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Tag Archives: Sunday trading
Counting Religion in Britain, October 2020
Counting Religion in Britain, No. 61, October 2020 features 23 new sources of British religious statistics. The contents list appears below and a PDF version of the full text can be downloaded from the following link: No 61 October 2020 … Continue reading
Posted in Attitudes towards Religion, Covid-19, Ministry studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Education, Religion and Ethnicity, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Religion in public debate, Religious beliefs, religious festivals, Religious prejudice, Survey news
Tagged Academy schools, Aisha Phoenix, Aliens, Alison Scott-Baumann, Andrew Village, Anti-Semitism, Baptist Times, Baptist Union, black Christians, Board of Deputies of British Jews, Bonfire Night, Carli Lessof, Carmel Murphy, Chine McDonald, Christian Aid, Christmas, church attendance, church buildings, Church of England, Church Times, clergy, climate change, climate justice, communal worship, conspiracy theories, coronavirus, Covid-19, Crime Survey for England and Wales, Daniel Staetsky, David Graham, David Lawrence, Dom Llewellyn, economic and social value, economic disadvantage, emotional and psychological wellbeing, England and Wales, Equality and Human Rights Commission, European Jewish Demography Unit, face masks, gift-giving, Gregory Davis, Halloween, Hanbury Strategy, happiness, Hassidic communities, hate crime, holidays, Home Office, Hope Not Hate, Institute for Jewish Policy Research, Ipsos Global Advisor, Ipsos-MORI, Islam, Islamophobia, Jeremy Corbyn, Jews, Joe Ware, Jonathan Boyd, Keir Starmer, Labour Party, Laurence Lovat, Leslie Francis, Lindsey Donoghue, Litvish communities, Living Ministry, Liz Graveling, lockdown, Mathew Guest, mental wellbeing, Mike Lowe, mortality, Muslims, National Churches Trust, National Secular Society, New Year, Oxford University Press, police, QAnon, racism and racial inequality, Religion Media Centre, Religious Affiliation, religious festivals, religious or spiritual wellbeing, religious prejudice, residential segregation, rites of passage, Samaritan’s Purse UK, Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor, satanic cults, Savanta ComRes, secularization, Sergio DellaPergola, Shlomit Flint Ashery, shop opening hours, Shuruq Naguib, social action, Springer, State of Life, statistics for mission, Steve Bruce, Strictly Orthodox Jews, Sunday trading, universities, University College London, wellbeing and flourishing, YouGov, YouGov@Cambridge, YourNeighbour
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Counting Religion in Britain, August 2020
Counting Religion in Britain, No. 59, August 2020 features 21 new sources of British religious statistics. The contents list appears below and a PDF version of the full text can be downloaded from the following link: No 59 August 2020 … Continue reading
Posted in Attitudes towards Religion, church attendance, Covid-19, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Ethnicity, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Religion in public debate, Religion in the Press, Religion Online, Religious beliefs, Religious Census, Religious prejudice, Rites of Passage, Survey news
Tagged A Levels, Annual Population Survey, Anti-Semitism, armed forces, atheist, attendance at religious services, Bible, British Academy, British Future, Cabinet Office, census of population, Centre for Media Monitoring, channels of communication, Christian Welfare organizations, civil servants, coronavirus, corporate worship, Coventry University, Covid-19, Durham University Online Church Research Group, Ecclesiastical, Faisal Hanif, faith-based organizations, Free to Disagree, friends, GCSEs, God, Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill, hate crimes, Henry Jackson Society, humanists, ICM Unlimited, influence of religion, Islamophobia, Jewish Chronicle, Jewish News, life after death, lockdown, media, meditation, Ministry of Defence, mortality, Muslim Council of Britain, Muslims, National Records of Scotland, Nigeria, Nigerian Christians, Office for National Statistics, Opinium Research, Paul Bickley, Paul Weller, persecution of Christians, places of worship, prayer, PSJ UK, public examinations, Rakib Ehsan, Religious Affiliation, religious beliefs, religious census, religious divisions, Religious Education Council of England and Wales, religious persecution, religious person, religious prejudice, religious studies, Savanta ComRes, Scotland, shopping, solemnization of marriages, spiritual greater power, spirituality, stirring up hatred, Sunday trading, terrorism, The Observer, Theos, Wasiq Wasiq, YouGov
