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Tag Archives: disestablishment
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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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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Clergy Voices and Other News
Clergy voices A majority (54%) of Anglican clergy thinks the Church of England should retain its current established status, seemingly without modification, according to the first results from a YouGov survey commissioned by Professor Linda Woodhead of Lancaster University … Continue reading
Posted in Historical studies, News from religious organisations, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Survey news
Tagged abstinence, alcohol, British Social Attitudes Survey, Church of England, Church Times, clergy, Clive Field, Coup D’Tea, disestablishment, Epworth Review, Evening Standard, freedom of religion, human rights, Iraq, Islamic State, Jon Curtis, Linda Woodhead, London, Methodists, parish system, Populus, Sunday Times, Syria, Westminster Faith Debates, YouGov
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Women in the Church and Other News
Women in the Church Prompted by the recent debate (and decisive vote) about women bishops in the Church of England’s General Synod, Opinium Research resolved to test public opinion about several facets of the role of women in the … Continue reading
Posted in News from religious organisations, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Survey news
Tagged Ashers Baking Company, Bishops, British Future, British values, Christian businesses, Christian Institute, Church of England, ComRes, disestablishment, Equality Commission for Northern Ireland, gender equality, ICM Research, ITV News, Opinium Research, ordination of women, priests, respect for religion and beliefs, Roman Catholic Church, same-sex marriage
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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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What Anglicans (and others) think about homosexuality and disestablishment
Earlier today, the Church of England responded to the Government’s proposals to introduce same-sex marriage. In view of the discussion generated by the response, it is worth examining what Anglicans themselves think about gay relationships. BRIN correspondent Ben Clements, based at the University of Leicester, has recently looked at data from the British Social Attitudes surveys and the European Values Surveys to see how attitudes to homosexual relationship have changed over the past three decades or so. Continue reading
Loyal Subjects
Churchgoing Christians are mostly (81%) convinced that there is such a thing as a ‘British’ identity, and they retain a strong sense of commitment to the monarchy in general, and the present Queen in particular, according to a Cpanel survey … Continue reading
Posted in News from religious organisations, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Survey news
Tagged Britishness, Church of England, ComRes, Cpanel, disestablishment, monarchy, Premier Christian Radio, pride, Prince Charles, Prince William, Queen Elizabeth II, Supreme Head
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