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Counting Religion in Britain, May 2017
Counting Religion in Britain, No. 20, May 2017 features 27 new sources. It can be read in full below. Alternatively, you can download the PDF version: No 20 May 2017 OPINION POLLS Global Trends, 2017 Results from the second wave … Continue reading
Posted in church attendance, Historical studies, Ministry studies, News from religious organisations, Religion and Ethnicity, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Religious beliefs, religious festivals, Religious prejudice, Rites of Passage, Survey news
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Counting Religion in Britain, February 2017
Counting Religion in Britain, No. 17, February 2017 features 31 new sources. It can be read in full below. Alternatively, you can download the PDF version: No 17 February 2017 OPINION POLLS Places of worship The overwhelming majority (87%) of … Continue reading
Posted in Attitudes towards Religion, Historical studies, Ministry studies, News from religious organisations, Religion and Ethnicity, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Religion in public debate, Religious beliefs, Religious Census, religious festivals, Religious prejudice, Survey news
Tagged 1960s, abstinence, Andrew Brown, anti-Semitic incidents, Bradford, British Social Attitudes Surveys, British values, Callum Brown, census of population, chapels, Chatham House, Church of England, churches, clergy, Clive Field, Clive Murray Norris, Community Security Trust, ComRes, Crime Survey for England and Wales, Daniel Staetsky, Derbyshire, Donald Trump, Easter, Eurotrack, Evangelical Alliance, evangelicals, Experiences of Ministry, fake news, finance, fundamental clash, Gareth Streeter, Generation Z, Greg Smith, hate crimes, homosexuality, Hope Not Hate, Ian Sansbury, Immigration, Institute for Jewish Policy Research, integration, Ipsos-MORI, Islam, Islamic State, Jewish Chronicle, Jews, John Crummett, Jonathan Boyd, Journal of Youth Studies, Julia Pye, Kantar Public, learning disabilities, Lent, lesbian gay or bisexual people, Linda Woodhead, Living Ministry, London, meeting houses, Mental Health, Methodism, ministry, Muslim countries, Muslims, NatCen Social Research, National Churches Trust, National Identity, New Mills Local History Society, Nick Lowles, Nicola Madge, Oasis Foundation, Office for Civil Society, Olivia Michelmore, Opinium Research, origins of life on earth, Oxford University Press, Peter Hemming, Pew Global Attitudes Project, places of worship, Populus, PwC, Religious Affiliation, religious census, religious festivals, religious leaders, religious nones, religious prejudice, Roger Hutchinson, same-sex marriage, science, Scotland, Scottish Government, Scottish Surveys Core Questions, secularization, Southend News Network, St Valentine’s Day, state visit, Step up to Serve, Steve Chalke, Sunday Mirror, terrorist attack, The Independent, The Times, theology, Theresa May, travel ban, trust, Twenty-First Century Evangelicals, United States of America, Varkey Foundation, WATCH, Wellcome Science Education Tracker, Wellcome Trust, Western civilization, Women and the Church, YouGov, YouGov@Cambridge, youth social action
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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
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Christmas Observance and Other News
Christmas observance Prospect magazine has entered into the festive spirit by commissioning YouGov to run a few questions about how Britons observe Christmas, 1,927 adults being quizzed online on 13-14 November 2014. Nothing unusual about that, you might think … Continue reading
Posted in People news, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Survey news
Tagged Brent Cross Shopping Centre, British Religion in Numbers, Christmas, Eurotrack, freedom of speech, Ipsos-MORI, Jesus Christ, Mortar, nativity, New Culture Forum, Peter Kellner, Pew Research Center, places of worship, Pope Francis, Prospect, religious festivals, religious knowledge, Social Integration Commission, Sunday Telegraph, YouGov
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Anglican Clergy Poll and Other News
Anglican clergy poll As anticipated in our post of 12 October 2014, the complete results of the YouGov survey of Anglican clergy were published on 23 October. The poll was designed by Professor Linda Woodhead and commissioned on behalf … Continue reading
Posted in church attendance, News from religious organisations, Religion and Ethnicity, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Religious Census, Survey news
Tagged Ben Clements, Bettina Schmidt, British Association for the Study of Religions, British Election Study, census of population, church attendance, church growth, Church Heritage Record, Church of England, ChurchCare, clergy, David Voas, DISKUS, English Heritage, Fiona Tweedie, Heritage at Risk Register, Ipsos-MORI, Iraq, Islamic State, Israel, Jewish Leadership Council, Kevin Brice, Linda Woodhead, places of worship, Populus, Religious Affiliation, Religious change, Scotland, Sunday Times, Syria, We Believe in Israel, Westminster Faith Debates, YouGov
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Trojan Horse Plot and Other News
Trojan horse plot Two-thirds of the British public think there is substance behind the allegations of a ‘Trojan horse’ plot whereby hardline Muslim groups have attempted to take over certain schools in Birmingham. However, opinion is divided about where … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC, Birmingham, charitable giving, Christian country, ComRes, Islamophobia, marriages, Methodist Church, Muslims, Office for National Statistics, places of worship, schools, Sunday Times, Trojan Horse plot, YouGov
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Lenten Intentions and Other News
With Lent starting next Wednesday, 13 February, our lead story this week concerns what people say they will be giving up this year, but there is the usual miscellany of other religious statistical news items, too. Lenten intentions One-quarter (24%) … Continue reading
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Tagged Abigail Frymann, abstinence, Alex Singleton, Catholic MPs, census of population, Census Open Atlas, Church Times, Elena Curti, Lent, mapping, Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill, Mass, Missale Romanum edition tertia, Office for National Statistics, opinion formers, places of worship, religious festivals, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Missal, same-sex marriage, The Tablet, YouGov
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Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill
The increasingly heated controversy over the Coalition Government’s Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill for England and Wales shifts to Parliament tomorrow (5 February 2013), with the Second Reading debate in the House of Commons. It therefore seems a good point … Continue reading
Posted in Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Research note, Survey news
Tagged British Social Attitudes Surveys, Church of England, ComRes, courts, David Cameron, government, homosexuality, ICM, Ipsos-MORI, legislation, lesbians/gays/bisexuals, Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill, OnePoll, places of worship, religious marriages, same-sex marriage, Survation, YouGov
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