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Counting Religion in Britain, June 2020
Counting Religion in Britain, No. 57, June 2020 features 23 new sources of British religious statistics. The contents list appears below and a PDF version of the full text can be downloaded from the following link: No 57 June 2020 … Continue reading
Posted in Attitudes towards Religion, church attendance, Covid-19, Historical studies, Ministry studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Religious prejudice, Survey news
Tagged Andrew Village, Annual Population Survey, Anti-Semitism, attendance at religious services, Baptist Union of Great Britain, Ben Clements, Board of Deputies of British Jews, British Journal of Religious Education, Catherine Pepinster, Catholic Voices, Catholics in Britain, charity trustees, Christian-ethos schools, Church Commissioners, church membership, Church of England, Church Times, Common Era, coronavirus, Covid-19, Elaine Howard Eklund, Evangelical Alliance, Health Survey for England, Islamophobia, Jacksons Fencing, Jews, John Clayton, Jonathan Boyd, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Leslie Francis, Lindsay Richards, lockdown, London, meditation, Methodist Church, Methodist Recorder, Michael Hirst, ministry, mortality, NatCen Social Research, Nathan Mladin, National Safeguarding Team, NHS Digital, North East England, Office for National Statistics, ordination of women, Paul Bickley, Peter Hopkins, places of worship, Populus, prayer, Religious Affiliation, religious charities, religious prejudice, religious studies, Robert Thomson, Roman Catholic Church, Savanta ComRes, science, secondary schools, security, Sharan Kaur Mehta, shop opening hours, Siobhan McAndrew, social inclusion, socialization, Sunday trading, Sunday Trading Act 1994, Survation, Tell MAMA, The Tablet, Theos, United Reformed Church, York St John University, YouGov
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Counting Religion in Britain, April 2016
Counting Religion in Britain, No. 7, April 2016 features 23 new sources. It can be read in full below. Alternatively, you can download the PDF version: No 7 April 2016 OPINION POLLS Muslim voices Opinion polls conducted among British Muslims … Continue reading
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Tagged alcohol, Anti-Semitism, attendance at religious services, Ben Cowdrey, Bethan Thomas, biomedical research, Brexit, British Social Attitudes Survey, cathedral friends, Channel 4, charitable services, Charities Aid Foundation, Christian Research, church leaders, Church of England, church visits, ComRes, consumerism, crises, Danny Dorling, David Voas, diversity, Drinkaware, European Union, Evangelical Alliance, evangelicals, Evening Standard, faith-based charities, freedom of speech, FutureFirst, gender equality, Gerard Lemos, homosexuality, Ian Sansbury, ICM Unlimited, Idea, integration, intercessory prayer, invisible Church, Ipsos-MORI, Islamic extremism, Islamic State, Islamophobia, Israel, Israeli government, ITV News, Jeff Astley, Jews, Journal of Beliefs and Values, Journal of Religion in Europe, Judith Muskett, Ken Livingstone, Labour Party, Lea Kauffmann-de Vries, Leslie Francis, London, Mark Griffiths, marriages, materialism, Muslims, NatCen Social Research, New Philanthropy Capital, New Wine, Newman Demographic Survey, Oasis Foundation, Office for National Statistics, origin of life on earth, Pastoral Research Centre, Peter Brierley, Policy Press, Pope Francis, Populus, practising Christians, Pray One for Me, prayer, prison chaplains, prisoners, psychological type, public services, referendum, Religious Affiliation, religious census, Resonate, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Catholics, Sadiq Khan, Saint Andrew Press, science, ScotCen Social Research, Scotland, Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, secularization, Siobhan McAndrew, Steve Aisthorpe, Steve Bruce, Sunday trading, Tania ap Sion, terrorist attack, Theology of Religions Index, Tony Spencer, Trevor Phillips, Wellcome Trust Monitor, YouGov, Young Christian Workers, young people, Youth Research Council, Zac Goldsmith
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Counting Religion in Britain, February 2016
Counting Religion in Britain, No. 5, February 2016 features 23 new sources. It can be read in full below. Alternatively, you can download the PDF version: No 5 February 2016 OPINION POLLS Prayer Two-fifths (42%) of 2,023 Britons answered in … Continue reading
Posted in News from religious organisations, Official data, People news, Religion and Politics, Religious beliefs, religious festivals, Religious prejudice, Survey news
