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Counting Religion in Britain, August 2019

Posted on September 2, 2019 by Clive D. Field

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 | 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 | Leave a comment

Counting Religion in Britain, June 2018

Posted on June 30, 2018 by Clive D. Field

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 →

Posted in Historical studies, Ministry studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Religion in public debate, Religious prejudice, Rites of Passage, Survey news | Tagged Age gap, Allchurches Trust, Alyce Youngblood, atheist, attendance at religious services, Barna Global, BBC, Board of Deputies of British Jews, British values, Buddhist, Camino House, Catholic Youth Ministry Federation, Censuswide, Christian, Christian tradition, Christianity, Church of England, Cinnamon Network, community needs, ComRes, Creationism, David Jeremy, David Simmons, Donatella Casale Mashiah, England, Englishness, Eurobarometer, European Commission, Faith schools, feeling of community, freedom of speech, Greg Smith, health and care, Hindu, holocaust, Humanists UK, importance of religion, Institute for Jewish Policy Research, Ipsos, Islam, Jay Harman, Jew, Jewish demography, Jonathan Boyd, Judaism, Leslie Francis, marriages, Matthew van Duyvenbode, Michael Curry, mission, Muslim, National Health Service, National Records of Scotland, National Secular Society, Pew Research Center, philanthropy, prayer, Proceedings of the Wesley Historical Society, prohibition of all religions, Religion and Politics, Religious Affiliation, religious education, religious inclusiveness, religious prejudice, Research Now, role of Church, royal wedding, school admission policies, school assemblies, Scotland, Scottish Surveys Core Questions, selection of pupils, sense of belonging, sermons, social justice, stipendiary ministry, students, theology, Theos, TNS UK, universities, values, Wales, Wesleyan Methodism, YouGov, YouGov-Cambridge, young Catholics, ‘real’ Briton | Leave a comment

Counting Religion in Britain, December 2017

Posted on January 1, 2018 by Clive D. Field

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 →

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, Religious beliefs, religious festivals, Religious prejudice, Survey news | Tagged Aliens, Bertelsmann Foundation, Centre for Theology and Community, charities, Charity Financials, Christmas cards, Christmas carols, church attendance, church growth, church membership, Church of England, Classic FM, clergy, Community Life Survey, discrimination, disestablishment, education, entrance fees, Eurobarometer, European Commission, European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, Gallup International Association, ghosts, God, heaven, hell, History Channel, House of Lords, importance of religion, Ipsos, Ipsos-MORI, ISIS, Islamic State, Islamophobia, Jesus Christ, jihadists, John Wolffe, Journal of Beliefs and Values, Journal of Religious History, Leslie Francis, London, Mail on Sunday, Muslims, National Secular Society, OnePoll, Opinium Research, ORB International, paranormal, Perils of Perception, Peter Brierley, places of worship, politics, Pope Francis, Religious diversity, religious festivals, Sara Slinn, secularization, Sunday Post, Survation, Tania ap Sion, The Times, Tim Thorlby, TNS UK, trade unions, UFOs, Understanding Society, unidentified flying objects, Unite, Ursula McKenna, values, Yasemin El-Menouar, YouGov, young people | Leave a comment

Counting Religion in Britain, December 2016

Posted on January 1, 2017 by Clive D. Field

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 | 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 | 1 Comment

Counting Religion in Britain, December 2015

Posted on April 27, 2016 by Clive D. Field

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 →

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Counting Religion in Britain, October 2015

Posted on April 19, 2016 by Clive D. Field

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 →

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Personal Values and Other News

Posted on June 1, 2014 by Clive D. Field

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 | 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 | Leave a comment

Dimensions of Religious Prejudice

Posted on November 24, 2012 by Clive D. Field

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 | 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 | Leave a comment

Threat of Religious Extremism

Posted on November 25, 2011 by Clive D. Field

UK citizens are more concerned about religious extremism than almost any other country in the European Union (EU), according to Special Eurobarometer 371 on Internal Security published today and available at: http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_371_en.pdf The study formed part of wave 75.4 of … Continue reading →

Posted in Religion and Politics, Survey news | Tagged Eurobarometer, European Commission, European Union, religious extremism, security, TNS | Leave a comment

Eurobarometer Interactive Search System

Posted on November 13, 2010 by Clive D. Field

To enhance access to its public opinion polling data from 1973 to the present, the European Commission has just released an interactive search system, interrogating a database of results for 56 core questions which have been run over the years. … Continue reading →

Posted in Official data | Tagged Eurobarometer, European Commission, inter-religious relations, religious institutions, trust, Turkey | 1 Comment

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