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Counting Religion in Britain, January 2019

Posted on February 2, 2019 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 40, January 2019 features 22 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 40 January 2019 OPINION … Continue reading →

Posted in church attendance, Historical studies, Ministry studies, News from religious organisations, Religion and Ethnicity, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Religion in public debate, Religion Online, Religious beliefs, Religious prejudice, Survey news | Tagged Abdullah Sahin, abortion, Adam Stevenson, adolescents, Aliens, Andrew Blick, Andrew Fincham, Andrew Village, Anti-Semitism, Antisemitism Policy Trust, apartheid state, attendance at religious services, BBC, biologists, Board of Deputies of British Jews, boycott, Brexit, British Election Study, British Political Facts, Censuswide, Christopher Scheitle, church attendance, Church of England, Church Times, Civic Engagement, clergy, Clive Field, Common Era, Community Security Trust, David Butler, David Graham, disestablishment, Elaine Howard Ecklund, Eurobarometer, European Commission Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers, European Union, euthanasia, Gallup International, GfK, ghosts, God, Google searches, Holiness, holocaust, Holocaust Memorial Day Trust, Institute for Jewish Policy Research, Ipsos Global Advisor, Ipsos-MORI, Israel, Jared Peifer, Jewish schools, Jonathan Boyd, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Kantar UK, Karam Dana, Kassra Oskooii, Leslie Francis, Local Historian, local preachers, Martin Petzke, Methodist Church, Middle East, missionary societies, monarchy, mosque attendance, Muslims, National Secular Society, Opinion Matters, ORB International, Palgrave Macmillan, physicists, political engagement, politics, Pope Francis, predictions, psychological type, Quakers, referendum, Religion among Scientists in International Context, Religions, Religious Affiliation, Religious discrimination, religious prejudice, Roger Mortimore, scientists, ScotCen Social Research, Scotland, Scottish Health Survey, Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, Social Science History, Springer, Sunday Telegraph, supernatural, Supreme Governor, University Challenge, Ursula McKenna, victimization, YouGov, Young People’s Attitudes toward Religious Diversity Project | Leave a comment

Mid-Summer Miscellany

Posted on June 20, 2015 by Clive D. Field

Christian voters: post-election A ComRes poll for Tearfund published on 17 June 2015, and conducted online between 14 and 17 May, revealed details of how 1,507 practising (churchgoing) UK Christians had engaged with the 2015 general election on 7 … Continue reading →

Posted in church attendance, News from religious organisations, Religion and Ethnicity, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Religious prejudice, Survey news | Tagged BMEs, Bright Blue, church attendance, church growth, Church of Scotland, Civic Engagement, ComRes, David Voas, Ethnic Minority British Election Survey, European Sociological Review, European Values Study, football matches, general election, Geoff Knott, Immigration, Ingrid Storm, Islamic Relief, Islamophobia, Jubilee Plus, Loek Halman, Mark Littler, Matthew Feldman, Muslims, National Church and Social Action Surveys, Neil Davidson, Nienke Moor, OnePoll, practising Christians, Ramadan, religious freedom, religious prejudice, religiously aggravated offending, Scotland, sectarianism, secularization, Social Capital, Stefanie Doebler, Sunday Times, Survation, Tearfund, Teesside University, Tell MAMA, voting, Wil Arts, YouGov | Leave a comment

Faithful Citizens

Posted on April 8, 2012 by Clive D. Field

‘Religious citizens in the UK are more likely to be civically engaged and politically active than their non-religious counterparts. They are also more likely to hold progressive political values on a number of important political and economic questions at the … Continue reading →

Posted in Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Religion in public debate, Survey news | Tagged Citizenship Survey, Civic Engagement, Demos, European Values Study, Jonathan Birdwell, Mark Littler, political activism, political values, politics, Social Capital, Stephen Timms | 1 Comment

Citizenship Survey Topic Reports, 2009/10

Posted on December 28, 2011 by Clive D. Field

The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) released three topic reports on the Citizenship Survey on 21 December, the first such publications for fifteen months. They can be accessed at: http://www.communities.gov.uk/communities/research/citizenshipsurvey/recentreports/ The documents relate to the Citizenship Survey undertaken … Continue reading →

