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St Andrew’s Day and Other News

Posted on November 30, 2013 by Clive D. Field

Today is St Andrew’s Day, as you might have noticed from the latest and attractive ‘Google doodle’. However, their patron saint’s day is not going to be much celebrated by Scots, according to the first of nine reports in today’s … Continue reading →

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Vicar of Dibley and Other News

Posted on August 7, 2013 by Clive D. Field

You can tell that it is the mid-summer ‘silly season’, when hard news is more difficult to come by, if BRIN has to lead a post on the fictional sitcom The Vicar of Dibley! However, we also find space for … Continue reading →

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How Typical was Thatcher?

Posted on April 17, 2013 by Siobhan McAndrew

In the wake of her passing, there has been a good deal of interest in the late Baroness’ religious background and convictions, and the extent to which these drove her political ideology. But how typical was her choice to convert to Anglicanism in adulthood? Continue reading →

Posted in People news, Religion and Politics, Research note | Tagged Antonio Weiss, Church of England, Margaret Thatcher, Methodism, Religious Affiliation, Religious Switching | Leave a comment

Mental Health and Other News

Posted on January 4, 2013 by Clive D. Field

Today’s round-up of religious statistical news leads on some freshly-published research into spirituality and mental health. We also report on another survey about same-sex marriage and the Church of England (for other recent polls, see our posts of 13 and … Continue reading →

Posted in People news, Religion and Politics, Religion in the Press, Survey news | Tagged Andrew Grice, British Journal of Psychiatry, Church of England, clergy, ComRes, homosexuality, Howard Meltzer, Linda Woodhead, Louise Marston, Mental Health, Michael King, National Centre for Social Research, New Year's Honours, Paul Bebbington, religious marriages, Sally McManus, same-sex marriage, spirituality, Terry Brugha, The Independent | Leave a comment

Death of Robert Currie, Carol Services

Posted on November 3, 2012 by Clive D. Field

Death of Dr Robert Currie It is with great sadness that BRIN records the recent death, on 13 September 2012 (just twelve days after that of his wife and fellow scholar, Pamela), of Dr Robert Currie, Fellow and Tutor … Continue reading →

Posted in church attendance, Historical studies, People news, Survey news | Tagged Alan Gilbert, carol services, Christmas, church attendance, ComRes, Lee Horsley, Premier Christian Media, religious festivals, Robert Currie | Leave a comment

Anglican Church Growth Research

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Clive D. Field

The Church of England announced on 21 May 2012 the appointment of three research teams to undertake an 18-month programme on Anglican church growth. BRIN featured the invitation to tender in our post on 13 January 2012. The programme is … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, People news | Tagged Cathy Ross, church growth, Church of England, Cranmer Hall, David Goodhew, David Voas, Institute for Social and Economic Research, Kirk Hadaway, Oxford Centre for Ecclesiology and Practical Theology, Ruth Powell, University of Essex | 1 Comment

New Anglican Head of Research and Statistics

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Clive D. Field

Dr Bev Botting has been appointed Head of Research and Statistics in the Archbishops’ Council, following open recruitment, the Church of England announced on 19 December 2011. She takes up the post on 13 February 2012. Dr Botting will join … Continue reading →

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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 →

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