Author Archives: Clive D. Field

Freedom of Religion

Posted on October 3, 2010 by Clive D. Field

It is ten years since the Human Rights Act entered the statute books. To commemorate the anniversary, the campaigning organization Liberty has commissioned ComRes to undertake a poll of public attitudes to human rights. Fieldwork was conducted by telephone between … Continue reading →

Posted in Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Survey news | Tagged British Social Attitudes Survey, Citizenship Survey, ComRes, freedom of religion, Human Rights Act, Liberty, Pew Global Attitudes Project | 1 Comment

A Pot-Pourri of Beliefs

Posted on October 2, 2010 by Clive D. Field

Opinion pollsters Populus have recently released the results of an online survey of attitudes to topical questions, including a number of religious interest. Fieldwork was conducted between 20 and 23 August 2010 among a representative sample of 1,037 adult Britons … Continue reading →

Posted in Survey news | Tagged afterlife, apes, Creationism, Darwinianism, evolution, foreseeing the future, God, life after death, Populus, psychic powers, time travel, UFOs, unidentified flying objects | 1 Comment

Halloween

Posted on October 1, 2010 by Clive D. Field

Halloween this year falls on Sunday, 31 October. The festival is a curious hybrid of paganism and a Christian feast of the dead, but mainly the former. As Ronald Hutton has shown in chapter 37 of his The Stations of … Continue reading →

Posted in Other | Tagged Angus Reid Public Opinion, Halloween, Planet Retail, Tesco | 2 Comments

UK Defence Statistics, 2010

Posted on September 29, 2010 by Clive D. Field

We reported earlier in the year (http://www.brin.ac.uk/news/?p=151) on the statistics of religious affiliation in the armed forces collected by the Defence Analytical Services and Advice (DASA) section of the Ministry of Defence and annually published online in UK Defence Statistics. … Continue reading →

Posted in Official data | Tagged Army, Defence Analytical Services and Advice, Integrated Household Survey, Ministry of Defence, Religious Affiliation, religious profession, Royal Air Force, Royal Navy, UK Defence Statistics | 1 Comment

Methodist Statistics for Mission Report

Posted on September 25, 2010 by Clive D. Field

The Methodist Church of Great Britain has always been one of the most numerate of the Christian denominations in this country. It began the regular collection and publication of statistics as far back as 1766. In recent decades, while collection … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations | Tagged church attendance, church membership, community roll, Fresh Expressions, lay office-holders, Methodist Church, rites of passage | Leave a comment

Harvest Festivals

Posted on September 24, 2010 by Clive D. Field

Some form of public thanksgiving, secular or religious, for the successful bringing-in of the harvest can be traced back to pagan times in Britain. However, harvest festival services, in the sense with which most of us will be familiar from … Continue reading →

Posted in Survey news | Tagged Eat Seasonably, harvest festivals, YouGov | Leave a comment

Integrated Household Survey – First Release of Data

Posted on September 24, 2010 by Clive D. Field

New estimates of the religious profile of Great Britain were published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on 23 September, in the form of the first release of data from the Integrated Household Survey (IHS) for April 2009 to … Continue reading →

Posted in Official data, Survey news | Tagged Census, Integrated Household Survey, Muslims, Office for National Statistics | 6 Comments

The Sun Shines Some Light

Posted on September 22, 2010 by Clive D. Field

BRIN readers might not naturally think of The Sun, perhaps Britain’s most famous weekday tabloid newspaper, as a source of religious intelligence. However, as part of its polling contract with YouGov, it did add a couple of questions on topical … Continue reading →

Posted in Survey news | Tagged halal meat, Muslims, papal visit, Pope Benedict XVI, Roman Catholic Church, The Sun, YouGov | Leave a comment

How Many Muslims?

Posted on September 21, 2010 by Clive D. Field

The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life published on 16 September a table giving estimates of the Muslim population of each country in Western Europe in 2010. This formed part of a press release about a new Pew report … Continue reading →

Posted in Measuring religion, Official data, Religion in public debate | Tagged Census, Citizenship Survey, Eric Kaufmann, Labour Force Survey, Muslims, Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, Sophie Gilliat-Ray | 5 Comments

How Many Catholics?

Posted on September 18, 2010 by Clive D. Field

As part of its coverage of the papal visit, the BBC has compiled a webpage entitled ‘How many Catholics are there in Britain?’ This will be found at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/11297461 It brings together disparate data from several sources, in particular: Clerical … Continue reading →

Posted in Measuring religion, Religion in the Press | Tagged BBC, Clive Field, mass attendance, Pastoral Research Centre, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Catholics, Tony Spencer, vocations | Leave a comment

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A Pot-Pourri of Beliefs

Halloween

UK Defence Statistics, 2010

Methodist Statistics for Mission Report

Harvest Festivals

Integrated Household Survey – First Release of Data

The Sun Shines Some Light

How Many Muslims?

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