Author Archives: Clive D. Field

New Church of England statistics

Posted on January 23, 2010 by Clive D. Field

The Church of England published two new sets of statistics on 22 January. The first were its provisional statistics for mission in 2008, covering baptisms (infant, child and adult), thanksgivings (infant and child), confirmations, marriages and blessings, funerals, Easter and … Continue reading →

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Sermons: the View from the Pew

Posted on January 19, 2010 by Clive D. Field

CODEC, a research centre at St John’s College, Durham University, and the College of Preachers have just released the results of a pilot study of attitudes towards preaching and sermons. This forms part of the fiftieth anniversary celebrations of the … Continue reading →

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Religion and human rights

Posted on January 19, 2010 by Clive D. Field

Liberty, the human rights organization, has today released the findings from a poll of United Kingdom Christians on the subject of freedom of religion and religious discrimination. The poll was commissioned against the background of the case of Nadia Eweida … Continue reading →

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Faith and the environment

Posted on January 17, 2010 by Clive D. Field

The Bible Society has released the results of a small-scale poll of the attitudes of religious people towards the environment. Seven in ten believe that caring for the environment is part of their religious duty. The Society’s press release will be … Continue reading →

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Citizenship Survey, 2007-08 – Religion

Posted on January 9, 2010 by Clive D. Field

The Department for Communities and Local Government published the topic report on race, religion and equalities from the 2007-08 Citizenship Survey on 18 December 2009. The report runs to 256 pages and is freely available online at http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/statistics/pdf/1417955.pdf The Citizenship … Continue reading →

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Profile of British Methodists

Posted on January 8, 2010 by Clive D. Field

The Methodist Church of Great Britain has an unbroken record of collecting and publishing membership statistics since 1766. However, they tell us little about the sort of people who affiliate to Methodism. In an effort to fill this gap, Clive … Continue reading →

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Institute for Jewish Policy Research

Posted on January 8, 2010 by Clive D. Field

The Institute for Jewish Policy Research, originally founded in New York in 1941 but located in London since 1965, has appointed Jonathan Boyd as its executive director. Mr Boyd joined the Institute a year ago as a research fellow and … Continue reading →

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