Tag Archives: Iraq

Halloween and Other News

Posted on October 29, 2014 by Clive D. Field

Halloween Halloween is almost upon us again! It is next Friday (31 October 2014). Strictly speaking, it is All Hallows’ Eve in the Christian calendar, but since the Millennium it has been transformed in the UK into a seasonal … Continue reading →

Posted in Religion and Politics, Survey news | Tagged Boko Haram, Christians, Conlumino, Halloween, Hubbub, Ipsos Global @dvisor, Ipsos-MORI, Iraq, Islamic State, Islamism, Muslims, Nigeria, OnePoll, Populus, religious beliefs, Ripley’s Believe It or Not! London, supernatural, Syria, Webloyalty, YouGov, YouGov@Cambridge | Leave a comment

Anglican Clergy Poll and Other News

Posted on October 26, 2014 by Clive D. Field

Anglican clergy poll As anticipated in our post of 12 October 2014, the complete results of the YouGov survey of Anglican clergy were published on 23 October. The poll was designed by Professor Linda Woodhead and commissioned on behalf … Continue reading →

Posted in church attendance, News from religious organisations, Religion and Ethnicity, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Religious Census, Survey news | Tagged Ben Clements, Bettina Schmidt, British Association for the Study of Religions, British Election Study, census of population, church attendance, church growth, Church Heritage Record, Church of England, ChurchCare, clergy, David Voas, DISKUS, English Heritage, Fiona Tweedie, Heritage at Risk Register, Ipsos-MORI, Iraq, Islamic State, Israel, Jewish Leadership Council, Kevin Brice, Linda Woodhead, places of worship, Populus, Religious Affiliation, Religious change, Scotland, Sunday Times, Syria, We Believe in Israel, Westminster Faith Debates, YouGov | Leave a comment

Clergy Voices and Other News

Posted on October 12, 2014 by Clive D. Field

Clergy voices A majority (54%) of Anglican clergy thinks the Church of England should retain its current established status, seemingly without modification, according to the first results from a YouGov survey commissioned by Professor Linda Woodhead of Lancaster University … Continue reading →

Posted in Historical studies, News from religious organisations, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Survey news | Tagged abstinence, alcohol, British Social Attitudes Survey, Church of England, Church Times, clergy, Clive Field, Coup D’Tea, disestablishment, Epworth Review, Evening Standard, freedom of religion, human rights, Iraq, Islamic State, Jon Curtis, Linda Woodhead, London, Methodists, parish system, Populus, Sunday Times, Syria, Westminster Faith Debates, YouGov | Leave a comment

Current Voting Intentions and Other News

Posted on October 5, 2014 by Clive D. Field

Current voting intentions We are almost through the party political conference season for another year, and the 2015 general election campaign seems already to have started, so it is perhaps an appropriate time to review the state of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Historical studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Politics, Survey news | Tagged armed forces, Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire Historical Record Society, Church in Wales, church membership, Clive Field, ComRes, David Graham, Faith schools, finance, House of Commons Library, Institute for Jewish Policy Research, Iraq, Islamic State, ITV News, Jewish identity, Jonathan Rodell, Journal of Ecclesiastical History, Lord Ashcroft Polls, Methodism, Methodist Church, Ministry of Defence, National Jewish Student Survey, Populus, Religious Affiliation, Robert Schofield, spirituality, Sunday Times, Syria, The Independent, voting intention, YouGov | 2 Comments

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

Scottish Independence and Other News

Posted on September 21, 2014 by Clive D. Field

Scottish independence The referendum on Scottish independence is now behind us (it was held on 18 September 2014), and we know that a majority of residents of Scotland has voted to remain in the United Kingdom. The referendum campaign … Continue reading →

Posted in Historical studies, News from religious organisations, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Survey news | Tagged abortion, Ben Clements, Bible, Charity Brand Index, Christmas Starts with Christ, Church and State, Church of England, Clive Field, ComRes, David Voas, establishment, Harris Interactive, homosexuality, Iraq, Islamic State, ITV News, Journal of Contemporary Religion, Lord Ashcroft Polls, Populus, Roman Catholics, Scotland, Scottish independence referendum, Sunday Times, Syria, Third Sector Research, YouGov | Leave a comment

Trust and Other News

Posted on September 15, 2014 by Clive D. Field

Trust (1) Public trust in the Church of England is lower than in other non-political national institutions, according to the results of an Ipsos MORI survey for the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust, which were published on 13 September 2014. … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Politics, Religious Census, Survey news | Tagged air strikes, asylum, Bishops, British jihadists, Church of England, Church Times, clergy, dependent children, education, Eurotrack, freedom of religion, household income, Ipsos-MORI, Iraq, Islamic State, Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust, MPs, Muslim leaders, Opinium Research, Populus, Premier Christian Radio, RAJAR, ransoms, Religious Affiliation, religious census, rights and freedoms, Sunday Telegraph, Sunday Times, trust, 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

More Islamic State Polling and Other News

Posted on August 24, 2014 by Clive D. Field

Islamic State Further polls (conducted online, unless otherwise stated) have been carried out during the past week to probe public opinion on the escalating crisis brought about by the progress of the Islamic State (IS, formerly the Islamic State … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Survey news | Tagged Afghan Sikhs, asylum, British citizenship, ComRes, Evangelical Alliance, Gaza, GCSEs, humanitarian aid, ICM Research, Iraq, Iraqi Christians, Iraqi Muslims, Islamic State, Israelis, ITV News, James Foley, Joint Council for Qualifications, Kurds, neighbours, Opinium Research, Palestinians, Populus, public examinations, religious studies, Rossiya Segodnya, Royal Air Force, Sunday Times, The Observer, The Times, Ukraine, YouGov | Leave a comment

Islamic State and Other News

Posted on August 17, 2014 by Clive D. Field

Islamic State According to opinion polling published in the past week, the British public is becoming uneasy about the advances being made by the armed forces of the Islamic State (IS, formerly known as ISIS) in northern Iraq, its … Continue reading →

Posted in Historical studies, News from religious organisations, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Survey news | Tagged A Levels, Anti-Semitism, asylum, Ben Clements, Church of England, Church Times, clergy, Clive Field, ComRes, examinations, finance, Gallup Poll, homosexuality, Iraq, Islamic State, ITV News, Jewish Chronicle, Jews, Joint Council for Qualifications, Linda Woodhead, Public Opinion Quarterly, religious studies, Sunday Times, The Times, Westminster Faith Debates, Yazidis, YouGov | Leave a comment

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Halloween and Other News

Anglican Clergy Poll and Other News

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Latest Surveys on Islamic State

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