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Tag Archives: New Religious Movements
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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Recent Journal Articles and Other News
As well as carrying the usual miscellany of news, this post reports on a selection of recent articles in academic journals which may be of interest to BRIN users. We give a URL for each, in line with our standard … Continue reading
Posted in church attendance, Historical studies, Official data, Religion in public debate, Religious Census, Survey news
Tagged A.J.Christopher, anti-Catholicism, Beth Singler, British Social Attitudes Surveys, British values, Charity Awareness Monitor, church, Clive Field, Commission on Religion and Belief in British Public Life, ComRes, European Social Surveys, European Values Studies, Independent on Sunday, Jediism, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Journal of Ecclesiastical History, Journal of Religion in Europe, Marion Burkimsher, New Religious Movements, nfpSynergy, Religious Affiliation, religious attendance, religious census, religious freedom, religious polarization, Roman Catholicism, Sarah Wilkins-Laflamme, Scottish Episcopal Church, social media, Sociology of Religion, Sunday Mirror, trust, Woolf Institute
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“Other – Write In”
The British Election Study 2009-2010 is a valuable resource for political scientists. What researchers in religion may not realise is that the questions on religious affiliation can tell us something about how people define themselves, and to a certain extent, about the comparative size of new religious movements, sects, and smaller religions. The Internet Panel sample comprised 16816 respondents giving more ability than in smaller surveys to look at smaller faith communities. Continue reading
