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Tag Archives: gender equality
Counting Religion in Britain, April 2016
Counting Religion in Britain, No. 7, April 2016 features 23 new sources. It can be read in full below. Alternatively, you can download the PDF version: No 7 April 2016 OPINION POLLS Muslim voices Opinion polls conducted among British Muslims … Continue reading
Posted in church attendance, Historical studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Ethnicity, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Religious beliefs, Religious Census, Religious prejudice, Rites of Passage, Survey news
Tagged alcohol, Anti-Semitism, attendance at religious services, Ben Cowdrey, Bethan Thomas, biomedical research, Brexit, British Social Attitudes Survey, cathedral friends, Channel 4, charitable services, Charities Aid Foundation, Christian Research, church leaders, Church of England, church visits, ComRes, consumerism, crises, Danny Dorling, David Voas, diversity, Drinkaware, European Union, Evangelical Alliance, evangelicals, Evening Standard, faith-based charities, freedom of speech, FutureFirst, gender equality, Gerard Lemos, homosexuality, Ian Sansbury, ICM Unlimited, Idea, integration, intercessory prayer, invisible Church, Ipsos-MORI, Islamic extremism, Islamic State, Islamophobia, Israel, Israeli government, ITV News, Jeff Astley, Jews, Journal of Beliefs and Values, Journal of Religion in Europe, Judith Muskett, Ken Livingstone, Labour Party, Lea Kauffmann-de Vries, Leslie Francis, London, Mark Griffiths, marriages, materialism, Muslims, NatCen Social Research, New Philanthropy Capital, New Wine, Newman Demographic Survey, Oasis Foundation, Office for National Statistics, origin of life on earth, Pastoral Research Centre, Peter Brierley, Policy Press, Pope Francis, Populus, practising Christians, Pray One for Me, prayer, prison chaplains, prisoners, psychological type, public services, referendum, Religious Affiliation, religious census, Resonate, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Catholics, Sadiq Khan, Saint Andrew Press, science, ScotCen Social Research, Scotland, Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, secularization, Siobhan McAndrew, Steve Aisthorpe, Steve Bruce, Sunday trading, Tania ap Sion, terrorist attack, Theology of Religions Index, Tony Spencer, Trevor Phillips, Wellcome Trust Monitor, YouGov, Young Christian Workers, young people, Youth Research Council, Zac Goldsmith
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Britain Uncovered and Other News
Britain uncovered The recent ‘Britain Uncovered’ poll commissioned by The Observer from Opinium Research, among an online sample of 1,019 adults, included several questions of religious interest. The proportion associating with any religion was 61%, albeit significantly lower among … Continue reading
Posted in church attendance, Historical studies, Ministry studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, People news, Religion and Politics, Religious Census, Survey news
Tagged Church in Wales, Church of England, clergy, Dugdale Society, Edward Bailey, gender equality, Gorkana Surveys, HPI, implicit religion, Islamophobia, Journal of Anglican Studies, Keith Geary, Muslims, Opinium Research, parliamentary candidates, Religious Affiliation, religious census, self-assessed religiosity, Susie Collingridge, The Observer, trust, used cars, voting, Warwickshire, Whitehouse Consulting
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Public attitudes towards women bishops
Given important recent developments in the long-running debate on the issue of women bishops in the Church of England, this post provides a brief review of topline and group attitudes using recent data from opinion polls. Several polls on the … Continue reading
Posted in Attitudes towards Religion, Religion in public debate, Religion in the Press, Survey news
Tagged Behaving, believing, Belonging, Church of England, ComRes, gender equality, opinion polls, Opinium Research, ordination of women, public debate, religious belonging, Survey Data, women bishops, women clergy, YouGov
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The British Election Study 2015: Religious affiliation and attitudes
This second post, based on analysis of the British Election Study (BES) 2015, looks at selected attitudes of religious groups in Britain. Two waves of panel data (conducted in, respectively, February-March 2014 and April-June 2014) have so far been made … Continue reading
Posted in Measuring religion, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Research note, Survey news
Tagged 2005 Election, 2010 Election, British Election Studies, British Election Study 2015, equality, gay rights, gender equality, lesbian gay and bisexual people, Political Attitudes, political parties, racial equality, Religious Affiliation, religious belonging, Survey Data, voting, Voting Behaviour, voting intention
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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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Scrooging Christmas and Other News
Christmas has become such a secular festival in contemporary Britain that one might have thought that even non-religious people would have no difficulty in joining in, but our first story today shows a disproportionate dislike for Christmas on their part. … Continue reading
Posted in church attendance, News from religious organisations, Official data, People news, Religion in public debate, Religion in the Press, Religious Census, Survey news, visualisation
Tagged Catholic Education Service for England and Wales, Catholic schools, census of population, Christian conferences, Christmas, church growth, clergy, David Martin, Fair Admissions Campaign, Faith schools, gender equality, God Loves Women, Greater London, InFuse, Ipsos-MORI, Jewish Chronicle, Natalie Collins, Office for National Statistics, professionals, religious admissions criteria, Religious Affiliation, religious festivals, Sociology of Religion, trust, truth, women, YouGov
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GRAS is Greener – Furlong Table, 2010
‘The Church of England is a third of the way to gender equality’, according to the third edition of the Furlong Table of women clergy recently issued by GRAS (Group for Rescinding the Act of Synod). Named in honour of … Continue reading
