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Counting Religion in Britain, September 2021
Counting Religion in Britain, No. 72, September 2021 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 72 September 2021 … Continue reading →
Posted in church attendance, Covid-19, Ministry studies, News from religious organisations, Religion and Education, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Religion in the Press, Religion Online, Religious beliefs, Religious prejudice, Survey news
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Tagged Aisha Phoenix, Alana Vincent, Alison Scott-Baumann, Andrew Village, Anglican clergy, animal slaughter, Anti-Semitism, Association of English Cathedrals, atheism, balanced affect, Bethan Juliet Oake, Board of Deputies of British Jews, Cathedrals, Centre for Holocaust Education, Centre for Muslim Policy Research, church attendance, Church of England, Church Times, coronavirus, Covid-19, Culham St Gabriel’s Trust, David Johnson, Deltapoll, Ecorys, Elaine Howard Ecklund, Eleanor O’Keeffe, Elizabeth Poole, Eternal Wall of Answered Prayer, Eurobarometer, European Commission, evolution, Faith schools, focaldata, halal, higher education, holistic practice, holocaust, Hope Not Hate, immigration from Muslim-majority countries, Islam, Jeremy Corbyn, Jewish Chronicle, Jewish News, Jews, Joshua Edelman, Journalism, Kantar UK, Labour Party, Labour Uncut, Leslie Francis, Manchester Metropolitan University, Maryanne Martin, Mathew Guest, Milly Williamson, mindfulness, mortality, Muslims, National Secular Society, newspapers, Otto Simonsson, Oxford University Press, Panelbase, Paulina Kolata, prayer, Quakers, religious education, religious prejudice, Religious Society of Friends, ritual innovation, Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor, Savanta ComRes, science, scientists, Scotland, secondary school teachers, Secularism and Nonreligion, Shurruq Naguib, social media, Sociological Research Online, spiritual but not religious, Stephen Fisher, Sunday Times Scotland, synagogues, University of Chester, Yonder
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Counting Religion in Britain, December 2019
Counting Religion in Britain, No. 51, December 2019 features 19 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 51 December 2019 … Continue reading →
Posted in Ministry studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Ethnicity, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Religious Census, religious festivals, Religious prejudice, Survey news
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Counting Religion in Britain, August 2019
Counting Religion in Britain, No. 47, August 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 47 August 2019 … Continue reading →
Posted in Ministry studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Religious prejudice, Rites of Passage, Survey news
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Tagged acts of religious worship, Ahmadiyya UK, Andrew Village, anti-Muslim incidents, archdeacons, Bertelsmann Stiftung, British citizenship, British Journal of Religious Education, British values, Canada, celebrants, children of Islamic State fighters, Church Growth Research Programme, Church in Wales, Church of England, clergy, Co-operative Funeralcare, ComRes, David Lankshear, David Lundie, David Voas, Emma Eccles, Eurobarometer, European Commission, European Union, Faith schools, funerals, GCE A Level, GCSE Level, Gemma Penny, Gert Pickel, Greek Journal of Religious Education, Home for Good, humanist celebrants, Humanists UK, Ian Jones, Islam, Islamic State, Islamophobia, Jack Letts, Jeff Astley, Joint Council for Qualifications, Journal of Anglican Studies, Journal of Empirical Theology, Kantar UK, Leslie Francis, Mi Young Ahn, Michael Whinney, mini-golf, Muslims, National Records of Scotland, negative view, Pastoral Psychology, prayer, psychological profile, psychology of religion, public examinations, Religion Monitor, Religious diversity, religious education, Religious Moral and Philosophical Studies, religious pluralism, religious settings, religious studies, Rochester Cathedral, school assemblies, Scotland, Scottish Qualifications Authority, Simon Foster, solemnization of marriages, Tania ap Sion, Teacher Tapp, teachers, Tell MAMA, Ursula McKenna, values, violence against non-Muslims, vulnerable children, YouGov
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Counting Religion in Britain, June 2018
Counting Religion in Britain, No. 33, June 2018 features 17 new sources. At present, the full text (including weblinks) is only available to download in PDF format No 33 June 2018 The contents list is as follows: OPINION POLLS Christian England? … Continue reading →
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Counting Religion in Britain, December 2017
Counting Religion in Britain, No. 27, December 2017 features 24 new sources. It can be read in full below. Alternatively, you can download the PDF version: No 27 December 2017 OPINION POLLS Perils of perception The latest Ipsos global Perils of … Continue reading →
