Tag Archives: religious trends

Prayer and Other News

Posted on November 8, 2013 by Clive D. Field

Today’s post features eight religious statistical news stories, leading on an analysis by BRIN of the answers to one of the questions in the latest round of the European Social Survey, whose results have just been released. Prayer Data from … Continue reading →

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UK Religious Trends to 2020

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Clive D. Field

Some fascinating (but necessarily speculative) insights into ten key current religious, demographic and other changes in the UK and their potential impact upon the Churches are contained in a new publication by Peter Brierley, head of Brierley Consultancy. Entitled Major … Continue reading →

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Religious Trends Online

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Clive D. Field

Seven printed editions of Christian Research’s Religious Trends were published between 1997 and 2008, under the editorship of Peter Brierley. They appeared as a companion to the UK Christian Handbook, which had developed incrementally since 1973, predating the formation of … Continue reading →

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Counting Catholics

Posted on September 27, 2010 by Siobhan McAndrew

Andrew Brown of the Guardian has just written a very interesting article on the problems of calculating the size of the Catholic community. The Catholic Church defines the Catholic community as those people who have been baptised living within England and Wales. Continue reading →

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Getting Data on Scientology

Posted on July 23, 2010 by Siobhan McAndrew

Scientology appears to be in the news at the moment so it seems timely to offer some ideas on how to count Scientology in the UK. Continue reading →

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Global Religious Trends to 2020

Posted on February 12, 2010 by Clive D. Field

Anybody using British religious statistics in a comparative context may find a new discussion paper by Peter Brierley (head of Brierley Consultancy) of interest. It is entitled Global Religious Trends, 2010 to 2020 and has been prepared for this year’s … Continue reading →

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