Posted in Official data, Religion and Ethnicity, Religion and Social Capital, Religion in public debate, Survey news | Tagged charitable giving, Citizenship Survey, Civic Engagement, community action, community cohesion, community spirit, Department for Communities and Local Government, equalities, ethnic minorities, freedom of religion, friends, government, influence of religion, Ipsos-MORI, Muslims, physical attack, places of worship, protection of religious rights, racial prejudice, Religious Affiliation, Religious discrimination, religious harassment, Religious Practice, religious prejudice, respect, social mixing, TNS-BMRB, volunteering | Leave a comment

Farewell to the Citizenship Survey

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Clive D. Field

Headline findings from the 2010-11 Citizenship Survey for England and Wales were published by the Department for Communities and Local Government on 22 September 2011 in the form of Cohesion Research Statistical Release No. 16, comprising a textual report and … Continue reading →

Posted in Official data, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Survey news | Tagged Belonging, Britishness, Citizenship Survey, Civic Engagement, cohesion, decisions, Department for Communities and Local Government, Home Office, Ipsos-MORI, neighbourhod, places of worship, religious harassment, religious prejudice, social mixing, TNS-BMRB, violence, volunteering | 1 Comment

Religion and Politics among Ethnic Minorities in Britain

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Maria Sobolewska

The Ethnic Minority British Election Study (EMBES) conducted at the last general election thanks to the generous support of the ESRC contains a plethora of questions on religious belonging and practices of the five largest ethnic minority groups in Britain. The EMBES team are currently working on a paper concerning how the religious involvement of minorities impact on political behaviour and attitudes. We are welcoming this chance to share with the BRIN audience some of our preliminary findings. Continue reading →

Posted in church attendance, Religion and Ethnicity, Religion and Politics | Tagged Anthony Heath, Civic Engagement, David Sanders, EMBES, ESRC, Ethnic Minority British Election Study, Maria Sobolewska, religious participation, Steve Fisher | 1 Comment

Latest Cohesion Research

Posted on January 14, 2011 by Clive D. Field

Religious prejudice may be diminishing, and community cohesion increasing, according to the latest statistics from the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) Citizenship Survey, released on 13 January. The data relate to April-September 2010, the first two quarters of … Continue reading →

Posted in Official data, Survey news | Tagged Britishness, Citizenship Survey, Civic Engagement, community cohesion, decision-making, Department for Communities and Local Government, Ipsos-MORI, religious harassment, religious prejudice, religious violence, TNS-BMRB, volunteering | 1 Comment

Citizenship and Faith

Posted on May 2, 2010 by Clive D. Field

On 29 April the Department for Communities and Local Government released two further topic reports from the 2008-09 Citizenship Survey, relating respectively to empowered communities and to volunteering and charitable giving. They are available to download from: http://www.communities.gov.uk/corporate/researchandstatistics/statistics/ The Citizenship … Continue reading →

Posted in Official data, Survey news | Tagged charitable giving, Citizenship Survey, Civic Engagement, Department for Communities and Local Government, empowered communities, NatCen, places of worship, volunteering | Leave a comment

The British Social Attitudes Survey 2008 (part II)

Posted on March 11, 2010 by Siobhan McAndrew

Just to clarify, part II refers to this being our second post on the 2008 BSA, rather than the survey having two parts. The excellent news is that the dataset has been published online this week, and it’s fair to … Continue reading →

Posted in Measuring religion, Survey news | Tagged Bioethical Attitudes, British Social Attitudes Survey, Civic Engagement, David Campbell, David Voas, Denmark, ESDS, Harvard, Intergenerational Transmission, Ireland, ISSP, Manchester, NatCen, National Identity, NORFACE, Northern Ireland, Notre Dame, Political Identity, Political Sociology, Relemerge, Religiosity, Religious Affiliation, Religious Identity, Robert Putnam, Social Capital, Templeton, The Netherlands, US | 1 Comment

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