Category Archives: News from religious organisations

Seasonal Good Intentions

Posted on December 2, 2011 by Clive D. Field

One-quarter of Britons expect to attend a church service over the Christmas period this year, according to a YouGov poll on Christmas commissioned by The Sun newspaper and published in today’s issue under the heading of ‘We’re Dreaming of a … Continue reading →

Posted in church attendance, News from religious organisations, Religion in public debate, Survey news | Tagged carol services, Christmas, church attendance, ComRes, God, Peter Brierley, religious festivals, Stephen Holmes, The Sun, Theos, TNS, YouGov | 3 Comments

Baptist Times (1855-2011)

Posted on November 26, 2011 by Clive D. Field

The Baptist Times, Britain’s longest-running weekly Free Church newspaper, is to cease publication of both print and digital editions at the end of this year, its directors have announced recently. Falling circulation and advertising revenue have been blamed. The paper … Continue reading →

Posted in Historical studies, News from religious organisations, Religion in the Press | Tagged Baptist Times, newspapers, religious press | 3 Comments

Marginalized Christians?

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Clive D. Field

The All Party Parliamentary Group ‘Christians in Parliament’, chaired by Conservative MP Gary Streeter, is currently conducting the ‘Clearing the Ground’ inquiry, which seeks to establish whether changes to the law and recent court decisions have adversely affected Christian freedoms … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, Religion in public debate, Survey news | Tagged Christianity, Christians in Parliament, Clearing the Ground, ComRes, Cpanel, discrimination, marginalization, Premier Christian Media Trust, public life | 1 Comment

GRAS is Greener – Furlong Table, 2010

Posted on November 19, 2011 by Clive D. Field

‘The Church of England is a third of the way to gender equality’, according to the third edition of the Furlong Table of women clergy recently issued by GRAS (Group for Rescinding the Act of Synod). Named in honour of … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations | Tagged Church of England, Furlong Table, gender equality, GRAS. Group for Rescinding the Act of Synod, Monica Furlong, WATCH, Women and the Church, women bishops, women clergy | Leave a comment

Faith in the Financial Services Sector

Posted on November 7, 2011 by Clive D. Field

The Archbishop of Canterbury may have intervened in the controversy surrounding the Occupy London protest, as noted in our post at http://www.brin.ac.uk/news/?p=1477, but financial services professionals emphatically reject the Church’s role in high finance. This is the very clear message … Continue reading →

Posted in church attendance, News from religious organisations, Religion in public debate, Survey news | Tagged church, church attendance, City of London, ComRes, financial services, God, Occupy London, Rita Duarte, St Paul's Cathedral, St Paul's Institute | 1 Comment

Occupy London, Act II – Enter the Archbishop

Posted on November 6, 2011 by Clive D. Field

Occupy London’s anti-capitalist campsite outside St Paul’s Cathedral has now been there for three weeks and seems dug in for the long haul. The Dean and Chapter and the wider leadership of the Church of England have been increasingly challenged … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Survey news | Tagged anti-capitalism, Archbishop of Canterbury, Church and State, Church of England, City of London, ComRes, Corporation of London, ICM Research, Occupy London, politics, protest, Rowan Williams, St Paul's Cathedral, St Paul's Institute, Sunday Times, The Guardian, YouGov | 2 Comments

Legalization of Gay Marriage

Posted on November 5, 2011 by Clive D. Field

The Conservative Party risks losing Christian votes if it goes ahead with legalizing gay marriage, as advocated by David Cameron at the Party’s recent conference in Manchester, a ComRes survey published on 4 November 2011 has revealed. The poll was undertaken … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Survey news | Tagged ComRes, Conservative Party, Cpanel, David Cameron, gay marriage, homosexuality, marriage, Premier Christian Media Trust, same-sex relationships, sex, voting | 3 Comments

Costing the Anglican Episcopate

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Clive D. Field

The office and working costs of the 113 diocesan and suffragan bishops in the Church of England amounted to almost £15,600,000 during the year ending 31 December 2010, 4% more than in 2009, according to a 24-page report released by … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations | Tagged Bishops, Church Commissioners, Church of England, costs, expenditure, finance | Leave a comment

Christian Research – What is the Future?

Posted on October 16, 2011 by Clive D. Field

The restructuring at Christian Research, which we covered on 16 September last – http://www.brin.ac.uk/news/?p=1405 – seems to have attracted relatively little interest in the Christian media. Nor has the parent body, Bible Society, been publicly forthcoming about its future plans … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations | Tagged Bible Society, Christian Research | 1 Comment

National Jewish Student Survey, 2011

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Clive D. Field

‘Jewish students are comfortable being openly Jewish at British universities, despite having concerns about attitudes to Israel on campus. Their commitment to Israel and the Jewish people is robust, but their appreciation of their personal social responsibility lacks muscle.’ These … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, Religion and Social Capital, Survey news | Tagged Anti-Semitism, concerns, David Graham, friends, higher education, Institute for Jewish Policy Research, Ipsos-MORI, Israel, Jewish students, Jewishness, Jonathan Boyd, JPR, National Jewish Student Survey, Pears Foundation, students, Union of Jewish Students | Leave a comment

Dear Paul Thank you very much indeed for your kind words. I shall continue to pursue my own personal research…

Thank you for all your hard work on this important service which will be greatly missed, but all the best…

Thank you for your diligence in unearthing broken links on the site. Regarding religious profession of prisoners, there were surveys…

1) FYI. There is an incorrect link to a spreadsheet on the page here: https://www.brin.ac.uk/figures/belief-in-britain-1939-2009/conventional-belief/belief-in-god-divinity-of-christ-and-the-resurrection/. The spreadsheet is for "Belief…

Dear Colin I am sorry that you have experienced difficulties in getting data from the site. Please go to www.brin.ac.uk/figures/churches-and-churchgoers/…

Category Archives: News from religious organisations

Seasonal Good Intentions

Baptist Times (1855-2011)

Marginalized Christians?

GRAS is Greener – Furlong Table, 2010

Faith in the Financial Services Sector

Occupy London, Act II – Enter the Archbishop

Legalization of Gay Marriage

Costing the Anglican Episcopate

Christian Research – What is the Future?

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