Tagged abstinence, advertisements, Annual Population Survey, anti-Semitic incidents, Anti-Semitism, astrology, BBC, BMG Research, British values, Christian conferences, Christian Research, Christians, church buildings, Community Security Trust, ComRes, Crime Survey for England and Wales, David Voas, Donald Trump, EastEnders, Eurotrack, Evening Standard, female speakers, Health and Social Care Information Centre, Holocaust Memorial Day, Homepride Flour, hospital chaplains, Islam, Islamic State, Islamophobia, Jeremy Corbyn, Jewish Year Book, Lent, Methodist Church, mosque, Natalie Collins, National Churches Trust, Office for National Statistics, personal wellbeing, Pope Francis, prayer, Prayeronthemove, Project 3:28, Religious Affiliation, religious education teachers, Resonate, Scotland, Scottish Surveys Core Questions, shops, SPCK, star signs, Sunday trading, Taking Part: the National Survey of Culture Leisure and Sport, Telsolutions, TNS-BMRB, UCAS, Union of Shop Distributive and Allied Workers, University and College Admissions Service, USDAW, YouGov, YouGov@Cambridge
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Counting Religion in Britain, January 2016
Counting Religion in Britain, No. 4, January 2016 features 25 new sources. It can be read in full below. Alternatively, you can download the PDF version: No 4 January 2016 OPINION POLLS Nones On 19 January 2016 Professor Linda … Continue reading
Posted in church attendance, Historical studies, Ministry studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Ethnicity, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Religion in public debate, Religious Census, Religious prejudice, Survey news
Tagged Alan Munden, Andrea Silberman, Andrew Atherstone, Anthony Tricot, Archbishop of Canterbury’s Commission on Urban Priority Areas, Baptist ministry, Baptist Union of Great Britain, Bashar al-Assad, BMG Research, Brierley Consultancy, Bristol and Gloucestershire, British Academy, Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire Records Society, Cathedrals, census of population, Censuswide, Charlie Hebdo, Christian Research, Christine Brewster, Christmas, Christopher Stephens, church attendance, Church of England, Church of England Record Centre, clergy, clergy and priests, ComRes, cost of living, Daily Record, David Thompson, death, Donald Trump, Douglas Davies, economic impact, English language skills, entry ban, Evangelical Alliance, evangelicals, Evening Standard, Faith in the City, Gallup Poll, Gemma Penny, Gloucestershire Record Series, ground troops, hate crimes, Health, Holocaust Memorial Day Trust, human rights, Huntingdonshire, Ignite Project Team, Ipsos-MORI, Iraq, Islamic State, Jayne Ozanne, Jewish Chronicle, Jewish lifestyle, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Judith Muskett, Kareena McAloney-Kocaman, Kelvin Randall, Labour Force Survey, labour market penalties, LBC Radio, Leslie Francis, Lia Dong Shimada, Linda Woodhead, London, Mandy Robbins, Mental Health Religion and Culture, Methodist Church, Muslim women, Muslims, Nabil Khattab, New West End Company, Oxera Consulting, Patrick Laycock, Peter Brierley, prayer request, proficiency in English, psychological well-being, radicalization, Religious Affiliation, religious census, Religious discrimination, religious nones, Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, retail employees, rites of passage, same-sex marriage, Scotland, Scottish church census, Skaiste Liepyte, Southwark Cathedral, St Vincent de Paul Society, Stanley Brunn, stress, Sunday trading, Survation, Syria, Tania ap Sion, Tariq Modood, terror attack, The Changing World Religion Map, The Tablet, threat, truth, Urban Priority Areas, veracity, visiting and befriending, YouGov
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Coronation Service and Other News
Coronation service Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has just become the longest-reigning monarch in British history, so it has been a considerable time (1953) since there has been a coronation in Britain. But already thoughts are beginning to turn … Continue reading
Posted in church attendance, News from religious organisations, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Rites of Passage, Survey news
Tagged Association of Convenience Stores, Board of Deputies of British Jews, British Corner Shop, British traditions, Christian Research, Christianity, churchgoing, Co-operative Funeralcare, ComRes, coronation, drone strike, fleshandblood, funerals, ICM Unlimited, Institute for Jewish Policy Research, Islamic State, Jewish community statistics, Nicholas Dixon, Nick Spencer, organ donation, Resonate, Sunday trading, Syria, Theos, Wales, Welsh Election Study, Welsh Referendum Study, YouGov
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