Tag Archives: The Observer

Counting Religion in Britain, March 2021

Posted on April 2, 2021 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 66, March 2021 features 20 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 66 March 2021 … Continue reading →

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Counting Religion in Britain, September 2020

Posted on October 1, 2020 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 60, September 2020 features 17 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 60 September 2020 … Continue reading →

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Counting Religion in Britain, August 2020

Posted on August 31, 2020 by Clive D. Field

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, 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 | Leave a comment

Counting Religion in Britain, July 2020

Posted on August 2, 2020 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 58, July 2020 features 17 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 58 July 2020 … Continue reading →

Posted in Attitudes towards Religion, church attendance, Ministry studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Ethnicity, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Religion in public debate, Religious beliefs, Religious Census, Religious prejudice, Survey news | Tagged Aidan Connaughton, Aisha Phoenix, Alison Scott-Baumann, Allchurches Trust, Annual Population Survey, anti-Semitic incidents, Anti-Semitism, Ariana Monique Salazar, Aston University, attendance at religious services, biologists, black and minority ethnic groups, Brandon Vaidyanathan, British citizenship, children and young people, Christian Aid, Christine Tamir, Church of England, Clergy Discipline Measure, climate change, community needs, Community Security Trust, coronavirus, Covid-19, David Johnson, Deltapoll, Department for Education, Di Di, Elaine Howard Ecklund, ethnicity, Faith schools, focaldata, Gallup, gay conversion therapy, God, good values, Hope Not Hate, importance of religion, Institute for Jewish Policy Research, Ipsos-MORI, Islam, Islamic State, Islamophobia, Jews, Kirstin Matthews, Mathew Guest, morality, mortality, Muslims, Office for National Statistics, Opinium Research, Oxford University Press, Ozanne Foundation, Pew Global Attitudes Project, Pew Research Center, physicists, places of worship, prayer, racial inequality, racism, Religious Affiliation, religious census, religious prejudice, Robert Thomson, Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor, Savanta ComRes, science, Shamima Begum, Sheldon Community, Shuruq Naguib, Sikh Federation UK, Steven Lewis, Sunday Times, Tarek Al-Baghal, Templeton World Charity Foundation, The Observer, Yenn Lee, YouGov | Leave a comment

Counting Religion in Britain, August 2018

Posted on August 31, 2018 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 35, August 2018 features 22 new sources. It can be read in full below. Alternatively, you can download the PDF version: No 35 August 2018 OPINION POLLS Boris Johnson and the burka The debate over the … Continue reading →

Posted in Attitudes towards Religion, church attendance, Ministry studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Ethnicity, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Religion in public debate, Religious beliefs, Religious Census, Religious prejudice, Survey news | Tagged A Levels, Allan Vint, Anti-Semitism, apology, Asian elephants, attendance at religious services, BBC Asian Network, BMG Research, Boris Johnson, Brexit, British Asians, Burka, census of population, Censuswide, Charity Awareness Monitor, Church of England, Church of Scotland, church schools, ComRes, Conservative Party, criticism of Christianity, dating apps, Deltapoll, Department for Education, discipline, division and conflict, Donald Trump, England, ethnicity, European Union, evangelicals, Faith schools, Fraser Sutherland, GCSEs, Greg Smith, Hindus, Humanist Society Scotland, Humanists UK, Immigration, importance of religion, inter-faith relationships, Ipsos-MORI, Islamophobia, Israel, Jeremy Corbyn, Jewish News, Jews, Joint Council for Qualifications, Labour Party, lifestyle, Linda Woodhead, local politicians, Matthew Weldon, ministry, Muslims, National Records of Scotland, National Secular Society, Newsbeat, nfpSynergy, Opinium Research, personal identity, populism, Populus, Radio 4, Rafaela Dancygier, Religion State and Society, Religious Affiliation, religious beliefs, religious broadcasting, religious prejudice, Religious Statistics, religious studies, school admissions, Scotland, Scottish Government, Sikhs, Sky Data, social integration, Sun on Sunday, Sunday Express, Survation, Tell MAMA, The Observer, Thought for the Day, tourism, Tunisia, uniformed organizations, volunteering, YouGov, Young People in Scotland Survey, Youth United Foundation | Leave a comment

