The census of population (2001, 2011, 2021) is the main statistical source for non-Christian and other faiths and groups. Jews…
Very interesting
Where are the statistics for other religious groups? In addition, analysis on the differences between 1st to 3rd generation migrant…
As stated in our report, the comment was made by Nick Spencer of the think tank Theos. You could contact…
It does not seem hypocritical, to me, to hold the opinion that people's relationship with God is a personal matter…
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3 responses to “Long-Living Methodists”
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[…] And this is not a new pattern. Clive Field’s unpublished Oxford DPhil thesis of 1974 revealed that, until the beginning of the twentieth century, the death rate per 1,000 among lay members of the various Methodist denominations in Britain was appreciably below the national level, especially in Wesleyan Methodism. Published studies by Kenneth Brown (‘A Social History of the Nonconformist Ministry in England and Wales, 1800-1930’) and Tim Allison (‘An Historical Cohort Study of Methodist Ministers Examining Lifespan and Socioeconomic Status’ – University of Manchester MSc thesis, 1995) demonstrate similar trends. More information about the research can be found at British Religion in Numbers. […]
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Nice to have my study quoted after such a long time. The study was originally designed to consider the difference in lifespan by social class controlling for occupation. Lifespan is considerably influenced by social background, so it is interesting to note that in the 19th century ministers from the Primitive Methodist Church tended to have fairly long lives, although not as long on average as their perhaps more middle class Wesleyan colleagues.
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[…] And this is not a new pattern. Clive Field’s unpublished Oxford DPhil thesis of 1974 revealed that, until the beginning of the twentieth century, the death rate per 1,000 among lay members of the various Methodist denominations in Britain was appreciably below the national level, especially in Wesleyan Methodism. Published studies by Kenneth Brown (‘A Social History of the Nonconformist Ministry in England and Wales, 1800-1930’) and Tim Allison (‘An Historical Cohort Study of Methodist Ministers Examining Lifespan and Socioeconomic Status’ – University of Manchester MSc thesis, 1995) demonstrate similar trends. More information about the research by British Religion in Numbers can be found at http://www.brin.ac.uk/news/?p=361. […]
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