Author Archives: Clive D. Field

Church Growth and Social Action

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Clive D. Field

93% of Anglican clergy agree that ‘engaging with the poor and marginalised in the local area is a vital activity for a healthy church’, and yet only 44% admit that ‘tackling poverty is a fundamental part of the strategy of … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, Religion and Social Capital, Survey news | Tagged Benita Hewitt, Christian Research Consultancy, church growth, Church of England, Church Urban Fund, clergy, poverty, social action | 1 Comment

Religious Hate Crime, 2010-11

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Clive D. Field

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) prosecuted 566 cases of religious hate crime in England and Wales in 2010-11 (roughly three times the figure for 2007-08) and secured convictions in 472 or 83% of them. The success rate was proportionately similar to 2009-10 … Continue reading →

Posted in Official data | Tagged Crown Prosecution Service, religious hate crimes | Leave a comment

YouGov’s Religion Barometer

Posted on February 19, 2012 by Clive D. Field

Twice as many adults think that Britain today is too secular as deem it too religious, but just over one-half believe that religion in Britain is in terminal decline and that religion in general is more often a cause of … Continue reading →

Posted in Attitudes towards Religion, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Religion in the Press, Survey news | Tagged Church of England, councils, critical guidance, evil, God, good, Great Britain, prayers, public life, Religion, religious society, secular society, Sunday Times, terminal decline, YouGov | Leave a comment

Council Prayers

Posted on February 18, 2012 by Clive D. Field

In yet another paradox of public attitudes to religion, 55% of Britons agree that local councils should be allowed to hold prayers as part of formal council meetings, even though an identical proportion personally believe that councils should not hold … Continue reading →

Posted in Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Survey news | Tagged Bideford, Christian country, councils, Eric Pickles, High Court, Local Government Act, Localism Act, National Secular Society, prayers, Religious Affiliation, self-assessed religiosity, YouGov | 1 Comment

Census Christians

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Clive D. Field

‘UK residents who think of themselves as Christian show very low levels of Christian belief and practice’ and ‘are overwhelmingly secular in their attitudes on a range of issues from gay rights to religion in public life’, according to research … Continue reading →

Posted in Attitudes towards Religion, church attendance, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Survey news | Tagged abortion, assisted suicide, Bible, Bishops, Census, Christians, Church and State, churchgoing, collective worship, Creationism, Daily Telegraph, Ekklesia, extra-marital sex, Faith schools, God, heaven, hell, homosexuality, hospital chaplaincy, House of Lords, Ipsos-MORI, Jesus Christ, morality, National Secular Society, official religion, prayer, public life, Religious Affiliation, religious education, Resurrection, Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science (UK), schools, self-assessed religiosity, state religion | 3 Comments

Pray and Display

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Clive D. Field

Cash-strapped local authorities are looking at every conceivable way of trimming their costs, and some of their measures have been impacting and aggravating faith communities in recent months, such as through the withdrawal of free transport for pupils attending faith … Continue reading →

Posted in Religion in public debate, Religion in the Press | Tagged car parking, local authorities, Nottingham, Sunday, Sunday Times, Woking, YouGov | Leave a comment

Christian Families

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Clive D. Field

‘Christian marriages are messy but have a higher chance of success’, the Evangelical Alliance claimed on 7 February 2012, in releasing (to coincide with Marriage Week) its latest report in the 21st Century Evangelicals series, entitled How’s the Family? This … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, Survey news | Tagged Christian Connection, Evangelical Alliance, evangelicals, family, Greg Smith, marriage | Leave a comment

Abu Qatada

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Clive D. Field

An overwhelming majority of Britons support the deportation to his native Jordan of Abu Qatada al-Filistini, the radical Muslim cleric implicated in Islamist terrorism, notwithstanding fears expressed by some that he may not receive a fair trial in his homeland. … Continue reading →

Posted in Religion and Politics, Survey news | Tagged Abu Qatada al-Filistini, benefits, deportation, European Court of Human Rights, Islam, Jordan, Muslims, Sunday Times, terrorism, torture, YouGov | 3 Comments

Catholic School Statistics, 2011

Posted on February 4, 2012 by Clive D. Field

A higher proportion of pupils at Roman Catholic schools come from the 10% most deprived areas than those attending English schools as a whole, the Catholic Education Service for England and Wales (CESEW) claimed in a press release on 30 … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations | Tagged Catholic Education Service for England and Wales, Catholicity, Department for Education, Roman Catholics, schools | 2 Comments

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