Counting Religion in Britain, April 2018

Posted on May 2, 2018 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 31, April 2018 features 20 new sources. It can be read in full below. Alternatively, you can download the PDF version: No 31 April 2018 OPINION POLLS Religious divisions The gulf between people of different religions … Continue reading →

Posted in Attitudes towards Religion, Historical studies, Ministry studies, News from religious organisations, Religion and Ethnicity, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Religion in public debate, religious festivals, Religious prejudice, Survey news | Tagged #LiveLent 2018, Annual Population Survey, Anti-Semitism, bank holidays, BBC, black and minority ethnic adults, BMG Research, Brill, British Future, British way of life, Burka, Cathedrals, charismatic Christianity, charities, Christian Opinion Panel, Christians, Christopher Rutledge, church attendance, Church of England, churchmanship, clergy, ComRes, Dalai Lama, David Graham, Deltapoll, Eurobarometer, European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, giving, Health Survey for England, Hindus, Hope Not Hate, Institute for Jewish Policy Research, integration, inter-religious marriage, Ipsos-MORI, Islam, Islamophobia, Israel, Jeremy Corbyn, Jesus Christ, Jewish identity, Jewish News, Jews, Kantar TNS, Keith Daniel Roberts, King's College London, Labour Party, legacies, Liverpool, Liverpool University Press, London, Mark Cartledge, marriage, millennials, most admired man, Muslims, NatCen Social Research, Nick Lowles, Orange Order, Owen Edwards, Pastoral Research Centre Trust, patron saints’ days, Pentecostalism, personality, Pope Francis, Religious Affiliation, religious differences, Religious discrimination, religious education, religious festivals, religious prejudice, respect, Roman Catholic Church, Rosie Carter, royal family, Rural Theology, Scotland, Scottish Household Survey, sectarianism, Sikhs, Sunday Express, Sunday Times, Survation, Tania ap Sion, The Independent, The Observer, TMH Media, volunteering, West Midlands, YouGov | Leave a comment

Counting Religion in Britain, April 2017

Posted on May 1, 2017 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 19, April 2017 features 27 new sources. It can be read in full below. Alternatively, you can download the PDF version: No 19 April 2017 OPINION POLLS Lenten abstinence and Easter activities Just under one-fifth … Continue reading →

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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

Britain Uncovered and Other News

Posted on April 26, 2015 by Clive D. Field

Britain uncovered The recent ‘Britain Uncovered’ poll commissioned by The Observer from Opinium Research, among an online sample of 1,019 adults, included several questions of religious interest. The proportion associating with any religion was 61%, albeit significantly lower among … Continue reading →

Posted in church attendance, Historical studies, Ministry studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, People news, Religion and Politics, Religious Census, Survey news | Tagged Church in Wales, Church of England, clergy, Dugdale Society, Edward Bailey, gender equality, Gorkana Surveys, HPI, implicit religion, Islamophobia, Journal of Anglican Studies, Keith Geary, Muslims, Opinium Research, parliamentary candidates, Religious Affiliation, religious census, self-assessed religiosity, Susie Collingridge, The Observer, trust, used cars, voting, Warwickshire, Whitehouse Consulting | Leave a comment

Twixtmas News

Posted on December 30, 2014 by Clive D. Field

Hopefully, BRIN readers have had a good rest over Christmas. In case any of you ‘switched off’ from the religious statistical news during the festivities, here is a round-up of seven stories which made headlines between 24 and 29 … Continue reading →

Posted in Official data, People news, Religion and Politics, Religion in the Press, Religious beliefs, Survey news | Tagged AB InBev, alcohol, Archbishop of Canterbury, Archbishop of Westminster, attributes of a democracy, Body Mass Index, Christmas carols, Christmas Day working, Christmas story, Classic FM, clergy, ComRes, Deborah Lycett, first-time voters, Health Survey for England, Jesus Christ, Journal of Religion and Health, Justin Welby, Labour Force Survey, moral leadership, Obesity, Office for National Statistics, Opinium Research, religious festivals, self-assessed religiosity, Sunday Times, The Observer, Vincent Nichols, YouGov | Leave a comment

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