Tag Archives: Pew Global Attitudes Project

Mid-Year Round-Up

Posted on June 30, 2015 by Clive D. Field

Immigration and the religious landscape Were it not for immigration, the speed of secularization in England and Wales might have been even faster. That is one gloss that could be put on a report from the Office for National … Continue reading →

Posted in Historical studies, Official data, Religion and Politics, Religion in the Press, Religious Census, Religious prejudice, Survey news | Tagged Anti-Semitism, BBC, census of population, Christianity, Church of England, Clive Field, Damian Thompson, Diocese of London, finance, home missions, Immigration, Islam, Islamic State, Jewish Chronicle, Jews, Office for National Statistics, Pew Global Attitudes Project, Ramadan, Religious Affiliation, Sarah Flew, supermarkets, Survation, The Spectator, TNS | Leave a comment

Catholic Family and Other News

Posted on October 19, 2014 by Clive D. Field

Catholic family The Roman Catholic Church’s fortnight-long Extraordinary Synod on the Family ends in Rome today. It has attracted surprisingly little attention in the general (non-Catholic) British media, although its outcomes are now being reported as a victory for … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Politics, Religion in the Press, Religious Census, Survey news | Tagged atheism, Ben Clements, British Election Study, Byron Creese, census of population, Christian Today, ComRes, David Voas, Deborah Lader, equality, Extraordinary Synod on the Family, hate crimes, Home Office, Independent on Sunday, International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence, Islamic State, Islamism, jihadists, London, Matt Sheard, Pew Global Attitudes Project, Populus, ransoms, Religious Affiliation, religious and ethnic hatred, Roman Catholic Church, Ruth Gledhill, Scotland, Secularism and Nonreligion, St Paul's Cathedral, Sunday Mirror, The Tablet, The Times, Westminster Abbey, Westminster Faith Debates, YouGov | 1 Comment

Islamic and Other Themes

Posted on May 17, 2014 by Clive D. Field

Attitudes to Muslims One-quarter (26%) of Britons entertain a mostly unfavourable or very unfavourable opinion of Muslims, according to the latest release of data, on 12 May 2014, from the Pew Global Attitudes Project, for which 1,000 adults were … Continue reading →

Posted in Historical studies, Religion and Politics, Religion in the Press, Survey news | Tagged Anti-Semitism, Boko Haram, Buddhism, Cline Center for Democracy, Composition of Religious and Ethnic Groups Project, end-of-life care, halal meat, Islamism, Islamophobia, Jews, Mail on Sunday, Marie Curie Palliative Care Institute Liverpool, meditation, mindfulness, Muslims, National Health Service, Nigeria, palliative care, Pew Global Attitudes Project, Populus, Royal College of Physicians, schoolgirls, spiritual needs, Sunday Times, Survation, YouGov | Leave a comment

Religious Marriages and Other News

Posted on June 26, 2013 by Clive D. Field

Seven new sources of British religious statistics feature in today’s bulletin, leading with the latest set of official annual figures on the mode of solemnization of marriages in England and Wales. Marriages (England and Wales), 2011 The number of marriages … Continue reading →

Posted in church attendance, News from religious organisations, Official data, Rites of Passage, Survey news | Tagged Andrew Village, cause of evil, cause of good, church attendance, church membership, Church of England, churchmanship, clergy, Clive Field, ComRes, Creationism, evolution, funerals, global threats, God, hymns, Ipsos-MORI, Islamic extremist groups, Islamophobia, Journal of Empirical Theology, Marie Curie Cancer Care, marriages, Methodist Church, Office for National Statistics, origins of life, Pew Global Attitudes Project, Princeton Survey Research Associates International, psychological type, Religious Affiliation, religious leaders, rites of passage, The Sun, Wellcome Trust Monitor, YouGov, young people | Leave a comment

Life After the Census

Posted on December 13, 2012 by Clive D. Field

The 2011 census of population may be by far the most significant religious statistical source to have been published this week, but there have been a few other reports, too, which are worthy of note. Here we highlight four which … Continue reading →

Posted in Official data, Religion and Politics, Religion Online, Survey news | Tagged armed forces, Britain Thinks, British Future, Defence Analytical Services and Advice, homosexuality, inter-faith relationships, legislation, Ministry of Defence, online social networking, Pew Global Attitudes Project, Pew Research Center, Princeton Survey Research Associates International, Religious Affiliation, same-sex marriage, YouGov | 1 Comment

Religion in Western Europe and the USA

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Clive D. Field

The latest report from the Pew Global Attitudes Project, on the values gap between America and Western Europe (including on three religious indicators), was published today, with the general headline of ‘American exceptionalism subsides’ (although this was less applicable to … Continue reading →

Posted in Attitudes towards Religion, Religion in public debate, Survey news | Tagged Belief in God, Britishness, Christians, importance of religion, morality, Pew Global Attitudes Project, Pew Research Center, values | 2 Comments

Muslim-Western Tensions – British Experiences

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Clive D. Field

‘Muslim and Western publics continue to see relations between them as generally bad, with both sides holding negative stereotypes of the other.’ However, there has been ‘somewhat of a thaw in the U.S. and Europe compared with five years ago’. … Continue reading →

Posted in Religion in public debate, Survey news | Tagged Anti-Semitism, Britishness, Christianophobia, Christians, economic prosperity, extremism, integration, Islam, Islamic fundamentalism, Islamophobia, Jews, Muslims, Pew Global Attitudes Project, Princeton Survey Research Associates International, religious prejudice, violence | 3 Comments

Attitudes towards Different Religious Groups in Britain: Survey Data Sources

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Ben Clements

This post highlights some of the survey resources – available for general usage – which allow researchers to examine public views towards religious groups in Britain. The three surveys used are the European Values Study, the Pew Global Attitudes Project surveys, and the British Social Attitudes surveys.
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Posted in Attitudes towards Religion, Religion and Social Capital, Survey news | Tagged American Grace, Ben Clements, British Social Attitudes Survey, David Campbell, David Voas, European Values Study, Feeling Thermometer, Pew Global Attitudes Project, Robert Putnam, Rod Ling | Leave a comment

Freedom of Religion

Posted on October 3, 2010 by Clive D. Field

It is ten years since the Human Rights Act entered the statute books. To commemorate the anniversary, the campaigning organization Liberty has commissioned ComRes to undertake a poll of public attitudes to human rights. Fieldwork was conducted by telephone between … Continue reading →

Posted in Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Survey news | Tagged British Social Attitudes Survey, Citizenship Survey, ComRes, freedom of religion, Human Rights Act, Liberty, Pew Global Attitudes Project | 1 Comment

Islamophobia Unveiled

Posted on July 9, 2010 by Clive D. Field

A new opinion poll on British attitudes to Muslim women wearing full face veils was released on 8 July 2010. It is the third to be published this year. It was conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International on behalf … Continue reading →

Posted in Survey news | Tagged Burka, face veil, Islamophobia, Muslims, Pew Global Attitudes Project, Princeton Survey Research Associates International, religious dress | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Pew Global Attitudes Project

Mid-Year Round-Up

Catholic Family and Other News

Islamic and Other Themes

Religious Marriages and Other News

Religion in Western Europe and the USA

Muslim-Western Tensions – British Experiences

Islamophobia Unveiled

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