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Counting Religion in Britain, December 2016
Counting Religion in Britain, No. 15, December 2016 features 37 new sources. It can be read in full below. Alternatively, you can download the PDF version: no-15-december-2016 OPINION POLLS Importance of Christmas More than nine in ten Britons celebrate Christmas, … Continue reading →
Posted in Attitudes towards Religion, church attendance, Historical studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Religion in public debate, Religious beliefs, Religious Census, religious festivals, Religious prejudice, Rites of Passage, Survey news
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Tagged agnostics, Alwaleed Centre for the Study of Islam in the Contemporary World, Anglican Communion, atheists, Ben Clements, Ben Ryan, British Humanist Association, British Journal of Sociology, British Religion in Numbers, British Social Attitudes Survey, Casey Review, Catholic Education Service for England and Wales, Catholicity, Charity Awareness Monitor, child abuse, Christian funders, Christianity, Christmas, Christmas Day, church, church attendance, Church of England, clergy, collective worship, David Goodhart, David Goodhew, David Voas, Department for Communities and Local Government, Department for Education, Edinburgh, Education Policy Institute, educational attainment, England, equality, Equality and Human Rights Commission, Eurobarometer, European Commission, Faith schools, Free Churches, funerals, God, Hannah Fry, human rights, humanism, Humanist ceremonies, ICM Unlimited, importance of religion, integration, International Social Survey Program, Ipsos, Ipsos-MORI, Islam, Islamophobia, Jesus Christ, Jon Andrews, Justin Humphreys, Kathryn Kinmond, Khadijah Elshayyal, Khalid Mahmood, Labour Party, Lisa Oakley, London, Louise Casey, Martyn Frampton, mathematics, Mor Dioum, Muslims, National Working Group on Child Abuse Linked to Faith or Belief, Nationwide Current Accounts, nfpSynergy, Nick Spencer, non-churchgoers, Office for National Statistics, OnePoll, ONS Opinions Survey, parents, Perils of Perception, Peter Catterall, Peter Gries, Pew Global Attitudes Project, Pew Research Center, Policy Exchange, politics, Politics and Religion, Primitive Methodism, public policy, Rebecca Johnes, Religious Affiliation, religious census, religious festivals, religious nones, religious polarization, religious socialization, Research by Design, rites of passage, Roman Catholic Church, Sandy Calder, Sarah Wilkins-Laflamme, schools, Scotland, Scottish Health Survey, secularization, self-assessed religiosity, shopping, spiritual power, Stefano Bonino, Steve Bruce, terrorism, The Times, Theos, Thomas Oleron Evans, TNS, trust, truth, Veracity Index, Wales, Will Bissett, YouGov
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Counting Religion in Britain, December 2015
Counting Religion in Britain, No. 3, December 2015 features 34 new sources. It can be read in full below. Alternatively, you can download the PDF version: No 3 December 2015 OPINION POLLS – GENERAL Religious affiliation Lord Ashcroft has … Continue reading →
Posted in News from religious organisations, Official data, People news, Religion and Ethnicity, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Religion in public debate, Religion in the Press, Religious beliefs, religious festivals, Religious prejudice, Survey news
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Tagged air strikes, Anna Marcinkiewicz, Anti-Semitism, attendance at religious services, Baroness Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, biologists, BMG Research, Brian Grim, British Academy, British Election Studies, British Journal of Political Science, British Social Attitudes Surveys, Britishness, celebrating the birth of Christ, Centre for Ageing Better, Christianity, Christmas, Christmas Day, church and community night shelters, churchgoing on Christmas Day, clergy, Commission on Religion and Belief in British Public Life, ComRes, David Johnson, demography, different religion, Donald Trump, Elaine Howard Eklund, entry ban, ethno-religious integration, Eurobarometer, European Commission, European Union, Evening Standard, explicit religiosity, faith, Gemma Penny, Gina Zurlo, ground troops, hate crimes, Hinduism, Home Office Citizenship Survey, House of Commons, Housing Justice, implicit religion, implicit religiosity, Independent on Sunday, International Religious Demography Project, Ipsos-MORI, Iraq, Islam, Islamic State, Islamophobia, James Nazroo, James Tilley, Jersey, Jews, John Curtice, Karma, Kirstin Matthews, Labour Force Survey, later life, Leslie Francis, Lord Ashcroft Polls, Maria Sobolewska, MEND, Metropolitan Police, Michael Rosie, Muslim Engagement and Development, Muslims, neighbours, Paris, Party Choice, Paul Baker, personal values, Peter Kellner, physicists, prayer, press, Prospect, Rachel Ormston, Radicalisation Research, Religion and Public Life Program religious affiliation, religious festivals, religious groups, religious nones, Rice University, Rob Ford, Saffron Karlsen, Sarah Hamshari, science, ScotCen Social Research, Scotland, Scottish Affairs, Scottish Health Survey, Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, sectarianism, Sikhism, singing carols, Sociological Review, spiritual progress, Stephen Hinchliffe, Steven Lewis, substances, Syria, terrorism, The Challenge, The Times, TNS, Todd Johnson, Tony McEnery, Trades Union Congress, United States, Vegard Skirbekk, Wales, WalesOnline, Western European and Muslim ways of life, Yearbook of International Religious Demography, YouGov
