Category Archives: News from religious organisations

Converts to Islam

Posted on December 30, 2010 by Clive D. Field

Conversion to Islam by Britons is a centuries-old phenomenon but has only become numerically significant in recent decades. Mostly, the process passes relatively unnoticed by the public, but there have been occasional high-profile conversions, including recently that of the journalist … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, Religion in the Press, Survey news | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

I Believe in Angels – The Reality Behind the ABBA Lyrics

Posted on December 28, 2010 by Clive D. Field

It can often be an uphill struggle to engage the news media in positive stories about religion, especially where statistics are also involved! However, the Bible Society and Christian Research were clearly on to a real winner with their press … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, Survey news | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Not Ashamed – Christianity in Britain

Posted on December 21, 2010 by Clive D. Field

Some sections of British evangelical Christianity feel increasingly beleaguered in the face of what they perceive as the progressive marginalization of their faith, at the hands of the law, the media, government and employers. Christian Concern is one organization seeking … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, Religion in public debate, Survey news | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Thumbs Up to Religious Education?

Posted on December 19, 2010 by Clive D. Field

We reported on 29 August (http://www.brin.ac.uk/news/?p=512) about the importance which the British public attached in a YouGov poll to religious education (RE) relative to other school subjects. On 13 December the RE Council (REC) of England and Wales, an umbrella … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, Survey news | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

Back to Church Sunday 2010

Posted on December 19, 2010 by Clive D. Field

‘Onward Christian Soldiers: Churches Resurgent’ proclaims the headline in Jonathan Wynne-Jones’s article in today’s Sunday Telegraph, referring to the case advanced by Christian Research over the past three months that the relentless decline in churchgoing may be coming to an … Continue reading →

Posted in church attendance, News from religious organisations | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Plymouth Faith Action Audit

Posted on December 18, 2010 by Clive D. Field

Some politicians and voters are pretty sceptical about David Cameron’s concept of the ‘Big Society’, but faith-based organizations certainly seem to be keen to demonstrate that they are already doing ‘it’. Various surveys of religion as social capital have been … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, Survey news | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Christmas Present

Posted on December 11, 2010 by Clive D. Field

Further to our recent post on the religious meaning of Christmas in contemporary Britain, as recorded by GfK NOP/The Children’s Society (http://www.brin.ac.uk/news/?p=744), additional insights are provided in a poll released by the theological think-tank Theos on 8 December. The study … Continue reading →

Posted in church attendance, News from religious organisations, Survey news | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Religious Meaning of Christmas

Posted on December 6, 2010 by Clive D. Field

A new poll, published by The Children’s Society on 1 December, suggests that the religious side of Christmas is struggling to get a hearing as Britons prepare for the festive season. The survey was conducted online by GfK NOP among a … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, Survey news | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Gender Balance in the Methodist Ministry

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Clive D. Field

The Free Churches have been pioneers of women’s ministry in this country, as can be seen in the collection of essays This is our Story, edited by Janet Wootton (Epworth Press, 2007). The Methodist Church of Great Britain has been … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Dunfermline Presbytery Community Survey

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Clive D. Field

Other than statistics regularly collected by the various Christian denominations, there is only limited national data about religion in Scotland in very recent years. One has to go back to sources such as the 2001 civil census, the religion module … Continue reading →

Posted in church attendance, News from religious organisations, Survey news | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment