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Tag Archives: Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
Counting Religion in Britain, June 2020
Counting Religion in Britain, No. 57, June 2020 features 23 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 57 June 2020 … Continue reading
Posted in Attitudes towards Religion, church attendance, Historical studies, Ministry studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Religious prejudice, Survey news
Tagged Andrew Village, Annual Population Survey, Anti-Semitism, attendance at religious services, Baptist Union of Great Britain, Ben Clements, Board of Deputies of British Jews, British Journal of Religious Education, Catherine Pepinster, Catholic Voices, Catholics in Britain, charity trustees, Christian-ethos schools, Church Commissioners, church membership, Church of England, Church Times, Common Era, coronavirus, Covid-19, Elaine Howard Eklund, Evangelical Alliance, Health Survey for England, Islamophobia, Jacksons Fencing, Jews, John Clayton, Jonathan Boyd, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Leslie Francis, Lindsay Richards, lockdown, London, meditation, Methodist Church, Methodist Recorder, Michael Hirst, ministry, mortality, NatCen Social Research, Nathan Mladin, National Safeguarding Team, NHS Digital, North East England, Office for National Statistics, ordination of women, Paul Bickley, Peter Hopkins, places of worship, Populus, prayer, Religious Affiliation, religious charities, religious prejudice, religious studies, Robert Thomson, Roman Catholic Church, Savanta ComRes, science, secondary schools, security, Sharan Kaur Mehta, shop opening hours, Siobhan McAndrew, social inclusion, socialization, Sunday trading, Sunday Trading Act 1994, Survation, Tell MAMA, The Tablet, Theos, United Reformed Church, York St John University, YouGov
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Counting Religion in Britain, March 2020
Counting Religion in Britain, No. 54, March 2020 features 11 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 54 March 2020 … Continue reading
Posted in church attendance, Historical studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Ethnicity, Religion and Social Capital, Religion in public debate, Religious beliefs, Religious prejudice, Survey news
Tagged Advance HE, Amber Curtis, Anglicans, Anti-Semitism, Ben Clements, Board of Deputies of British Jews, British Future, British Journal of Religious Education, British Muslims, Catholics in Britain, caution, Census of Hallucinations, Christian activities or services, Christopher Keep, church attendance, Church in Wales, Church of England, coronavirus, Crest Advisory, Crime Survey for England and Wales, Dan Forman, David Lankshear, deaths, Emma Eccles, England, Friday the thirteenth, Higher Education Statistics Agency, higher education students, humanists, Humanists UK, ICM Unlimited, Islamist extremism, Islamophobia, Jeremy Rodell, Jerusalem Trust, Jewish Chronicle, Jewish News, Jews, Jon Clements, Jonathan Boyd, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Journal of Beliefs and Values, Journal of British Muslim Studies, Kantar Public, Laura Olson, Leslie Francis, Manon Roberts, Muslims, Natasha Codiroli Mcmaster, Ozanne Foundation, policing, Pope Francis, PREVENT, primary schools, reading habits, religion and spirituality books, Religious Affiliation, religious hate crime, religious identification, religious prejudice, same-sex marriage, Savanta ComRes, Stephen Bullivant, talked about, theology, triskaidekaphobia, Ursula McKenna, Victorian Studies, virtual congregation, Wales, YouGov
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Counting Religion in Britain, March 2019
Counting Religion in Britain, No. 42, March 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 42 March 2019 … Continue reading
Posted in News from religious organisations, Official data, People news, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Religious beliefs, Religious prejudice, Rites of Passage, Survey news
Tagged Anti-Semitism, BBC, Bible, Brexit, British Election Study Referendum Panel, British Social Attitudes Survey, British values, Chrysa Lamprinakou, Church Times, CODEC Research Centre for Digital Theology, compatibility, ComRes, Crossing Divides, David Ford, David Lorimer, David Martin, Deltapoll, digital millennials, discrimination, divorce, Ekaterina Kolpinskaya, emigration, England and Wales, Equality and Human Rights Commission, Ethnic and Racial Studies, European Jewish Demographic Unit, European Union, friends, fundamental clash, Grace Davie, Guy Hayward, Hajar Yazdiha, humanist marriages, Humanists UK, importance of religion or spirituality, Institute for Jewish Policy Research, Ipsos, Islam, Islamic State, Islamophobia, Jeremy Corbyn, Jewish Chronicle, Jewish Leadership Council, Jews, Joshua Mann, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Journal of Common Market Studies, Karina Hanson, Labour Party, Laura Morales, Maria Sobolewska, marriages, Muslims, NatCen Social Research, Northern Ireland, Office for National Statistics, Oliver Robinson, Peter Phillips, Pew Global Attitudes Project, political candidates and elected officials, public services, Religious Affiliation, religious attendance, Religious diversity, religious marriages, religious organizations, religious prejudice, Robin Gill, Rosie Campbell, Routledge, same religious faith, Scotland, Shamima Begum, social media, Stuart Fox, Stuart Wilks-Heeg, Survation, technical and health professionals, Virginia Ros, Wales, YouGov, YouGov@Cambridge
