Category Archives: church attendance

Restudies of Religion in English and Welsh Communities

Posted on October 23, 2011 by Clive D. Field

Steve Bruce, who has been Professor of Sociology at the University of Aberdeen since 1991, has been engaged since 2007 on an extended reappraisal of religious change in Britain since 1945, made possible by the award of a Leverhulme Trust … Continue reading →

Posted in church attendance, Historical studies, Measuring religion, Organisational data, People news | Tagged Alwyn Rees, Anne Murcott, Banbury, Bill Pickering, Billingham, Church of England, Colin Bell, community studies, Contemporary Wales, County Durham, David Clark, Deerness Valley, Eric Batstone, Isabel Emmett, Journal of Ecclesiastical History, Llanfihangel yng Ngwynfa, Llanfrothen Ffestiniog, Llansantffraid Glyn Ceiriog, Llanuwchllyn-Llangower, Margaret Stacey, Methodism, mining, Northern History, Oxfordshire, Peter Kaim-Caudle, Peterlee, Rawmarsh, restudies, Robert Moore, Ronald Frankenberg, Scunthorpe, secularization, Sociological Review, Staithes, Steve Bruce, Trefor Owen, Upper Teesdale, Wales, Yorkshire | Leave a comment

Should Ethics be Taught?

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Clive D. Field

While church connection helps to promote moral and ethical behaviour and worldviews among young people, religious schools do not have a consistently positive impact in that regard. This is the inference which can be drawn from the charts and summaries … Continue reading →

Posted in church attendance, Survey news | Tagged cheating, ethics, Faith schools, fare-dodging, Jemma Penny, Jewish Association for Business Ethics, Leslie Francis, Money & Morals, schools, shoplifting, workplace, young people | Leave a comment

Church of England Resumes Normal Service

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Clive D. Field

Great news for statisticians! The Church of England has decided to resume publication of Church Statistics in something like its traditional form. This was discontinued in 2006 following the appearance of the edition for 2004/05, and in favour of what … Continue reading →

Posted in church attendance, Historical studies, News from religious organisations, Religion and Ethnicity | Tagged church attendance, church finance, church membership, Church of England, Church Statistics, clergy, licensed ministry, Research and Statistics Department Archbishops' Council | Leave a comment

21st Century Evangelicals – The Sequel

Posted on September 18, 2011 by Clive D. Field

The UK’s evangelical Christians are far more likely to be active in their communities than the average person, according to a new report from the Evangelical Alliance – Does Belief Touch Society? – published on 5 September. Hard copies can … Continue reading →

Posted in Attitudes towards Religion, church attendance, News from religious organisations, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Survey news | Tagged Afghanistan, Alternative Vote, charity trustees, Christian Research, civic participation, cross, crucifixion, death, Easter, Evangelical Alliance, evangelicals, everlasting life, God, Good Friday, Iraq, Jesus Christ, judgment, Lent, Libya, local councillors, magistrates, marriage, political parties, politics, religious festivals, Resurrection, same-sex partnerships, school governors, trade unions, voting | 1 Comment

YouGov@Cambridge on Religion

Posted on September 17, 2011 by Clive D. Field

On 30 April last, we reported on the virtual launch of YouGov@Cambridge (a collaboration between pollsters YouGov and the University of Cambridge’s Department of Politics and International Studies) and on the interim results from the first annual YouGov@Cambridge census of British … Continue reading →

Posted in Attitudes towards Religion, church attendance, Religion and Politics, Survey news | Tagged bigotry, children, church, church attendance, conflict, decline, force for good, God, higher spiritual power, intolerance, misery, organized religion, politics, prayer, Religious Affiliation, science, self-assessed religiosity, University of Cambridge Department of Politics and International Studies, upbringing, YouGov, YouGov@Cambridge | 8 Comments

Methodism’s Triennial Returns

Posted on June 12, 2011 by Clive D. Field

‘Statistics do not provide a complete narrative about the health of the Church. Headline figures must be treated with caution and understood as only limited measures of Church activity. The use of figures in isolation from wider contextual information can … Continue reading →

Posted in church attendance, News from religious organisations, Rites of Passage | Tagged Methodism, Methodist Church, statistics for mission | 1 Comment

Immigrant Religiosity

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Clive D. Field

First-generation immigrants to the UK are three times as likely as natives to claim to attend religious services at least weekly and to pray in private daily. They are also more religious than immigrants to most other European countries on … Continue reading →

Posted in church attendance, Measuring religion, Survey news | Tagged European Social Survey, Frank van Tubergen, immigrants, Jorunn Sindradottir, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, prayer, self-assessed religiosity, Utrecht University | Leave a comment

Religion and Politics among Ethnic Minorities in Britain

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Maria Sobolewska

The Ethnic Minority British Election Study (EMBES) conducted at the last general election thanks to the generous support of the ESRC contains a plethora of questions on religious belonging and practices of the five largest ethnic minority groups in Britain. The EMBES team are currently working on a paper concerning how the religious involvement of minorities impact on political behaviour and attitudes. We are welcoming this chance to share with the BRIN audience some of our preliminary findings. Continue reading →

Posted in church attendance, Religion and Ethnicity, Religion and Politics | Tagged Anthony Heath, Civic Engagement, David Sanders, EMBES, ESRC, Ethnic Minority British Election Study, Maria Sobolewska, religious participation, Steve Fisher | 1 Comment

Anglican Cathedrals in 2010

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Clive D. Field

Attendance at regular Sunday or midweek services in England’s Anglican cathedrals (excluding Royal Peculiars such as Westminster Abbey) increased by 7% between 2009 and 2010, according to figures released by the Archbishops’ Council’s Research and Statistics Unit on 4 May. … Continue reading →

Posted in church attendance, News from religious organisations | Tagged Archbishops' Council Research and Statistics Unit, Cathedrals, Christmas, church attendance, Church of England, Easter, visitors | Leave a comment

The Greying Church

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Clive D. Field

The greater propensity of older people to religious belief and practice is a well-established sociological phenomenon. In particular, the disproportionate number of elderly worshippers in UK congregations has been documented in church attendance censuses undertaken by Christian Research and other … Continue reading →

Posted in church attendance | Tagged afterlife, church attendance, cost-benefit, Elissaios Papyrakis, Geethanjali Selvaretnam, International Journal of Social Economics, life expectancy, Religiosity | Leave a comment

Category Archives: church attendance

Restudies of Religion in English and Welsh Communities

Should Ethics be Taught?

Church of England Resumes Normal Service

YouGov@Cambridge on Religion

Methodism’s Triennial Returns

Religion and Politics among Ethnic Minorities in Britain

Anglican Cathedrals in 2010

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