Tag Archives: religious extremism

Exploring Religious Data in the British Social Attitudes 2014 Survey

Posted on October 15, 2015 by Ben Clements

The latest British Social Attitudes 2014 survey has recently been released via the UKDS, which holds all of the other surveys in the BSA series (as well as the data having being added to the online British Social Attitudes Information System). This … Continue reading →

Posted in Research note, Survey news, Uncategorized, visualisation | Tagged British Social Attitudes, British Social Attitudes Surveys, British society, Christianity, Christians, church attendance, Church of England, gay rights, group membership, Non-Denominational Christians, Religious Affiliation, religious attendance, religious belonging, religious extremism, Roman Catholics, same-sex marriage, social attitudes, Survey Data | 1 Comment

General Election Voting and Other News

Posted on May 16, 2015 by Clive D. Field

How religious groups actually voted BRIN has covered several surveys which sought to ascertain how members of faith groups intended to vote in the UK general election of 7 May 2015. Thanks to Lord Ashcroft, we now have some … Continue reading →

Posted in Ministry studies, News from religious organisations, Religion and Politics, Religion in the Press, Survey news | Tagged British Election Study, CAFOD, church growth, Church of England, Church Times, climate change, Eurobarometer, general election, honesty, Linda Woodhead, Lord Ashcroft, Methodist MPs, Methodist Recorder, North East England, Opinium Research, religious extremism, religious leaders, Roman Catholics, self-supporting ministry, The Observer, The Tablet, TNS UK, voting, YouGov | 1 Comment

More Trojan Horse Polling

Posted on June 18, 2014 by Clive D. Field

Trojan horse plot (1) For the second week running, YouGov was commissioned by The Sunday Times to investigate public opinion surrounding issues raised by the so-called ‘Trojan horse’ plot, whereby Muslim hardliners were alleged to have been trying to … Continue reading →

Posted in Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Religion in the Press, Survey news | Tagged Birmingham, British Future, Faith schools, Islamophobia, Muslims, Observer, Opinium Research, Populus, refugees, religious extremism, Scottish independence, state schools, Sunday Times, Trojan Horse plot, YouGov | Leave a comment

Threat of Religious Extremism

Posted on November 25, 2011 by Clive D. Field

UK citizens are more concerned about religious extremism than almost any other country in the European Union (EU), according to Special Eurobarometer 371 on Internal Security published today and available at: http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_371_en.pdf The study formed part of wave 75.4 of … Continue reading →

Posted in Religion and Politics, Survey news | Tagged Eurobarometer, European Commission, European Union, religious extremism, security, TNS | Leave a comment