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Tag Archives: Journal of Contemporary Religion
Counting Religion in Britain, July 2022
Counting Religion in Britain, No. 82, July 2022 features sixteen 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 82 July 2022 … Continue reading
Posted in church attendance, Covid-19, Historical studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Education, Religion and Politics, religious festivals, Religious prejudice, Survey news
Tagged 9 Dot Research, Abidemi Otaiku, Andrew Village, Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion, anti-Semitic incidents, Anti-Semitism, Ben Gidley, Bev Botting, Bob Jackson, Brill, Charlotte Littlewood, Christians, church attendance, Church of England, Church Pastoral Aid Society, Church Times, civil service, Clive Field, coronavirus, Covid-19, Covid-19 and Church-21 Survey, Deltapoll, Easter, English Longitudinal Study of Aging, Ethnic and Racial Studies, Evidence-Based Mental Health, Henry Jackson Society, Islamophobia, Jews, Journal of Contemporary Religion, Journal of Religion and Health, labour market, Leslie Francis, Liverpool, Mail on Sunday, MEND, Mental Health, Merseyside, Merseyside Jewish Representative Council, mindfulness, mosques, Muslim Census, Muslim penalty, Muslims, Office for National Statistics, Parkinson’s disease, peer evangelism, Philip Sapiro, politics, prime minister, Ralph Hood, Religious Affiliation, religious festivals, religious prejudice, religiously motivated attacks, Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, Samir Sweida-Metwally, Samuel Sami Everett, Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor, Savanta ComRes, Scripture Union, secondary schools, secularization, Steve Bruce, UK Household Longitudinal Study, vaccination rates, Willem Kuyken, YouGov, young people
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Counting Religion in Britain, November 2021
Counting Religion in Britain, No. 74, November 2021 features 19 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 74 November … Continue reading
Posted in church attendance, Covid-19, Historical studies, Ministry studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, People news, Religion and Education, Religion in the Press, Religion Online, Religious beliefs, religious festivals, Religious prejudice, Rites of Passage, Survey news
Tagged Aliens, Andrew Village, Anne Lawson, Anthony-Paul Cooper, Anti-Semitism, Battersea, Bishop Grosseteste University, Board of Deputies of British Jews, business, carbon emissions, Centre for Enterprise Markets and Ethics, Centre for Media Monitoring, children’s ministry, Christian Today, Christmas, church attendance, Church of England, climate change, Co-operative Funeralcare, Community Life Survey, Conference on Jewish Material Claims against Germany, conspiracy theories, coronavirus, Coronavirus Church and You, Countryside Alliance, Covid-19, Covid-19 and Church-21, crimes in churches, Department for Digital Culture Media and Sport, energy footprint, enterprise, Evangelical Alliance, Faisal Hanif, fostering, funerals, FutureFirst, God, Grove Books, holocaust, Home for Good, hospitality, hymns, influence of religion, initial teacher education, Islam, Islamophobia, Jews, Journal of Contemporary Religion, Journal of Religion and Health, Kantar Public, Keith Bailey, Kingsley Purdam, Leslie Francis, Linda Woodhead, Local Historian, Mark Plater, marriage, Marriage Foundation, media, mortality, music, Muslims, National Survey for Wales, Office for National Statistics, Paul Weller, Peter Brierley, QAnon, Religious Affiliation, religious education, religious festivals, religious socialization, religious studies, Richard Turnbull, Rural Theology, Samuel Nunney, Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor, Satan-worshipping paedophiles, Savanta ComRes, Schoen Cooperman Research, spiritual need, Stephen Hance, Sunday trading, supported lodgings, taxation, Twitter, University of Turku, Welsh Government, YouGov, YouGov@Cambridge
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Counting Religion in Britain, April 2017
Counting Religion in Britain, No. 19, April 2017 features 27 new sources. It can be read in full below. Alternatively, you can download the PDF version: No 19 April 2017 OPINION POLLS Lenten abstinence and Easter activities Just under one-fifth … Continue reading
Posted in Attitudes towards Religion, church attendance, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Ethnicity, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Religion in the Press, Religious beliefs, religious festivals, Religious prejudice, Survey news