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Counting Religion in Britain, October 2015
We are pleased to announce that the migration of the British Religion in Numbers (BRIN) website to its new platform has now taken place, and we are in a position to recommence posting of content to the site. We wish … Continue reading →
Posted in Attitudes towards Religion, church attendance, Historical studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Religion in public debate, Religious beliefs, Religious Census, Religious prejudice, Survey news
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Tagged 21st Century Evangelicals, Adrian Burgess, Alice Pettigrew, Amnesty International, Andy Pearce, Anti-Semitism, atheism, atheists, attendance at religious services, BBC, Ben Clements, Bible, bonding social capital, British Bill of Rights, British Social Attitudes Survey, Buddhists, Cathedrals, census of population, Centre for Church Growth Research, Centre for Holocaust Education, Christians, church buildings, Church of England, Churches Trust for Cumbria, ComRes, contraception, Cumbria, Daniel Staetsky, David Cameron, David Goodhew, David Lankshear, David Voas, Deborah Lader, demography, Demos, Devil, Diocese of Southwark, disestablishment, Durham University, Eurobarometer, European Commission, European Values Studies, Evangelical Alliance, evangelicals, Faith schools, fertility, freedom of religion and thought, Gallup Poll, God, Greg Smith, Hannah Corcoran, heaven, hell, higher education, holocaust, Home Office, homosexuality, Huffington Post UK, human rights, Human Rights Act, importance of religion, Institute for Jewish Policy Research, Interlink Foundation, Iraq, ISIS, Islamic State, Islamophobia, James Lewis, Jews, Jonathan Birdwell, Jonathan Boyd, Journal of Beliefs & Values, Journal of Contemporary Religion, Judith Muskett, Kevin Smith, labour market, Leslie Francis, Libya, life after death, Louis Reynolds, Lucy Olofinjana, madrassas, Methodist Church, millennial Christians, Muslims, NatCen Social Research, National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles, Newman Demographic Survey, North East, Pastoral Research Centre Trust, Paul Salmons, Rebecca Hale, Religious Affiliation, religious beliefs, Religious discrimination, Religious diversity, religious extremists, religious hate crimes, religious nones, religious pluralism, Rob Barward-Symmons, Roman Catholic Church, Russia, Ruth-Anne Lenga, science, Scottish Gaelic, secondary schools, secularization, sexual experience, sin, Strictly Orthodox Jews, Stuart Foster, supplementary religious schools, Survation, Syria, TNS UK, United Kingdom Data Service, United Reformed Church, University College London, YouGov, YouGov@Cambridge
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Personal Values and Other News
Personal values Religion is not regarded as a particularly important value either in the UK or in the European Union (EU) generally, according to newly-released data from Special Eurobarometer 415, which was undertaken in March 2014 as wave 81.2 … Continue reading →
Posted in News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Survey news
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Tagged armed forces, Centre for Church Growth Research, Christian Institute, Christianity, church membership, Church of England, ComRes, David Cameron, Eurobarometer, European Commission, European Union, Faith in Research conference, Islam, Michael Camp, Ministry of Defence, National Society, Peter Brierley, Religious Affiliation, same-sex marriage, school chaplaincy, Sunday shopping, Sunday trading, The Times, TNS UK, values, Western civilization, women bishops, YouGov
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Dimensions of Religious Prejudice
Two reports have been published in the last couple of days which shed light on the scale of religious prejudice in contemporary society: Religious discrimination in the European Union Discrimination on the grounds of religion or beliefs is perceived as … Continue reading →
Posted in Official data, Religion and Politics, Survey news
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Tagged acquaintances, Amy Goulding, Ben Cavanagh, crime, Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003, discrimination, economic recession, Eurobarometer, European Commission, European Union, friends, harassment, prejudice, prime minister, Religious Affiliation, religious symbols, religiously aggravated offences, Scotland, Scottish Government Social Research, TNS UK, workplace
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