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Tag Archives: Equality and Human Rights Commission
Counting Religion in Britain, October 2020
Counting Religion in Britain, No. 61, October 2020 features 23 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 61 October 2020 … Continue reading
Posted in Attitudes towards Religion, Covid-19, Ministry studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Education, Religion and Ethnicity, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Religion in public debate, Religious beliefs, religious festivals, Religious prejudice, Survey news
Tagged Academy schools, Aisha Phoenix, Aliens, Alison Scott-Baumann, Andrew Village, Anti-Semitism, Baptist Times, Baptist Union, black Christians, Board of Deputies of British Jews, Bonfire Night, Carli Lessof, Carmel Murphy, Chine McDonald, Christian Aid, Christmas, church attendance, church buildings, Church of England, Church Times, clergy, climate change, climate justice, communal worship, conspiracy theories, coronavirus, Covid-19, Crime Survey for England and Wales, Daniel Staetsky, David Graham, David Lawrence, Dom Llewellyn, economic and social value, economic disadvantage, emotional and psychological wellbeing, England and Wales, Equality and Human Rights Commission, European Jewish Demography Unit, face masks, gift-giving, Gregory Davis, Halloween, Hanbury Strategy, happiness, Hassidic communities, hate crime, holidays, Home Office, Hope Not Hate, Institute for Jewish Policy Research, Ipsos Global Advisor, Ipsos-MORI, Islam, Islamophobia, Jeremy Corbyn, Jews, Joe Ware, Jonathan Boyd, Keir Starmer, Labour Party, Laurence Lovat, Leslie Francis, Lindsey Donoghue, Litvish communities, Living Ministry, Liz Graveling, lockdown, Mathew Guest, mental wellbeing, Mike Lowe, mortality, Muslims, National Churches Trust, National Secular Society, New Year, Oxford University Press, police, QAnon, racism and racial inequality, Religion Media Centre, Religious Affiliation, religious festivals, religious or spiritual wellbeing, religious prejudice, residential segregation, rites of passage, Samaritan’s Purse UK, Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor, satanic cults, Savanta ComRes, secularization, Sergio DellaPergola, Shlomit Flint Ashery, shop opening hours, Shuruq Naguib, social action, Springer, State of Life, statistics for mission, Steve Bruce, Strictly Orthodox Jews, Sunday trading, universities, University College London, wellbeing and flourishing, YouGov, YouGov@Cambridge, YourNeighbour
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Counting Religion in Britain, March 2019
Counting Religion in Britain, No. 42, March 2019 features 15 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 42 March 2019 … Continue reading
Posted in News from religious organisations, Official data, People news, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Religious beliefs, Religious prejudice, Rites of Passage, Survey news
Tagged Anti-Semitism, BBC, Bible, Brexit, British Election Study Referendum Panel, British Social Attitudes Survey, British values, Chrysa Lamprinakou, Church Times, CODEC Research Centre for Digital Theology, compatibility, ComRes, Crossing Divides, David Ford, David Lorimer, David Martin, Deltapoll, digital millennials, discrimination, divorce, Ekaterina Kolpinskaya, emigration, England and Wales, Equality and Human Rights Commission, Ethnic and Racial Studies, European Jewish Demographic Unit, European Union, friends, fundamental clash, Grace Davie, Guy Hayward, Hajar Yazdiha, humanist marriages, Humanists UK, importance of religion or spirituality, Institute for Jewish Policy Research, Ipsos, Islam, Islamic State, Islamophobia, Jeremy Corbyn, Jewish Chronicle, Jewish Leadership Council, Jews, Joshua Mann, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Journal of Common Market Studies, Karina Hanson, Labour Party, Laura Morales, Maria Sobolewska, marriages, Muslims, NatCen Social Research, Northern Ireland, Office for National Statistics, Oliver Robinson, Peter Phillips, Pew Global Attitudes Project, political candidates and elected officials, public services, Religious Affiliation, religious attendance, Religious diversity, religious marriages, religious organizations, religious prejudice, Robin Gill, Rosie Campbell, Routledge, same religious faith, Scotland, Shamima Begum, social media, Stuart Fox, Stuart Wilks-Heeg, Survation, technical and health professionals, Virginia Ros, Wales, YouGov, YouGov@Cambridge
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Counting Religion in Britain, October 2018
Counting Religion in Britain, No. 37, October 2018 features 18 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 37 October 2018 OPINION … Continue reading
Posted in church attendance, Historical studies, Ministry studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, Organisational data, Religion and Ethnicity, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Religion in public debate, Religious beliefs, Religious prejudice, Survey news
