Tag Archives: religious education

Counting Religion in Britain, August 2017

Posted on September 2, 2017 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 23, August 2017 features 27 new sources. It can be read in full below. Alternatively, you can download the PDF version: No 23 August 2017 OPINION POLLS Personal values Asked to select their three most … Continue reading →

Posted in church attendance, Historical studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Ethnicity, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Religion in public debate, Religion in the Press, Religious beliefs, Religious prejudice, Survey news | Tagged anti-Catholicism, Anti-Semitism, Antisemitism Barometer, Archbishop of Canterbury, BDRC Continental, Ben Clements, black and minority ethnic persons, BMEs, Brexit, Brian Grim, Brierley Consultancy, British Election Study Internet Panel, British Journal of Religious Education, Campaign against Antisemitism, chaplaincy, Christian England, church attendance, Church of England, communication with the dead, community role, Cornwall, Daniel Loss, Donald Trump, Ecclesiastical Insurance, equality legislation, Eurobarometer, European Union, examination results, FutureFirst, GCE A Levels, GCSE O Levels, Gemma Penny, gender pay gap, GfK, Gina Zurlo, high executive positions, House of Lords, Humanists UK, Immigration, importance of religion, integration, international threats, Islamic State, James Tilley, Jewish Leadership Council, Jews, Joint Council for Qualifications, Journal of British Studies, Journal of Modern History, Justin Welby, Kantar Public UK, Keith Kahn-Harris, Kingsley Purdam, Leslie Francis, majority-Muslim countries, marriages, mental health problems, Methodists, Mind, Miriam Elizabeth Burstein, Nasar Meer, National Church Institutions, National Health Service, Nazila Ghanea, Non-Religious Pastoral Support Network, Norfolk, Offender Management Statistics, omens, OnePoll, pastoral support, Paul Weller, Peter Brierley, Pew Global Attitudes Survey, Pew Research Center, places of worship, political correctness, politics, Politics Religion and Ideology, Populus, prayer, prisoners, Protestants, psychics, Reformation, Registrar General, Religious Affiliation, religious differences, Religious discrimination, Religious diversity, religious education, religious prejudice, religious studies, Roman Catholics, salvation by faith, Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor, Scotland, Scottish church census, Scottish Reformation Society, secularization, Simon Johnson, strong religious beliefs, Survation, Swiss Metadatabase of Religious Affiliation in Europe, Tania ap Sion, The Bulwark, Theos, Todd Johnson, United States, Ursula McKenna, values, Vegard Skirbekk, VisitEngland, visitor attractions, voting, Western Europe, work, Yearbook of International Religious Demography, YouGov, Young People’s Attitudes to Religious Diversity Project | Leave a comment

Counting Religion in Britain, March 2017

Posted on April 1, 2017 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 18, March 2017 features 25 new sources. It can be read in full below. Alternatively, you can download the PDF version: No 18 March 2017 OPINION POLLS Belief at work ‘British employers struggle to manage … Continue reading →

Posted in Attitudes towards Religion, Historical studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Religion Online, Religious beliefs, Religious prejudice, Rites of Passage, Survey news | Tagged A Levels, Abby Day, Albion Urdank, Andrew Village, Annual Population Survey, Anti-Semitism, Association of Leading Visitor Attractions, atheism, Baptists, Bloomsbury, British Journal of Religious Education, Callum Brown, Christian conferences, Church of England, Clive Field, ComRes, conversation, Daniel Staetsky, David Geary, death anxiety, devolution, Ecumenism, educational attainment, Equality Act 2010, European Court of Justice, Faith Research Centre, Faith schools, Gijsbert Stoet, Hannah Stuart, Henry Jackson Society, historical demography, humanism, ICM, iCoCo Foundation, Institute for Jewish Policy Research, Intelligence, Islam, Islamic terrorism, Islamist terrorism, Jamin Halbertstadt, Jewish News, Jewish schools, Jonathan Boyd, Jonathan Jong, Journal of Beliefs and Values, Journal of the British Academy, Katie Harrison, Ken Livingstone, Labour Party, Leeds Beckett University, Leslie Francis, Lexington Books, Linda Woodhead, London, Mandy Robbins, marriages, Martin Camroux, mathematics, Nailsworth, Naomi Simons, Office for National Statistics, oral history, Oscar Watkins, Oxford University Press, Peter Webster, prayer, Project 3:28, Religion Brain and Behviour, Religious Affiliation, religious ceremonies, Religious discrimination, religious dress, religious education, religious nones, religious studies, religious symbols, rites of passage, Robert Ross, Rowan Williams, SchoolDash, science, Scotland, Scottish Crime and Justice Survey, segregation, Sharia law, Si-Hua Chang, Smith Commission, Social Compass, St Paul's Cathedral, Stephen Parker, The Challenge, threat to the UK, TNS-BMRB, Tristan Philip, UCL Press, United Reformed Church, University of Edinburgh, values, visitor attractions, Westminster Abbey, women, workplace, World Wide Web, YouGov | Leave a comment

