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Tag Archives: mosques
Counting Religion in Britain, October 2018
Counting Religion in Britain, No. 37, October 2018 features 18 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 37 October 2018 OPINION … Continue reading
Posted in church attendance, Historical studies, Ministry studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, Organisational data, Religion and Ethnicity, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Religion in public debate, Religious beliefs, Religious prejudice, Survey news
Tagged abortion, active in local church, Andrew Village, Anne Power, Anti-Semitism, attendance at religious services, Bert Provan, Bible, BICOM, British Israel Communications and Research Centre, Cathedrals, Christians against Poverty, Church in Wales, Church of England, Church of England Newspaper, Church Times, churchgoers, clergy burnout, climate change, Clive Field, Co-operative Funeralcare, ComRes, death, discrimination, Eleanor Benton, England, Equality and Human Rights Commission, evolution, funeral, hate crimes, Home Office, homosexuality, Islamophobia, Jeremy Corbyn, Jesus Christ, John Payne, Kantar Public UK, Laura Lane, Leslie Francis, Ligonier Ministries, LSE Housing and Communities, MEND, Methodists, mocking religion, mosques, Muslim Engagement and Development, Muslims, National Churches Trust, National Survey for Wales, Office for National Statistics, Pew Global Attitudes Survey, politics, Populus, Proceedings of the Wesley Historical Society, Religion and Global Society, Religious Affiliation, religious equality, religious prejudice, Review of Religious Research, Rural Theology, Scotland, sin, social science, Steve Bruce, Sylvia Baker, theology, visiting churches, voting, Wales, YouGov
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Counting Religion in Britain, February 2018
Counting Religion in Britain, No. 29, February 2018 features 18 new sources. It can be read in full below. Alternatively, you can download the PDF version: No 29 February 2018 OPINION POLLS Female suffrage anniversary To commemorate the then impending … Continue reading
Posted in Ministry studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, religious festivals, Religious prejudice, Rites of Passage, Survey news
Tagged Amazon, Ann Casson, anti-Semitic incidents, Anti-Semitism, Baptist ministers, Baptist Quarterly, BBC Radio 5 Live, Billy Graham, British Social Attitudes Surveys, Burka, Christian-ethos schools, Christine Brewster, Church House Publishing, Church of England, Church Urban Fund, church-based social action, Community Security Trust, ComRes, contraceptive pill, Core Issues Trust, Crime Survey for England and Wales, David Lankshear, disestablishment, disrespect, Emma Eccles, Francis Scale of Attitude toward Christianity, Harry Drake, hate speech, Heather Buckingham, Home Office, homosexuality, Immigration, Islam, Islamophobia, Kantar Public, Lent, Leslie Francis, Lucy Moor, marriages, Mental Health Religion and Culture, Ministry of Justice, mosques, Muslim Council of Britain, Muslims, National Health Service, Office for National Statistics, Patrick Laycock, Paul Beasley-Murray, Populus, Prospect, psychological type scales, reading habits, Reform, Religious Affiliation, religious festivals, religious figures, religious prejudice, religious studies, secondary schools, Silvia Sim, Siobhan McAndrew, spiritual development, suffrage, Syria, Tom Owton, Tom Sefton, Trevor Cooling, University of Bristol, University of Essex, University of Strathclyde, University of Texas, Voices of the Silenced, vote, Vue Piccadilly, Wealth and Assets Survey, Wing Chan, women, YouGov
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Counting Religion in Britain, November 2017
Counting Religion in Britain, No. 26, November 2017 features 23 new sources. It can be read in full below. Alternatively, you can download the PDF version: No 26 November 2017 OPINION POLLS Good life What makes for a good life in … Continue reading
Posted in church attendance, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Ethnicity, Religion and Politics, Religious prejudice, Survey news
Tagged Andrew Village, armed forces, attendance at religious services, BBC, British Household Panel Survey, British Journal of Sociology, British Social Attitudes Survey, cathedrals and churches, Channel 4, Christian Research, Christmas, Church of England, clergy, ComRes, ethnic minorities, Ethnic Minority British Election Survey, European Social Survey, Gemma Penny, gender fluidity, general election, GfK, good life, Health Survey for England, hijab, historic buildings, household income, Ingrid Storm, International Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans and Intersex Association, interreligious marriage, Ipsos-MORI, Islamic State, Islamophobia, Journal of Religion in Europe, Leslie Francis, Maria Sobolewska, marriage, migration, mosques, Muslims, NatCen Social Research, National Churches Trust, NHS Digital, Nikah, Ofsted, Oxford Review of Education, Pew Research Center, politics, polygamy, prayer, prejudice, primary schools, Religious Affiliation, religious broadcasting, Religious diversity, religious dress, religious education, Religious Identity, RIWI, Robert Ford, royal family, schools, ScotCen Social Research, Scotland, Scottish Health Survey, self-assessed religiosity, sexual identity, sexual orientation, Social Distance, spiritual enrichment, Syria, The Times, Thought for the Day, Today, True Vision Aire, trust, Understanding Society, University College London, Ursula McKenna, veracity, voting, YouGov, Young People’s Attitudes to Religious Diversity Project
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Counting Religion in Britain, March 2016
Counting Religion in Britain, No. 6, March 2016 features 23 new sources. It can be read in full below. Alternatively, you can download the PDF version: No 6 March 2016 OPINION POLLS Hope Not Hate Hope Not Hate, founded … Continue reading
