Monthly Archives: July 2010

Faith in Oxfordshire

A team of researchers from the Applied Research Centre in Sustainable Regeneration (SURGE) at Coventry University has recently completed a £69,000 year-long research study of religion as social capital in Oxfordshire. Commissioned by the Oxfordshire Stronger Communities Alliance (OSCA) on … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday, Social Trends

On 2 July the Office for National Statistics published the fortieth (2010) edition of Social Trends, the annual compilation of social data from governmental and other sources. Edited by Matthew Hughes, it can be bought as a print publication from … Continue reading

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Caring for Places of Worship

Churchgoing may be declining, but, according to an omnibus survey conducted for the Church of England, 85% of the adult population visited places of worship for some reason in 2009, whether for an event, personal interest or to attend a … Continue reading

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