Tagged abortion, active in local church, Andrew Village, Anne Power, Anti-Semitism, attendance at religious services, Bert Provan, Bible, BICOM, British Israel Communications and Research Centre, Cathedrals, Christians against Poverty, Church in Wales, Church of England, Church of England Newspaper, Church Times, churchgoers, clergy burnout, climate change, Clive Field, Co-operative Funeralcare, ComRes, death, discrimination, Eleanor Benton, England, Equality and Human Rights Commission, evolution, funeral, hate crimes, Home Office, homosexuality, Islamophobia, Jeremy Corbyn, Jesus Christ, John Payne, Kantar Public UK, Laura Lane, Leslie Francis, Ligonier Ministries, LSE Housing and Communities, MEND, Methodists, mocking religion, mosques, Muslim Engagement and Development, Muslims, National Churches Trust, National Survey for Wales, Office for National Statistics, Pew Global Attitudes Survey, politics, Populus, Proceedings of the Wesley Historical Society, Religion and Global Society, Religious Affiliation, religious equality, religious prejudice, Review of Religious Research, Rural Theology, Scotland, sin, social science, Steve Bruce, Sylvia Baker, theology, visiting churches, voting, Wales, YouGov
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Counting Religion in Britain, August 2016
Counting Religion in Britain, No. 11, August 2016 features 25 new sources. It can be read in full below. Alternatively, you can download the PDF version: No 11 August 2016 OPINION POLLS Weddings in church Only 11% of Britons now … Continue reading
Posted in church attendance, Historical studies, Ministry studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Religion in public debate, Religion in the Press, Religion Online, Religious prejudice, Rites of Passage, Survey news
Tagged Anti-Semitism, British government, British Social Attitudes Survey, British Veterinary Association, Carl Miller, church attendance, church growth, church leaders, Church of England, Church Times, church weddings, Community Security Trust, Demos, DIY, Dominic Abrams, economic migrants, employment, English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, Ephraim Borowski, Equality and Human Rights Commission, Eurotrack, Faith schools, Fiona Frank, Fiona Tweedie, Food Standards Agency, football, GCE A Levels, GCSE O Levels, ground troops, Hannah Swift, House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee, Immigration, importance of religion, Institute for Jewish Policy Research, Ipsos-MORI, Iraq, Islamic extremism, Islamic State, Islamophobia, Jack Dale, Jeremy Morris, Jewish Chronicle, Jewish Labour Movement, Jews, Joint Council for Qualifications, Jonathan Boyd, Josh Smith, Journal of Religion in Europe, Labour Party, Leah Granat, Linda Woodhead, Lynsey Mahmood, military force, Muslims, NatCen Social Research, Owen Smith, Pew Global Attitudes Project, Premier, public examinations, Religious Affiliation, religious conversion, Religious discrimination, religious prejudice, religious studies, rites of passage, ritual slaughter of animals, SAS, SchoolDash, Scotland, Scottish Council of Jewish Communities, sectarianism, secularization, social action, sociology, solemnization of marriages, stunning, Sunday Telegraph, Survation, Syria, terrorism, The Times, tweets, Twitter, World Jewish Relief, YouGov, Youth Social Action Survey
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Grace Davie on Religion and Other News
Grace Davie on Religion in Britain Twenty-one years ago, in 1994, Grace Davie published her seminal Religion in Britain since 1945, a sociological account which became a standard textbook for students of the sociology of religion and contemporary British … Continue reading
Posted in Ministry studies, News from religious organisations, People news, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Survey news
Tagged apocalyptic disaster, believing without belonging, Ben Ryan, Benjamin Netanyahu, chaplaincy, Christian Research, church social action, ComRes, elections, Equality and Human Rights Commission, Geoff Knott, Grace Davie, Grassroots Conservatives, Isaac Herzog, Israel, Jewish Chronicle, Jews, jubilee, Judgement Day, Kelsey Beninger, Luton, Martin Mitchell, ministry, mothers, NatCen Social Research, Religious discrimination, religious freedom, service delivery, Social Capital, Survation, Theos, United States, Wiley Blackwell, workplace, YouGov
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Discrimination, Identity, and Other News
The eight stories in today’s post feature a range of topics, but religious discrimination and religious identity especially stand out. It should be noted that the latest statistical bulletin for the Government’s Integrated Household Survey, covering the calendar year 2012 … Continue reading
Posted in church attendance, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Rites of Passage, Survey news
Tagged armed forces, atheists, Brierley Consultancy, Christian Research, Christians, Church of England, Church of Scotland, Citizenship Survey, climate change, ComRes, discrimination, disinvestment, Equality and Human Rights Commission, face veil, fossil fuels, freedom to practice religion, HM Inspectorate of Prisons, Independent on Sunday, Islamophobia, Jews, marriages, Ministry of Defence, Muslims, Office for National Statistics, Operation Noah, religious activity, religious dress, Religious Identity, Resonate, Scotland, Scottish Household Survey, Steve Bruce, Sunday Mirror, Sundays, time use, Tony Glendinning, YouGov
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Crime and Religion
Muslims are the faith group most likely to report an experience of religiously-motivated crime during the previous twelve months, but they are less likely to be victims of crime in general than those professing no religion. This is according to … Continue reading