Tag Archives: Independent on Sunday

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 →

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 | 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 | Leave a comment

Catholic Family and Other News

Posted on October 19, 2014 by Clive D. Field

Catholic family The Roman Catholic Church’s fortnight-long Extraordinary Synod on the Family ends in Rome today. It has attracted surprisingly little attention in the general (non-Catholic) British media, although its outcomes are now being reported as a victory for … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Politics, Religion in the Press, Religious Census, Survey news | Tagged atheism, Ben Clements, British Election Study, Byron Creese, census of population, Christian Today, ComRes, David Voas, Deborah Lader, equality, Extraordinary Synod on the Family, hate crimes, Home Office, Independent on Sunday, International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence, Islamic State, Islamism, jihadists, London, Matt Sheard, Pew Global Attitudes Project, Populus, ransoms, Religious Affiliation, religious and ethnic hatred, Roman Catholic Church, Ruth Gledhill, Scotland, Secularism and Nonreligion, St Paul's Cathedral, Sunday Mirror, The Tablet, The Times, Westminster Abbey, Westminster Faith Debates, YouGov | 1 Comment

Latest Surveys on Islamic State

Posted on September 28, 2014 by Clive D. Field

With the referendum on Scottish independence now held, polling attention has begun to swing back to the crisis created by the rise of Islamic State (IS) in Iraq and Syria. Here we report the studies which have appeared since … Continue reading →

Posted in Religion and Politics, Survey news | Tagged air strikes, Bradford, Brian Everitt, ComRes, East London, Edgar Jones, ground troops, Independent on Sunday, Ipsos-MORI, Iraq, ISIS, Islamic State, Kamaldeep Bhui, Muslims, Nasir Warfa, Newsweek, PLOS One, Populus, radicalization, Sunday Mirror, Sunday Times, Syria, The Sun, YouGov | Leave a comment

Round-Up of Islamic State and Other Surveys

Posted on September 4, 2014 by Clive D. Field

Islamic State There has been a further round of polling in recent days related to the advances of the Islamic State (IS) in Iraq and Syria, as summarized below, by chronological order of fieldwork. Unless otherwise stated, surveys were … Continue reading →

Posted in Official data, Religion and Politics, Religion in the Press, Survey news | Tagged British citizenship, ComRes, discrimination, Independent on Sunday, Iraq, Islamic State, Islamism, ITV News, marriages, Muslims, OnePoll, Religious Affiliation, religious institutions, Scotland, Scottish Government, Scottish Household Survey, Sky News, Sunday Mirror, Sunday Times, Survation, Syria, terrorism, The Independent, trust, YouGov | Leave a comment

Recent Journal Articles and Other News

Posted on June 28, 2014 by Clive D. Field

As well as carrying the usual miscellany of news, this post reports on a selection of recent articles in academic journals which may be of interest to BRIN users. We give a URL for each, in line with our standard … Continue reading →

Posted in church attendance, Historical studies, Official data, Religion in public debate, Religious Census, Survey news | Tagged A.J.Christopher, anti-Catholicism, Beth Singler, British Social Attitudes Surveys, British values, Charity Awareness Monitor, church, Clive Field, Commission on Religion and Belief in British Public Life, ComRes, European Social Surveys, European Values Studies, Independent on Sunday, Jediism, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Journal of Ecclesiastical History, Journal of Religion in Europe, Marion Burkimsher, New Religious Movements, nfpSynergy, Religious Affiliation, religious attendance, religious census, religious freedom, religious polarization, Roman Catholicism, Sarah Wilkins-Laflamme, Scottish Episcopal Church, social media, Sociology of Religion, Sunday Mirror, trust, Woolf Institute | Leave a comment

Discrimination, Identity, and Other News

Posted on October 3, 2013 by Clive D. Field

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 | Leave a comment

Attitudes to Immigration and Other News

Posted on September 2, 2013 by Clive D. Field

Today’s post features seven stories which have landed on BRIN’s desk during the past fortnight. Please use the contact tab on our homepage to alert us to any significant news items which we appear to have missed. Attitudes to immigration … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Religion in the Press, Religious Census, Survey news | Tagged Ajmal Hussain, census of population, Church of England, Claire Alexander, democracy, Egypt, English Baccalaureate, Fair Admissions Campaign, faith schools. GCSEs, Immigration, Independent on Sunday, Islamism, Janet Street-Porter, Joint Council for Qualifications, Kenn Winter, Linda Woodhead, Lord Ashcroft, Muslims, out of touch, Populus, Religious Affiliation, religious studies, Roman Catholic Church, Runnymede Trust, schools, Stephen Jivraj, The Universe, University of Manchester, Victoria Redclift, YouGov | Leave a comment

Climbing the Papal Mountain and Other News

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Clive D. Field

Today’s post covers three news stories, two of which test public reactions to the religious landscape following, respectively, the resignation of the Pope and last month’s four cases of alleged religious discrimination appealed to the European courts. Climbing the … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, Organisational data, Religion and Social Capital, Religion in public debate, Survey news | Tagged accountants, African Pope, Anti-Semitism, Bethany Eckley, Burka, Christian cross, Christian Research Consultancy, Church of England, Church Urban Fund, clergy, ComRes, European Court of Human Rights, flight attendants, force for good, Independent on Sunday, Islamophobia, kippah, Nadia Eweida, nurses, papacy, parishes, Religious discrimination, religious dress, Roman Catholic Church, Shirley Chaplin, skullcap, social action, Sunday Mirror, teachers, workplace, YouGov, YouGov@Cambridge | Leave a comment

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