Tagged 9dot-research, abstinence, academic research, active membership of religious groups, attendance at religious services, BBC, Ben Clements, Benedict XVI Centre for Religion and Society, BMG Research, Brexit, British Household Panel Survey, British Sociological Association, Burka, Cadbury, Care for the Family, census of population, Chris Dibben, Christian Institute, church attendance, church growth, church membership, Church of England, Church of England Newspaper, Church Times, ComRes, Daily Telegraph, David Voas, David Wright, Dermot O’Reilly, Easter, Easter eggs, Englishness, ethnic minorities, European Union, Faith in Research, family, Francesca Montemaggi, free school meals, freedom of expression, FutureFirst, general election, Gillian Raab, Global Religious Landscape, government restrictions on religion, Health and Place, homosexuality, HOPE, identity, income, Ingrid Storm, integration, Islam, Islamophobia, James Crouch, Jesus Christ, Jewish students, Journal of Contemporary Religion, labour market, Lent, life after death, Lord Ashcroft, Mark Hart, Maureen Glackin, Methodist Church, Methodist Recorder, Michael Rosato, Muslims, National Trust, National Union of Students, Natural Environment Research Council, niqab, non-religion, Northern Ireland, Opinium Research, Oven Pride, Paul Boyle, Paul Nuttall, Peter Brierley, Pew Research Center, politicians, Priya Minhas, Religious Affiliation, religious dress, religious festivals, religious freedom, religious nones, religious views, Research Councils UK, Resurrection, Roman Catholic schools, Sadek Hamid, Scotland, Scottish Affairs, Scottish church census, Scottish Social Attitudes Surveys, sectarian disadvantage, secularization, sin, Stephen Bullivant, Steve Bruce, Syrian refugees, The Observer, The Times, Theresa May, Tim Farron, toleration, Tony Glendinning, transmission of faith, Trevor Phillips, United Kingdom Independence Party, voting, YouGov, youth
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Muslim Stories and Other News
Yearbook of Muslims in Europe One important international reference work which BRIN has hitherto failed to mention in our regular round-ups of British religious statistical news is Yearbook of Muslims in Europe (ISSN 1877-1432), published by Brill since 2009 … Continue reading
Posted in church attendance, News from religious organisations, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Religious Census, Religious prejudice, Survey news
Tagged bonding social capital, census of population, Censuswide, Church of England, David Cameron, David Lankshear, David Voas, Demos, Diocese of Southwark, foreign travel, grandchildren, grandparents, Huffington Post UK, Iraq, ISIS, Islamic countries, Islamic State, James Lewis, Jews, Jonathan Birdwell, Jorgen Nielsen, Journal of Beliefs and Values, Journal of Contemporary Religion, labour market, Leslie Francis, Libya, Louis Reynolds, madrassas, Muslims, Newman Demographic Survey, Pastoral Research Centre, Peter Collins, prayer, Religious Affiliation, religious nones, Roman Catholic Church, Scotland, Scottish Gaelic, supplementary religious schools, Survation, Syria, Tania ap Sion, Travelzoo, Tunisia, World Jewish Relief, Yearbook of Muslims in Europe, YouGov, YouGov@Cambridge
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A Fortnight in Religious Statistics
Here are ten religious statistical news stories which have come to BRIN’s attention during the past fortnight. Religious affiliation: population census (1) The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has just launched a public consultation around its initial view of the … Continue reading
Posted in Historical studies, Official data, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Religious Census, Survey news
Tagged Alice Pyke, Andriy Danyliv, Anti-Semitism, British Library, British National Bibliography, British Social Attitudes Survey, census of population, Christianophobia, Christians, church growth, Ciaran O'Neill, David Goodhew, Eurotrack, euthanasia, Evangelical Alliance, evangelicals, Gemma Penny, general election, higher education, Irreligion, Islamophobia, James Lewis, Jews, Journal of Contemporary Religion, Leslie Francis, Muslims, NatCen Social Research, Office for National Statistics, physician-assisted suicide, poverty, Religious Affiliation, Religious diversity, Sikh Federation UK, Sikhs, Social Science and Medicine, theology, voting, YouGov
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Scottish Independence and Other News
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
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