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Counting Religion in Britain, November 2017
Counting Religion in Britain, No. 26, November 2017 features 23 new sources. It can be read in full below. Alternatively, you can download the PDF version: No 26 November 2017 OPINION POLLS Good life What makes for a good life in … Continue reading
Posted in church attendance, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Ethnicity, Religion and Politics, Religious prejudice, Survey news
Tagged Andrew Village, armed forces, attendance at religious services, BBC, British Household Panel Survey, British Journal of Sociology, British Social Attitudes Survey, cathedrals and churches, Channel 4, Christian Research, Christmas, Church of England, clergy, ComRes, ethnic minorities, Ethnic Minority British Election Survey, European Social Survey, Gemma Penny, gender fluidity, general election, GfK, good life, Health Survey for England, hijab, historic buildings, household income, Ingrid Storm, International Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans and Intersex Association, interreligious marriage, Ipsos-MORI, Islamic State, Islamophobia, Journal of Religion in Europe, Leslie Francis, Maria Sobolewska, marriage, migration, mosques, Muslims, NatCen Social Research, National Churches Trust, NHS Digital, Nikah, Ofsted, Oxford Review of Education, Pew Research Center, politics, polygamy, prayer, prejudice, primary schools, Religious Affiliation, religious broadcasting, Religious diversity, religious dress, religious education, Religious Identity, RIWI, Robert Ford, royal family, schools, ScotCen Social Research, Scotland, Scottish Health Survey, self-assessed religiosity, sexual identity, sexual orientation, Social Distance, spiritual enrichment, Syria, The Times, Thought for the Day, Today, True Vision Aire, trust, Understanding Society, University College London, Ursula McKenna, veracity, voting, YouGov, Young People’s Attitudes to Religious Diversity Project
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Je suis Charlie and Other News
Last week’s news was dominated by a series of Islamist outrages in France, in which seventeen innocent people died, three police officers, four shoppers at a kosher supermarket, and ten journalists working for the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, which in … Continue reading
Posted in Historical studies, News from religious organisations, Religion and Politics, Religion in the Press, Survey news
Tagged Catholic Directory of England and Wales, Charlie Hebdo, Christian conferences, Christianity, clergy, ComRes, David Ceri Jones, democracy, France, Ipsos-MORI, Islam, Islamism, Islamophobia, media, Michelangelo, NASUWT, Natalie Collins, Opinium Research, ORB International, parents, Populus, Project 3:28, Prophet Mohammed, religious ethos, religious leaders, Richard Allen, schools, self-assessed religiosity, Sistine Chapel, Sunday Times, trust, Wales, WIN/Gallup International, women speakers, works of art, YouGov
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Advent Pot-Pourri
Correlates of belief The socio-structural and religious correlates of over-time belief in God, life after death, hell, heaven, and sin are explored in a new article by Ben Clements published in the advance access edition of Journal of Beliefs … Continue reading
Posted in Historical studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Social Capital, Religious beliefs, Survey news
Tagged abortion, assisted suicide, Ben Clements, Bible Society, Bookseller, British Crime Survey, British Social Attitudes Surveys, Catholic Education Service for England and Wales, Christian Research, Christians in Sport, Church of England, Church Urban Fund, crime, debt, employment, European Values Study, Journal of Beliefs and Values, Journal of Religion in Europe, Julian Hargreaves, Labour Force Survey, Muslims, Nabil Khattab, nativity plays, Netmums, New Churches, religious beliefs, religious books, Resonate, Roman Catholics, Ron Johnston, schools, Social Science Journal, sport, Sunday Times, YouGov
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Sacred Texts and Other News
Sacred texts The potential contribution of religious and sacred texts to the school curriculum is explored in new research published by the Bible Society on 20 November 2014. Commissioned from YouGov, it involved online interviews with samples of (a) … Continue reading
Posted in church attendance, News from religious organisations, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Religion Online, Rites of Passage, Survey news
Tagged anti-creationism, Bible Society, BRIN, British identity, cathedral friends, Christians, Christmas, church attendance, Church of England, clergy burnout, Co-operative Funeral Care, comets, funeral music, God, hymns, Jewish Chronicle, Jewish Lives, Jews, Journal of Beliefs and Values, Journal of Empirical Theology, jubilee, Judith Muskett, Leslie Francis, Mandy Robbins, Martin Charlesworth, Natalie Williams, origins of life on earth, Peter Webster, poverty, religious festivals, religious social capital, sacred texts, schools, Sunday Times, UJIA, United States, 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
Posted in church attendance, Historical studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Religion in public debate, Religion in the Press, Rites of Passage, Survey news
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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St Andrew’s Day and Other News
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
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Faith Schools and Other News
Seven religious statistical stories feature in today’s post, including five newly-released YouGov polls, four touching on aspects of religious prejudice, and leading with a major study of attitudes to faith schools. Faith schools In our post of 2 September 2013, … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Village, Anti-Semitism, Association for the Scientific Study of Anomalous Phenomena, Burka, Church of Scotland, churchgoers, courtrooms, Ecumenism, evolution, face veil, Faith schools, football, Football Association, ghosts, hijab, hospitals, Islamophobia, Jews, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Linda Woodhead, Muslims, niqab, prejudice, psychological type, religious dress, schools, Scotland, Sunday Times, Sylvia Baker, The Sun, Tottenham Hotspur FC, UFOs, Westminster Faith Debates, Yids, YouGov
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Attitudes to Immigration and Other News
Today’s post features seven stories which have landed on BRIN’s desk during the past fortnight. Please use the contact tab on our homepage to alert us to any significant news items which we appear to have missed. Attitudes to immigration … Continue reading
Posted in News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Religion in the Press, Religious Census, Survey news
Tagged Ajmal Hussain, census of population, Church of England, Claire Alexander, democracy, Egypt, English Baccalaureate, Fair Admissions Campaign, faith schools. GCSEs, Immigration, Independent on Sunday, Islamism, Janet Street-Porter, Joint Council for Qualifications, Kenn Winter, Linda Woodhead, Lord Ashcroft, Muslims, out of touch, Populus, Religious Affiliation, religious studies, Roman Catholic Church, Runnymede Trust, schools, Stephen Jivraj, The Universe, University of Manchester, Victoria Redclift, YouGov
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Newspaper Religion + Catholic Schools
Today’s stories feature a longitudinal survey of the religious content of major national newspapers and the results of the 2012 annual census of Catholic schools in England and Wales. Coverage of religion in newspapers The proportion of page space (including … Continue reading