Counting Religion in Britain, June 2016

Posted on July 7, 2016 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 9, June 2016 features 24 new sources. It can be read in full below. Alternatively, you can download the PDF version: No 9 June 2016 OPINION POLLS – BREXIT The referendum on the United Kingdom’s … Continue reading →

Posted in church attendance, Ministry studies, News from religious organisations, Organisational data, People news, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Religion in public debate, Religious prejudice, Survey news | Tagged Arts and Humanities Research Council, Assaad Razzouk, Baptist Union, BBC, Bharath Ganesh, Bill Pickering, Brexit, British Social Attitudes Survey, charitable giving, Charities Aid Foundation, Christian Research, church attendance, church membership, Church of England, Clare Purtill, clergy, ComRes, Conservative Woman, David Bull, Department of Health, end-of-life care, European Network against Racism, European Union, Faith schools, faith-based charities, freedom of speech, GfK NOP, Gillian Madden, hate speech, Hope Not Hate, Howard Wright, Ideate Research, Iman Abou Atta, Islam, Islamic State, Islamophobia, Jewish Chronicle, Jews, Joseph Ewing, large churches, Leslie Francis, Liz Graveling, Lord Ashcroft, Lucy de Las Casas, Mandy Robbins, ministry, Muslims, NatCen, National Survey of Bereaved People, New Philanthropy Capital, Nick Spencer, Office for National Statistics, ORB International, Pew Global Attitudes Project, politics, Practical Theology, practising Christians, psychological type, Quakers, Rachel Wharton, referendum, Religion and the Public Sphere, Religious Affiliation, religious education, religious leaders, Religious Society of Friends, Resonate, science, Scottish Surveys Core Questions, senior religious figures, Survation, Tell MAMA, The Independent, theory of evolution, Theos, threat, TNS-BMRB, trust, voting, well-being, women, YouGov | 2 Comments

Religion, Identity, and Other Issues

Posted on April 13, 2014 by Clive D. Field

Church of England and Britishness Although only a tiny minority attends its services, and very many are critical of its stance on diversity issues, the majority of Britons (51%) still consider the Church of England to be important in defining … Continue reading →

Posted in Historical studies, Official data, Religion and Ethnicity, Religion and Politics, Religion in the Press, Religious Census, Survey news | Tagged abortion, Action for Happiness, BBC, Ben Clements, bibliometrics, British Social Attitudes Surveys, Britishness, Buddhism, census of population, Church of England, David Gellner, Department for Education, European Values Studies, happiness, Hinduism, InFuse, multiple religious identities, Nepalis, Opinion Research Centre, personal identity, Religion [journal], Religious Affiliation, religious education, religious leadership, religious newspapers, religious/spiritual life, Sociology [journal], Sondra Hausner, Steven Engler, Sunday Times, teachers, The Tablet, The Times, YouGov | Leave a comment

St Andrew’s Day and Other News

Posted on November 30, 2013 by Clive D. Field

Today is St Andrew’s Day, as you might have noticed from the latest and attractive ‘Google doodle’. However, their patron saint’s day is not going to be much celebrated by Scots, according to the first of nine reports in today’s … Continue reading →

Posted in church attendance, Historical studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, People news, Religion in public debate, Religion in the Press, Religious Census, Survey news | Tagged Bishops, Brierley Consultancy, British Social Attitudes Survey, census of population, church attendance, church growth, Church of England, Co-op Bank, David Voas, English Baccalaureate, George Carey, Greater London, John Hayward, Journal of Beliefs & Values, Leslie Francis, London City Mission, Mandy Robbins, mathematical modelling, Michael Whinney, National Association of Teachers of Religious Education, NATRE, Norwich, Office for National Statistics, patron saints, Paul Flowers, Peter Brierley, pyschological type profiling, Religious Affiliation, religious education, rural religion, schools, Scotland, St Andrew's Day, Sunday Times, The Conversation, urban religion, YouGov | 1 Comment