Posted in church attendance, Historical studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, People news, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Religion in the Press, Religious beliefs, religious festivals, Religious prejudice, Survey news
Tagged Alliance Defending Freedom, anti-Muslim hatred, Association of Leading Visitor Attractions, Benedict XVI Centre for Religion and Society, Bible Society, Bolton, British values, Charity Awareness Monitor, Children's Society, Christians, church attendance, Clive Field, ComRes, Conrad Hackett, Daily News and Leader, David Graham, death, Early Day Motions, Easter eggs, Ekaterina Kolpinskaya, England, European Union, Faith schools, force for good, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, gender differences in religion, genocide, Health Survey for England, Hindus, Hope Not Hate, human rights, importance of religion, Independent Press Standards Organisation, Information Centre for Health and Social Care, Institute for Jewish Policy Research, integration, IPSO, Islam, Islamic extremism, Islamic State, Islamophobia, Jewish charitable giving, Jewish health, Jews, Jonathan Boyd, Jonny Wineberg, Journal of Legislative Studies, London, London Journal, Mary Riso, Mass-Observation, Meaningful Chocolate Company, media, Members of Parliament, mosques, Muslim communities, Muslims, NatCen Social Research, National Foundation for Educational Research, National Survey of Young People’s Well-Being, nfpSynergy, NHS Salford Clinical Commissioning Group, Nick Lowles, Nonconformists, Northern History, ORB International, Parable of the Good Samaritan, Parliamentary Affairs, Parliamentary Questions for Written Answers, Pew Global Attitudes Project, Pew Research Center, places of worship, Pope Francis, Populus, prayer, religion and laws, religious abuse, Religious Affiliation, Religious discrimination, religious festivals, religious tolerance, respect for local religious leaders, Robert Ford, Salford, Sandi Mann, Sikhs, source of identity, spiritual or paranormal phenomena, Stephen Bullivant, strangers, terrorism, terrorist attack, The Sun, The Times, threat to Western civilization, trust in the Church, University of York, violence, visitor attractions, WIN/Gallup International, Yazidis, YouGov
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Church Buildings and Other News
Church buildings Churchgoing may be a distinctly minority activity in contemporary Britain, but as many as 45% of the population claim to have visited a church or chapel during the past year for either religious or non-religious purposes, rising … Continue reading
Posted in News from religious organisations, Religion and Politics, Survey news
Tagged anti-Semitic incidents, Bible, Christianity magazine, church attendance, church buildings, Church of England, Clive Field, Community Security Trust, ComRes, Dalai Lama, Diocese of Canterbury, Food Standards Agency, freedom of religion, Fresh Expressions, general election, halal, Index on Censorship, Innes Bowen, James Lewis, Jews, John Walker, Magna Carta, Martin Saunders, Mehmood Naqshbandi, mosques, Muslim News, Muslims, National Churches Trust, New Religious Movements, politics, Pope Francis, pornography, Religious Affiliation, ScotCen Social Research, Scotland, Scottish Social Attiutudes Survey, shechita, slaughter of animals, YouGov
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Far Right Britons
The negativity of far right political parties, and particularly the British National Party (BNP), towards Islam and Muslims has been reaffirmed in a new report by academics at Nottingham and Salford Universities which was launched at Chatham House on 8 … Continue reading
Posted in Religion and Politics, Survey news
Tagged BNP, British National Party, EDL, English Defence League, far right, Islam, Islamophobia, Jocelyn Evans, Matthew Goodwin, mosques, Muslims, politics, Religious Affiliation, Searchlight Educational Trust, UKIP, United Kingdom Independence Party, violence, Western civilization, YouGov
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Searchlight on Religion
A major new source of public opinion data on religion and inter-faith relations has just become available in the form of a Populus poll for Searchlight Educational Trust. The survey is of unusual importance in terms of the number of … Continue reading
Posted in church attendance, Religion in public debate, Survey news
Tagged Christians, church attendance, English nationalism, extremism, force for good, freedom of speech, Hindus, importance of religion, inter-faith relations, Islam, Islamophobia, Jews, legislation, mosques, multiculturalism, Muslims, personal identity, politics, Populus, religious abuse, Religious Affiliation, religious leaders, religious prejudice, Searchlight Educational Trust, Sikhs, violence
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Angus Reid Public Opinion Round-Up
Angus Reid Public Opinion (ARPO, formerly Angus Reid Strategies) is the Vancouver-based public affairs practice of Vision Critical and conducts online surveys. It was originally founded in 2006 by Dr Angus Reid, a Canadian sociologist with four decades of experience … Continue reading
Posted in Survey news
Tagged Angus Reid Public Opinion, Burka, burqa, Canada, clergy, Creationism, evolution, Halloween, hijab, Islam, Islamophobia, minarets, ministers, mosques, Muslims, niqab, origins of life, paganism, priests, religious dress, Springboard UK, Switzerland, United States of America, witchcraft
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In the Firing Line
One of the more surprising religion-related news stories in recent weeks has been the row which developed over the use of models of ‘generic Eastern buildings’ on the Ministry of Defence (MoD)’s firing range at Bellerby, North Yorkshire. They were … Continue reading
