Author Archives: Clive D. Field

Church Growth Research Project

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Clive D. Field

The Church of England has started 2012 in research overdrive. Having stated on 3 January that it intends to ‘listen to England’ through the launch of twin projects to examine and enhance its ministry at the moments of birth and death, … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations | Tagged church growth, Church of England | Leave a comment

Metal Theft

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Clive D. Field

2011 was the worst year on record for the number of claims received by the specialist Anglican insurer Ecclesiastical (founded in 1887) arising from the theft of lead and other valuable metals from churches, according to a press release issued … Continue reading →

Posted in Survey news | Tagged Ecclesiastical, insurance claims, metal theft, places of worship, YouGov | Leave a comment

British Future

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Clive D. Field

Almost three-quarters of Britons consider that the country is a less religious place now than in 1948, the last time the Olympic Games were held here, according to a new survey by Ipsos MORI commissioned for the launch of British … Continue reading →

Posted in Survey news | Tagged British Future, Ipsos-MORI, Rachael Jolley, Religiosity, religious unrest, Sunder Katwala | Leave a comment

Listening to England

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Clive D. Field

The Church of England announced on 3 January that the Archbishops’ Council is committed to ‘listen to England’ by launching twin projects to examine and enhance the Church’s ministry at the moments of birth and death (i.e. christenings and funerals). … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, Rites of Passage | Tagged Archbishops' Council, baptisms, christenings, Church of England, funerals, Gillian Oliver, Lynda Barley, rites of passage, weddings | 2 Comments

December 2011 Cpanel

Posted on December 28, 2011 by Clive D. Field

ComRes released two tranches of data from its latest Cpanel survey on 20 and 24 December. The study was undertaken among an online sample of 559 practising UK Christians aged 18 and over between 2 and 14 December 2011. One … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Survey news | Tagged anti-capitalism, Christmas, Church of England, ComRes, Cpanel, financial services, force, Jesus Christ, Occupy London, Premier Christian Media Trust, religious festivals, St Paul's Cathedral | 1 Comment

Citizenship Survey Topic Reports, 2009/10

Posted on December 28, 2011 by Clive D. Field

The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) released three topic reports on the Citizenship Survey on 21 December, the first such publications for fifteen months. They can be accessed at: http://www.communities.gov.uk/communities/research/citizenshipsurvey/recentreports/ The documents relate to the Citizenship Survey undertaken … Continue reading →

Posted in Official data, Religion and Ethnicity, Religion and Social Capital, Religion in public debate, Survey news | Tagged charitable giving, Citizenship Survey, Civic Engagement, community action, community cohesion, community spirit, Department for Communities and Local Government, equalities, ethnic minorities, freedom of religion, friends, government, influence of religion, Ipsos-MORI, Muslims, physical attack, places of worship, protection of religious rights, racial prejudice, Religious Affiliation, Religious discrimination, religious harassment, Religious Practice, religious prejudice, respect, social mixing, TNS-BMRB, volunteering | Leave a comment

Christian Research’s Christmastide Pot-Pourri

Posted on December 23, 2011 by Clive D. Field

A rather improbable 53% of Britons claim they will be observing Christmas as a religious festival in some way this year, 2% more than actually affiliate as Christians, according to an opinion poll published today (23 December 2011). Fieldwork was … Continue reading →

Posted in church attendance, News from religious organisations, Religion and Social Capital, Survey news | Tagged Abbie Heath, Bible, carol services, carol singing, Christian Research, Christians, Christmas, Christmas cards, church attendance, ComRes, faith-based moral values, nativity plays, Occupy London, prayer, religious broadcasts, religious festivals, social activism | Leave a comment

New Anglican Head of Research and Statistics

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Clive D. Field

Dr Bev Botting has been appointed Head of Research and Statistics in the Archbishops’ Council, following open recruitment, the Church of England announced on 19 December 2011. She takes up the post on 13 February 2012. Dr Botting will join … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, People news | Tagged Archbishops' Council, Bev Botting, Church of England, Head of Research and Statistics | Leave a comment

Religious Christmas Cards

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Clive D. Field

Supermarkets have become ‘ashamed’ of selling Christmas cards with religious themes, some Christian leaders have claimed in response to a survey published in today’s Daily Mail which showed that only 0.5% of 6,576 cards sold individually and 5.0% of 1,337 … Continue reading →

Posted in Survey news | Tagged Asda, Christmas cards, Daily Mail, Morrisons, religious festivals, Sainsbury's, supermarkets, Tesco | Leave a comment

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