Secularization Restated and Other News

Posted on October 10, 2013 by Clive D. Field

Seven statistical news stories about religion in Britain feature in today’s post, including a summative article from Steve Bruce in reaffirmation of the secularization thesis. Secularization restated In Britain ‘there is no evidential warrant for describing individual beliefs and behaviour … Continue reading →

Posted in church attendance, Historical studies, News from religious organisations, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Survey news | Tagged Aliyah, church attendance, discrimination, emigration, Evangelical Alliance, evangelicals, Institute for Jewish Policy Research, Israel, Jerry Springer the Opera, Jonathan Boyd, Journal of Contemporary Religion, Laura Staetsky, Leeds, Linda Woodhead, Margaret Thatcher, Marina Sheps, Martin Luther King, Mother Teresa, Nobel Peace Prize, Ofsted, religious education, secularization, Steve Bruce, Tony Blair, UK Data Service, Westminster Faith Debates, work, YouGov | Leave a comment

Census, Corruption, Confidence, Curriculum, and Charity

Posted on August 12, 2013 by Clive D. Field

Today we feature five Cs of religious statistics – census, corruption, confidence, curriculum, and charity – in our latest round-up of newly-released quantitative data. Census – local characteristics on religion More data from the 2011 census of population were released … Continue reading →

Posted in Official data, Religion and Ethnicity, Religion and Social Capital, Religious Census, Survey news | Tagged census of population, charitable giving, Charity Awareness Monitor, church, corruption, educational benefit, ethnicity, Global Corruption Barometer, ICM Research, Jews, JustGiving, mfpSynergy, Muslims, Office for National Statistics, Opinium Research, ORB International, Religious Affiliation, religious bodies, religious education, secondary schools, socio-economic classification, Transparency International, trust | Leave a comment

Humanist Marriages and Other News

Posted on June 22, 2013 by Clive D. Field

Herewith eight more religious statistical news stories which have come to hand during the past week. Humanist marriages Humanist marriages have been legal in Scotland since 2005, and in 2011 (the latest year for which data are available) they were … Continue reading →

Posted in church attendance, Historical studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religious Census, Survey news | Tagged Abu Qatada al-Filistini, Alan Munden, British Humanist Association, census of population, church growth, Church of England, church-joining, church-leaving, Clive Field, County Durham, Diocese of Leicester, hate preachers, humanism, humanist marriages, Islamism, Islamophobia, Jordan, Lee Rigby, London, mission statistics, Muslim communities, National Association of Teachers of Religious Education, NATRE, Northumberland, primary schools, Religious Affiliation, religious education, Scottish Episcopal Church, Sociology of Religion Study Group, SocRel, St Paul's Cathedral, Sun on Sunday, Surtees Society, Survation, Warburtons, Woolwich, YouGov | Leave a comment

Money for Good and Other News

Posted on March 24, 2013 by Clive D. Field

BRIN certainly cannot trump the unprecedented inauguration of new leaders of the global Catholic and Anglican communions within the same week. But, on a business-as-usual level, here are six more religious statistical stories for your edification. Money for good UK … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Religion in public debate, Survey news | Tagged All Party Parliamentary Group on Religious Education, Ben Clements, British Social Attitudes Survey, Centre for Church Growth Research, charitable giving, church growth, Church of England, Cranmer Hall, David Goodhew, homosexuality, Ipsos-MORI, Lucy de Las Casas, Matt van Poortvliet, meditation, Mind, ministry, Money for Good UK, NatCen, New Philanthropy Capital, ordinands, Parliamentary Affairs, Populus, religious education, Rob Abercrombie, Sally Bagwell, same-sex marriage, Stephen Lloyd, volunteering, YouGov | Leave a comment

Scottish Social Attitudes and Other News

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Clive D. Field

Start your week with BRIN’s latest selection of British religious statistical news, comprising three sources of data on the contemporary scene plus a reassessment of religious belonging in the Edwardian era a century ago. Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2011 The … Continue reading →

Posted in church attendance, Historical studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, Survey news | Tagged 21st Century Evangelicals, British Journal of Religious Education, Callum Brown, children, church attendance, church membership, Clive Field, education, Edwardian era, Evangelical Alliance, Faith schools, Halloween, Journal of Religious History, Lincolnshire, Mark Plater, Redbridge, Religious Affiliation, religious belonging, religious education, religious festivals, ScotCen Social Research, Scottish Social Attitudes Survey | 1 Comment

Tag Archives: religious education

Secularization Restated and Other News

Humanist Marriages and Other News

Recent News

Recent Sources

Archives

British Religion in Numbers is funded as a British Academy Research Project