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Counting Religion in Britain, June 2018

Posted on June 30, 2018 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 33, June 2018 features 17 new sources. At present, the full text (including weblinks) is only available to download in PDF format No 33 June 2018 The contents list is as follows: OPINION POLLS Christian England? … Continue reading →

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Counting Religion in Britain, May 2018

Posted on May 31, 2018 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 32, May 2018 features 17 new sources. It can be read in full below. Alternatively, you can download the PDF version: No 32 May 2018 OPINION POLLS Being Christian in Western Europe The Pew Research … Continue reading →

Posted in Attitudes towards Religion, church attendance, Historical studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Religion in public debate, Religious beliefs, Religious Census, Religious prejudice, Rites of Passage, Survey news | Tagged 1851 Religious Census, Agricultural Biotechnology Council, alcohol, Anti-Semitism, armed forces, Barnet, BBC, BMG Research, British Journal of Criminology, British values, Centre for Longitudinal Studies, Charity Awareness Monitor, Christianity, Church Commissioners, Church House Publishing, Church of England, Crime Survey, Daniel Allington, Dissent, elections, Faith schools, faith-based charities, GfK Belgium, humanist marriages, Humanists UK, International Journal of Regional and Local History, Islam, Jenny Smith, Jews, Julian Hargreaves, Kate Tiller, Labour Party, Laura Watt, life events, Mark Elliot, Millennium Cohort Study, Muslims, National Secular Society, National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles, nfpSynergy, Pew Research Center, Populus, Quakers, Religious Affiliation, religious commitment, religious intermarriage, religious prejudice, Religious Society of Friends, rites of passage, royal family, Sandra Millar, sex education, Sikhs, stop and search, Western Europe, YouGov, YouGov@Cambridge, young people | Leave a comment

Counting Religion in Britain, December 2017

Posted on January 1, 2018 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 27, December 2017 features 24 new sources. It can be read in full below. Alternatively, you can download the PDF version: No 27 December 2017 OPINION POLLS Perils of perception The latest Ipsos global Perils of … Continue reading →

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Chaplaincy ‘Wars’ and Other News

Posted on July 1, 2013 by Clive D. Field

It is not an unusual occurrence for religious statistics to be debated and contested, but those relating to hospital chaplaincy seem to be especially prone to feature in public rows. Two competing pictures of what is happening to the number … Continue reading →

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Religious Census 2011 – Initial Responses

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Clive D. Field

Herewith an initial trawl of statements by interested parties about the results from the religion question in the 2011 census of population of England and Wales. All the statements were published on 11 or 12 December 2012. No claim is … Continue reading →

Posted in Official data, Religion in public debate, Religion in the Press | Tagged Bible Society, British Humanist Association, Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales, census of population, Church of England, Ekklesia, Evangelical Alliance, Fresh Expressions, Institute for Jewish Policy Research, Methodist Church of Great Britain, Muslim Council of Britain, National Secular Society, Religious Affiliation, The Guardian, Theos | 2 Comments

Council Prayers

Posted on February 18, 2012 by Clive D. Field

In yet another paradox of public attitudes to religion, 55% of Britons agree that local councils should be allowed to hold prayers as part of formal council meetings, even though an identical proportion personally believe that councils should not hold … Continue reading →

Posted in Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Survey news | Tagged Bideford, Christian country, councils, Eric Pickles, High Court, Local Government Act, Localism Act, National Secular Society, prayers, Religious Affiliation, self-assessed religiosity, YouGov | 1 Comment

Census Christians

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Clive D. Field

‘UK residents who think of themselves as Christian show very low levels of Christian belief and practice’ and ‘are overwhelmingly secular in their attitudes on a range of issues from gay rights to religion in public life’, according to research … Continue reading →

Posted in Attitudes towards Religion, church attendance, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Survey news | Tagged abortion, assisted suicide, Bible, Bishops, Census, Christians, Church and State, churchgoing, collective worship, Creationism, Daily Telegraph, Ekklesia, extra-marital sex, Faith schools, God, heaven, hell, homosexuality, hospital chaplaincy, House of Lords, Ipsos-MORI, Jesus Christ, morality, National Secular Society, official religion, prayer, public life, Religious Affiliation, religious education, Resurrection, Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science (UK), schools, self-assessed religiosity, state religion | 3 Comments

Chaplaincy to the Armed Forces

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Clive D. Field

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is spending £22 million annually on employing 280 Christian chaplains across the three armed services, according to the MoD’s reply to a request under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act made by the National Secular … Continue reading →

Posted in Official data, Religion in public debate | Tagged armed forces, chaplaincy, Freedom of Information Act, Ministry of Defence, National Secular Society, public expenditure | Leave a comment

Religious Discrimination in Britain

Posted on June 26, 2011 by Clive D. Field

A synthesis of the quantitative and qualitative evidence base for actual or perceived religious discrimination in Britain during the past decade was published by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) on 20 June as Research Report, 73. Emanating from … Continue reading →

Posted in Religion in public debate | Tagged David Perfect, Equality and Human Rights Commission, National Secular Society, Paul Weller, Religious discrimination | Leave a comment

Papal Visit – Final Reckoning

Posted on March 6, 2011 by Clive D. Field

A significant amount of controversy surrounded the run-up to the state and pastoral visit of Pope Benedict XVI to Scotland and England on 16-19 September 2010, although, in retrospect, the visit was deemed by many to have been a success. … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion in public debate, Research note | Tagged finance, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, National Secular Society, papal visit, police, Pope Benedict XVI, Roman Catholic Church | Leave a comment

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