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Tag Archives: mass attendance
Counting Religion in Britain, December 2020
Counting Religion in Britain, No. 63, December 2020 features 16 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 63 December 2020 … Continue reading
Posted in church attendance, Covid-19, Historical studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion in the Press, Religion Online, Religious beliefs, religious festivals, Religious prejudice, Survey news
Tagged Aliens, Andrew Village, Anna Pless, Anti-Semitism, Archbishop of Canterbury, Ari Paltiel, believing without belonging, Bible, Bible Study Fellowship, Catholic Herald, Christian calendar, Christian country, Christian ethics, Christianity, Christmas, Christmas story, church attendance, church membership, civil service, coronavirus, Covid-19, Daniel Staetsky, Dick Houtman, diversity, Easter, Easter story, environmentalism, European Jewish Demography Unit, European Values Study, Evangelicalism, evolution, ghosts, God, Greg Smith, HM Prison and Probation Service, importance of religion, Institute for Jewish Policy Research, Ipsos Global Advisor, Ipsos-MORI, Islamophobia, Jesus Christ, Jewish Chronicle, Jews, Jonathan Boyd, Joshua Edelman, Journal of Empirical Theology, Kaya Burgess, Labour Party, Langer Research Associates, Leslie Francis, Manchester Metropolitan University, mass attendance, Milan Dinic, Ministry of Defence, mortality, nativity plays, origins of life on earth, Paul Tromp, Peter Brierley, Pew Research Center, Pope, prayer, predictions, prisoners, problem, Religious Affiliation, religious event, religious faith, religious festivals, religious prejudice, Republic of Ireland, Review of Religious Research, rituals, Roman Catholics, Savanta ComRes, science, secular event, spiritual greater power, The Times, UK Church Statistics, vaccination, William Temple Foundation, WordGo, Work Avenue, Yonder, YouGov
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Counting Religion in Britain, May 2020
Counting Religion in Britain, No. 56, May 2020 features 16 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 56 May 2020 … Continue reading
Posted in church attendance, Covid-19, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Ethnicity, Religion and Politics, Religious beliefs, Religious Census, Rites of Passage, Survey news
Tagged Andrew Village, Angels, anxiety, attack on western values, attendance at religious services, Ben Clements, Bible, British Election Study, Campaign against Living Miserably, Catholic Times, Catholic Universe, Census Order (England and Wales), children, Christian Aid, Church of England, Church Times, church-based activities, collapse the economy, conspiracy theories, coronavirus, Covid-19, Daniel Freeman, death or grief, destroy religion, ethnic minorities, Evangelical Alliance, faith leaders, funerals, general elections, globalists, God, HOPE Together, Hospice UK, Jains, Jewish Chronicle, Jews, Leslie Francis, life after death, lockdown, mass attendance, Mater Dei Centre for Catholic Education, meditation, miracles, moral guidance, mortality, Muslim Council of Britain, Muslims, National Churches Trust, pandemic, parents, Populus, prayer, Psychological Medicine, Religious Affiliation, religious beliefs, religious broadcasting, religious census, religious faith, religious leaders, religious music, religious services, religious texts, religious workers, reopening of churches, rites of passage, Roman Catholic Church, Savanta ComRes, ScotCen Social Research, Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, Sikh Network, Sikhs, Smoking, spiritual activities, spiritual beliefs, spiritual leadership, spirituality, Stephen Bullivant, Stephen Pollard, stress, Talking Toddlers, Tearfund, The Tablet, understanding of spiritual matters, voting, Word on Fire, York St John University, YouGov
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Counting Religion in Britain, April 2020
Counting Religion in Britain, No. 55, April 2020 features 13 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 55 April 2020 … Continue reading
Posted in church attendance, Covid-19, Ministry studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Ethnicity, Religion in public debate, Religion in the Press, Religious beliefs, Religious Census, Rites of Passage, Survey news
Tagged Andrew Norfolk, Anglo-Catholic churches, Ben Clements, black and minority ethnic communities, Board of Deputies of British Jews, Catholic Herald, census of population, Charity Awareness Monitor, Church of England, Church Times, churchgoing, conspiracy theories, coronavirus, Covid-19, David Katz, ethnicity, FutureFirst, horoscopes and star signs, Jewish Chronicle, Jewish News, Jews, John Tomlinson, Jonathan Boyd, Leslie Francis, Mark Griffiths, mass attendance, Ministry of Justice, Miriam Partington, mortality, Muslims, New Statesman, nfpSynergy, Office for National Statistics, Opinium Research, prediction, prisoners, Religion Media Centre, Religious Affiliation, religious marriages, religious press, religious revival, retired clergy, Richard Webber, rites of passage, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Catholics, Sacristy Press, Savanta ComRes, Scottish Government, Sebastian Shehadi, Sikh Federation UK, Sikhs, Simon Rocker, The Times, Tony Neal, Trevor Phillips, trust in the Church, Wales
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Catholic Directory, 2012
Pope Benedict XVI’s state and pastoral visit to Britain from 16 to 19 September 2010 seems to have done little to improve the religious practice of English and Welsh Roman Catholics, to judge by average weekly mass attendance over four weekends … Continue reading
Benedict Bounce
The so-called ‘Benedict bounce’, the reinvigoration of Catholic life in Britain consequent upon the state and pastoral visit of Pope Benedict XVI to Scotland and England in September 2010, is a reality according to a press release from the Diocese … Continue reading
Thoughts on Trends in Church Attendance
The recent debate over whether church attendance has reached a plateau, hosted here, at the Church Mouse blog, and The Guardian, has been of great interest. As a religious statistician and consultant, and editor of the seven editions of Religious Trends, I’m taking the opportunity to offer additional interpretation of the data. Continue reading
Posted in church attendance, Measuring religion, Religion in the Press
Tagged Baptist Union, Christian Research, church attendance, Church Mouse, Church of England, English church census, mass attendance, Methodist Church, Pentecostalism, Presbyterianism, Roman Catholic Church, United Reformed Church
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How Many Catholics?
As part of its coverage of the papal visit, the BBC has compiled a webpage entitled ‘How many Catholics are there in Britain?’ This will be found at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/11297461 It brings together disparate data from several sources, in particular: Clerical … Continue reading