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Counting Religion in Britain, January 2016
Counting Religion in Britain, No. 4, January 2016 features 25 new sources. It can be read in full below. Alternatively, you can download the PDF version: No 4 January 2016 OPINION POLLS Nones On 19 January 2016 Professor Linda … Continue reading
Posted in church attendance, Historical studies, Ministry studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Ethnicity, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Religion in public debate, Religious Census, Religious prejudice, Survey news
Tagged Alan Munden, Andrea Silberman, Andrew Atherstone, Anthony Tricot, Archbishop of Canterbury’s Commission on Urban Priority Areas, Baptist ministry, Baptist Union of Great Britain, Bashar al-Assad, BMG Research, Brierley Consultancy, Bristol and Gloucestershire, British Academy, Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire Records Society, Cathedrals, census of population, Censuswide, Charlie Hebdo, Christian Research, Christine Brewster, Christmas, Christopher Stephens, church attendance, Church of England, Church of England Record Centre, clergy, clergy and priests, ComRes, cost of living, Daily Record, David Thompson, death, Donald Trump, Douglas Davies, economic impact, English language skills, entry ban, Evangelical Alliance, evangelicals, Evening Standard, Faith in the City, Gallup Poll, Gemma Penny, Gloucestershire Record Series, ground troops, hate crimes, Health, Holocaust Memorial Day Trust, human rights, Huntingdonshire, Ignite Project Team, Ipsos-MORI, Iraq, Islamic State, Jayne Ozanne, Jewish Chronicle, Jewish lifestyle, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Judith Muskett, Kareena McAloney-Kocaman, Kelvin Randall, Labour Force Survey, labour market penalties, LBC Radio, Leslie Francis, Lia Dong Shimada, Linda Woodhead, London, Mandy Robbins, Mental Health Religion and Culture, Methodist Church, Muslim women, Muslims, Nabil Khattab, New West End Company, Oxera Consulting, Patrick Laycock, Peter Brierley, prayer request, proficiency in English, psychological well-being, radicalization, Religious Affiliation, religious census, Religious discrimination, religious nones, Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, retail employees, rites of passage, same-sex marriage, Scotland, Scottish church census, Skaiste Liepyte, Southwark Cathedral, St Vincent de Paul Society, Stanley Brunn, stress, Sunday trading, Survation, Syria, Tania ap Sion, Tariq Modood, terror attack, The Changing World Religion Map, The Tablet, threat, truth, Urban Priority Areas, veracity, visiting and befriending, YouGov
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Recent Journal Articles and Other News
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
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Faith Schools and Other News
Seven religious statistical stories feature in today’s post, including five newly-released YouGov polls, four touching on aspects of religious prejudice, and leading with a major study of attitudes to faith schools. Faith schools In our post of 2 September 2013, … Continue reading
Posted in church attendance, News from religious organisations, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Survey news
Tagged Andrew Village, Anti-Semitism, Association for the Scientific Study of Anomalous Phenomena, Burka, Church of Scotland, churchgoers, courtrooms, Ecumenism, evolution, face veil, Faith schools, football, Football Association, ghosts, hijab, hospitals, Islamophobia, Jews, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Linda Woodhead, Muslims, niqab, prejudice, psychological type, religious dress, schools, Scotland, Sunday Times, Sylvia Baker, The Sun, Tottenham Hotspur FC, UFOs, Westminster Faith Debates, Yids, YouGov
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Muslim Distinctiveness and Other News
Today’s round-up of eight religious statistical news stories leads on the first substantive output from an important and academic-led four-year-old sample survey of British Muslims. Muslim distinctiveness The distinctiveness of British Muslims is explored in a short but highly significant … Continue reading
Posted in Attitudes towards Religion, church attendance, News from religious organisations, Religion and Social Capital, Survey news
Tagged baby names, biblical names, British Social Attitudes Survey, Cathedrals, Catholic Herald, charitable giving, Charities Aid Foundation, Christian Research, Christianity, church attendance, Church of Scotland, Church Times, ComRes, confessions, Diocese of Lancaster, distinctiveness, England, fracking, Ipsos-MORI, Jewish Baby Directory, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Kristin Aune, Mathew Guest, Muslims, NatCen, Pope, Presbytery of Dunfermline, Religiosity, Religious Affiliation, religious organizations, Resonate, Ridhi Kashyap, Rob Warner, Roman Catholic Church, Sacrament of Reconciliation, ScotCen, Scotland, Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, Social Capital, social conservatism, Sonya Sharma, university students, Valerie Lewis, volunteering
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Immigrant Religiosity
First-generation immigrants to the UK are three times as likely as natives to claim to attend religious services at least weekly and to pray in private daily. They are also more religious than immigrants to most other European countries on … Continue reading
