nativity plays, officebroker.com, OnePoll, origin of life on earth, Peter Kellner, Pitney Bowes, politics, Premier Christian Radio, Prospect, religious festivals, Resurrection, Siobhan McAndrew, Sunday Times, The Bible mini-series, The Sun, universities, wise men, YouGov, Your Say Pays
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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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Census Christians
‘UK residents who think of themselves as Christian show very low levels of Christian belief and practice’ and ‘are overwhelmingly secular in their attitudes on a range of issues from gay rights to religion in public life’, according to research … Continue reading
Posted in Attitudes towards Religion, church attendance, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Survey news
Tagged abortion, assisted suicide, Bible, Bishops, Census, Christians, Church and State, churchgoing, collective worship, Creationism, Daily Telegraph, Ekklesia, extra-marital sex, Faith schools, God, heaven, hell, homosexuality, hospital chaplaincy, House of Lords, Ipsos-MORI, Jesus Christ, morality, National Secular Society, official religion, prayer, public life, Religious Affiliation, religious education, Resurrection, Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science (UK), schools, self-assessed religiosity, state religion
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Lords Spiritual
‘Six out of ten Brits think bishops should be booted out of the House of Lords after defeating plans to cap benefits at £26,000 a year.’ So declared The Sun on 25 January 2012, following the poll it commissioned from … Continue reading
Posted in Religion and Politics, Survey news
Tagged Bishops, Church and State, Church of England, House of Lords, John Packer, Parliament, The Sun, Welfare Reform Bill, YouGov
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Occupy London, Act II – Enter the Archbishop
Occupy London’s anti-capitalist campsite outside St Paul’s Cathedral has now been there for three weeks and seems dug in for the long haul. The Dean and Chapter and the wider leadership of the Church of England have been increasingly challenged … Continue reading
Posted in News from religious organisations, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Survey news
Tagged anti-capitalism, Archbishop of Canterbury, Church and State, Church of England, City of London, ComRes, Corporation of London, ICM Research, Occupy London, politics, protest, Rowan Williams, St Paul's Cathedral, St Paul's Institute, Sunday Times, The Guardian, YouGov
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Occupy London and St Paul’s Cathedral
The photograph of St Paul’s Cathedral standing proud amid the chaos of the London Blitz was one of the most striking and iconic images of the Second World War, at once tangible evidence of a seeming miracle and a beacon … Continue reading
Posted in Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Religion in the Press, Survey news
Tagged anti-capitalism, anti-Catholicism, Church and State, Church of England, Clive Field, establishment, Giles Fraser, legislation, monarchy, Occupy London, protest, Roman Catholics, St Paul's Cathedral, Sunday Times, YouGov
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Church and State
The recent Royal Wedding, between Prince William and Catherine Middleton (now the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge), gave rise to extensive opinion polling on the subject of British attitudes to the monarchy, and a few of these surveys touched on … Continue reading
