Monthly Archives: April 2010

Economic Inequality and Religion

Posted on April 28, 2010 by Clive D. Field

The outgoing Labour Government’s often controversial Equality Bill received royal assent on 8 April and became the Equality Act 2010. In the economic sphere the legislation, and the Parliamentary debates on it, were informed by the work of the independent … Continue reading →

Posted in Official data | Tagged economic inequality, employment status, equality, highest educational qualification, hourly wages, Labour Force Survey, median total wealth, National Equality Panel | Leave a comment

Voting Intentions and Attitudes to Religious Minorities

Posted on April 27, 2010 by Clive D. Field

With just over a week to go before the general election, we are literally awash with opinion polls at present. Unfortunately, few of those conducted during the present campaign have featured faith-specific issues, while the relatively small sample sizes mean … Continue reading →

Posted in Survey news | Tagged Advantage, Anti-Semitism, BNP, British National Party, Channel 4, Conservative Party, conspiracy, discrimination, Green Party, holocaust, Islamophobia, Jews, Labour Party, Liberal Democrat Party, Muslims, politics, prejudice, UKIP, United Kingdom Independence Party, voting, YouGov | 1 Comment

Demonic Britain

Posted on April 27, 2010 by Clive D. Field

There have been 968 reports of demonic activity in Britain during the past quarter-century, according to research conducted by Lionel Fanthorpe for the latest DVD release of the US television series Supernatural, which is normally broadcast on the cable channel … Continue reading →

Posted in Other | Tagged demons, Lionel Fanthorpe, supernatural | 1 Comment

Guardian Fact File not so factual

Posted on April 26, 2010 by David Voas

The Guardian is publishing a series of ‘Factfile UK’ supplements this week. The first of them was on Population (Saturday 24 April 2010).

Posted in Measuring religion, Other, Religion in the Press | Tagged 2001 Census, Jedi Knights, Religious Affiliation, The Guardian | Leave a comment

Christianity in Western Europe

Posted on April 23, 2010 by Clive D. Field

On 1 April the Paris-based Roman Catholic daily newspaper La Croix published the headline findings of a poll which it had commissioned into Western European attitudes to Christianity. The survey was undertaken online by the Institut Français d’Opinion Publique (IFOP) … Continue reading →

Posted in Survey news | Tagged Christian Churches, Christian values, Christianity, Christians, Europe, France, Germany, IFOP, Institut Francais d'Opinion Publique, Italy, La Croix, Spain, validity of religions, visibility of Christians, young people | Leave a comment

Religiosity and Party Choice

Posted on April 21, 2010 by Siobhan McAndrew

It’s interesting to read Justin Parkinson, Political Reporter at the BBC, on Christianity and the election.

It’s noteworthy that in the European elections of 2009, the Christian Party – established five years earlier – won 250,000 votes, or 1.6 per cent nationally. While this was not a significant result at the national level, it was nevertheless ahead of Arthur Scargill’s Socialist Labour Party. The party also polled 2.9 per cent in London. Continue reading →

Posted in Measuring religion, Other | Tagged 2010 Election, Christian Party, Conservative Party, Electoral Turnout, Labour Party, Liberal Democrat Party, Party Choice, Religiosity, Religious Affiliation | 1 Comment

St George, Patron Saint of England

Posted on April 20, 2010 by Clive D. Field

Friday (23 April) will be St George’s Day, celebrated for centuries as England’s national day. George was a Christian martyr of the fourth century AD who has been England’s patron saint since the fourteenth century, in succession to Edward the … Continue reading →

Posted in Survey news | Tagged ComRes, England, OnePoll, patron saint, St George, St George's Day, This England, YouGov | 2 Comments

Saliency of Political Issues

Posted on April 20, 2010 by Clive D. Field

We have already noted one headline finding from the online Cpanel survey of 422 practising Christians conducted by ComRes for Premier Christian Radio between 30 March and 12 April 2010 (‘Christians and the general election’, 19 April). Hot off the … Continue reading →

Posted in Survey news | Tagged Christians, ComRes, Cpanel, general election, political issues, politics, Premier Christian Media, Premier Christian Radio | 1 Comment

In the Firing Line

Posted on April 20, 2010 by Clive D. Field

One of the more surprising religion-related news stories in recent weeks has been the row which developed over the use of models of ‘generic Eastern buildings’ on the Ministry of Defence (MoD)’s firing range at Bellerby, North Yorkshire. They were … Continue reading →

Posted in Survey news | Tagged Bellerby firing range, Bradford Council for Mosques, churches, Islamophobia, Ministry of Defence, mosques, YouGov | Leave a comment

Pope Benedict on the Back Foot

Posted on April 20, 2010 by Clive D. Field

Pope Benedict XVI has just celebrated the fifth anniversary of his accession to office, but his position is coming increasingly under fire in the wake of mounting revelations about the Roman Catholic Church’s complicity in the clerical abuse of children … Continue reading →

Posted in Survey news | Tagged child abuse, legal immunity, papal visit, Pope Benedict XVI, Roman Catholic Church, Vatican, YouGov | Leave a comment

Monthly Archives: April 2010

Economic Inequality and Religion

Voting Intentions and Attitudes to Religious Minorities

Demonic Britain

Guardian Fact File not so factual

Christianity in Western Europe

Religiosity and Party Choice

St George, Patron Saint of England

Saliency of Political Issues

In the Firing Line

Pope Benedict on the Back Foot

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