Author Archives: Clive D. Field

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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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Christians and the General Election

Posted on April 19, 2010 by Clive D. Field

Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats may currently be riding on the crest of a wave following last Thursday’s televised leadership debate, but he appears to have a lot of ground to make up with practising Christians in the UK. … Continue reading →

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English Church Census, 2005 – Dataset Released

Posted on April 18, 2010 by Clive D. Field

On 30 March the Economic and Social Data Service released for secondary analysis the dataset from the 2005 English church census, conducted on 8 May of that year under the auspices of Dr Peter Brierley of Christian Research and sponsored … Continue reading →

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Tolerance of Religion

Posted on April 18, 2010 by Clive D. Field

ComRes has just released on its website the results of an opinion poll it conducted for the BBC on 26-28 February 2010, which does not yet appear to have been publicized by the BBC itself. A representative sample of 1,005 … Continue reading →

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Who should run State Schools?

Posted on April 18, 2010 by Clive D. Field

Who should run state schools? A new survey commissioned by two trade unions, NASUWT: The Teachers’ Union and Unison, has posed just that question. It was conducted by Ipsos MORI who interviewed a representative sample of 1,211 adults aged 15 and … Continue reading →

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Christian Schools and Social Selectivity

Posted on April 17, 2010 by Clive D. Field

A new report from the Sutton Trust suggests that Christian state secondary schools in England are more socially selective than their secular counterparts. Entitled Worlds Apart: Social Variation among Schools, it has been prepared by Alan Smithers and Pamela Robinson … Continue reading →

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