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Counting Religion in Britain, September 2016

Posted on October 1, 2016 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 12, September 2016 features 26 new sources. It can be read in full below. Alternatively, you can download the PDF version: no-12-september-2016 OPINION POLLS Religious affiliation Lord Ashcroft’s latest large-scale political poll, conducted online among … Continue reading →

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Scottish Religion and Other News

Posted on August 30, 2015 by Clive D. Field

Scottish religion The continuing decline of religion in Scotland is documented in two publications from the Scottish Government this month. The first, published on 26 August 2015, is Scotland’s People Annual Report: Results from the 2014 Scottish Household Survey, … Continue reading →

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Round-Up of Islamic State and Other Surveys

Posted on September 4, 2014 by Clive D. Field

Islamic State There has been a further round of polling in recent days related to the advances of the Islamic State (IS) in Iraq and Syria, as summarized below, by chronological order of fieldwork. Unless otherwise stated, surveys were … Continue reading →

Posted in Official data, Religion and Politics, Religion in the Press, Survey news | Tagged British citizenship, ComRes, discrimination, Independent on Sunday, Iraq, Islamic State, Islamism, ITV News, marriages, Muslims, OnePoll, Religious Affiliation, religious institutions, Scotland, Scottish Government, Scottish Household Survey, Sky News, Sunday Mirror, Sunday Times, Survation, Syria, terrorism, The Independent, trust, YouGov | Leave a comment

British Academy Recognition and Other News

Posted on July 27, 2014 by Clive D. Field

BRIN secures British Academy recognition The British Academy, the UK’s national academy for the humanities and social sciences, announced on 23 July 2014 that BRIN is to be one of fine new Academy Research Projects in the social sciences. … Continue reading →

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After General Synod, Religion and Health

Posted on November 25, 2012 by Clive D. Field

In today’s news round-up, BRIN covers a poll of public attitudes to current issues in the Church of England, following General Synod’s narrowest of rejections of women bishops, and some interesting research into the relationships between religion and health. Church … Continue reading →

Posted in Official data, Religion and Ethnicity, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Religion in public debate, Religion in the Press, Survey news | Tagged Church of England, Equality Act 2010, equality groups, General Synod, homosexuality, Julie Ramsay, Karen MacNee, Measure for Women Bishops, NHS Health Scotland, out of touch, Parliament, Paul Whybrow, religion and health, Religious Affiliation, religious freedom, same-sex marriage, ScotCen Social Research, Scotland, Scottish Government, Scottish Health Survey, Sunday Times, women bishops, YouGov | Leave a comment

Religiously Aggravated Offending in Scotland, 2010-11

Posted on November 20, 2011 by Clive D. Field

The Justice Committee of the Scottish Parliament is meeting next Tuesday to consider Stage 2 amendments to the (relatively controversial) Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Bill, nicknamed the ‘Football Act’, which will give Scottish police more powers … Continue reading →

Posted in Official data, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate | Tagged Angela Morgan, Ben Cavanagh, crime, football, hate crime, Kathleen Doyle, Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Bill, Protestantism, religiously aggravated offending, Roman Catholicism, Scotland, Scottish Government, sectarianism | Leave a comment

Sectarianism in Scotland

Posted on September 24, 2011 by Clive D. Field

The recent resurgence of sectarianism in Scottish football is overwhelmingly condemned by Scots, according to a poll commissioned by the Scottish Government, and published on 4 September to coincide with the commencement of Scottish parliamentary scrutiny of the Offensive Behaviour … Continue reading →

Posted in Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Survey news | Tagged criminal offence, football, Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Bill, religious prejudice, Scotland, Scottish Government, sectarianism, TNS-BMRB | Leave a comment

Scottish Social Attitudes Discrimination Module

Posted on September 12, 2011 by Clive D. Field

The level of religious prejudice in Scotland in 2010 was much the same as in 2006, notwithstanding significant legislative and other activities to counter it by both the UK and Scottish Governments during the intervening years. Moreover, Scottish attitudes to … Continue reading →

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