Category Archives: Religion in public debate

Attitudes to Muslims

Posted on January 11, 2013 by Clive D. Field

The year 2012 ended with the revelation that the Muslim community in England and Wales had grown by 75% between the 2001 and 2011 censuses of population. This basic demographic fact, combined with the increasingly prominent role and voice which … Continue reading →

Posted in Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Survey news | Tagged Ben Clements, British Social Attitudes Surveys, cartoon, Charlie Hebdo, freedom of expression, freedom of speech, hate crime, Innocence of Muslims, integration, Islam, Islamophobia, Journal of Contemporary Religion, Muslims, offence, Prophet Muhammad, solidarity of the religious, United States, YouGov, Youtube | 3 Comments

Welcome to 2013

Posted on January 1, 2013 by Clive D. Field

Welcome to 2013! All of us at BRIN wish our readers every success and happiness in the New Year. We thank you for using our website (there have been over 360,000 page views to date). We sincerely hope that not … Continue reading →

Posted in Historical studies, News from religious organisations, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Religion in the Press, Survey news | Tagged 1960s, Archbishop of Canterbury, Automobile Association, Bishops, Boydell Press, Callum Brown, Christmas carols, Church Commissioners, Church of England, Classic FM, costs, Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph, demography, Hannah Stuart, Henry Jackson Society, Houriya Ahmed, media, Muslim Council of Britain, number 13, O Holy Night, Populus, public sphere, religious festivals, secularization, superstitions, The Guardian, triskaidekaphobia, vehicle registration plates, women | 2 Comments

Christmas and Other Themes

Posted on December 17, 2012 by Clive D. Field

Today’s ‘bumper’ round-up of religious statistical news features seven stories. Two are Christmas-themed; two summarize public attitudes to the religious dimensions of the same-sex marriage debate; two report on new research among Roman Catholics; and the last highlights reflections on … Continue reading →

Posted in church attendance, Measuring religion, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Religious Census, Survey news | Tagged Bible, Bible Society, carols, Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales, census of population, Christian Research, Christmas, church attendance, Church of England, churchgoing, Clive Field, Daily Telegraph, Diocese of Portsmouth, Freedom to Marry, homosexuality, ICM Research, Ipsos-MORI, Linda Woodhead, liturgy, Mail on Sunday, Missale Romanum, nativity, nativity plays, Paul Inwood, Religious Affiliation, religious festivals, religious knowledge, religious weddings, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Catholics, Roman Missal, same-sex marriage, Simon Walters, Survation, The Sun, The Tablet, YouGov | 1 Comment

Religious Census 2011 – Initial Responses

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Clive D. Field

Herewith an initial trawl of statements by interested parties about the results from the religion question in the 2011 census of population of England and Wales. All the statements were published on 11 or 12 December 2012. No claim is … Continue reading →

Posted in Official data, Religion in public debate, Religion in the Press | Tagged Bible Society, British Humanist Association, Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales, census of population, Church of England, Ekklesia, Evangelical Alliance, Fresh Expressions, Institute for Jewish Policy Research, Methodist Church of Great Britain, Muslim Council of Britain, National Secular Society, Religious Affiliation, The Guardian, Theos | 2 Comments

Teaching Christianity and Other News

Posted on November 27, 2012 by Clive D. Field

Today’s round-up of religious news highlights poll data in support of the improved teaching of religious education (RE) in schools and presents a gender breakdown of last week’s vote on women bishops in the Church of England’s General Synod. Teaching … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Survey news | Tagged BBC Radio 4, benefits, Bishops and Priests (Consecration and Ordination of Women) Measure, Christianity, Christians, Church of England, ComRes, Conservative Party, gender, General Synod, Nigel Fancourt, nones, Oxford University Department of Education, Populus, Religious Affiliation, religious education, schools, social welfare, teaching, welfare state, women bishops, YouGov | 5 Comments

After General Synod, Religion and Health

Posted on November 25, 2012 by Clive D. Field

In today’s news round-up, BRIN covers a poll of public attitudes to current issues in the Church of England, following General Synod’s narrowest of rejections of women bishops, and some interesting research into the relationships between religion and health. Church … Continue reading →

Posted in Official data, Religion and Ethnicity, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Religion in public debate, Religion in the Press, Survey news | Tagged Church of England, Equality Act 2010, equality groups, General Synod, homosexuality, Julie Ramsay, Karen MacNee, Measure for Women Bishops, NHS Health Scotland, out of touch, Parliament, Paul Whybrow, religion and health, Religious Affiliation, religious freedom, same-sex marriage, ScotCen Social Research, Scotland, Scottish Government, Scottish Health Survey, Sunday Times, women bishops, YouGov | Leave a comment

London Church Census and Other News

Posted on November 16, 2012 by Clive D. Field

The following three news items have reached BRIN’s in-tray during the past few days: London church census A census of attendance of Greater London’s churches took place on 14 October 2012 (chosen as an ‘average’ Sunday). Commissioned by the London … Continue reading →

Posted in church attendance, News from religious organisations, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Religion in public debate, Survey news | Tagged Accord Coalition, admission policies, charitable giving, Charities Aid Foundation, church attendance, church census, ComRes, discrimination, Greater London, Joy Dobbs, Karl Wilding, London City Mission, Malcolm Smith, National Council for Voluntary Organisations, Office for National Statistics, Peter Brierley, religious causes, Richard Harrison, selection, state schools, Véronique Jochum | 1 Comment

British Social Attitudes, 2011

Posted on September 18, 2012 by Clive D. Field

The twenty-ninth report from the British Social Attitudes (BSA) Survey was published by NatCen Social Research on 17 September 2012, less than a year after the completion of the fieldwork (June-November 2011) on which it is based. As usual, the … Continue reading →

Posted in church attendance, Religion and Ethnicity, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Survey news | Tagged Alison Park, BBC, British Social Attitudes Survey, church attendance, David Utting, Elizabeth Clery, Immigration, Islamophobia, John Curtice, marriage, migration, Miranda Phillips, moral issues, Muslims, NatCen Social Research, Pakistan, RE:THINK 2012, Religious Affiliation, religious services, students, TNS-BMRB | 4 Comments

Summer Shorts

Posted on August 23, 2012 by Clive D. Field

Herewith a round-up of some recently-published religious statistics which may be of interest to BRIN readers: Religious Affiliation Asked whether they consider themselves to be a member of any religious group, 56% of adults reply Christian, 6% some other religion, … Continue reading →

Posted in Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Survey news | Tagged charitable giving, Coalition for Marriage, Coalition Government, ComRes, Conservative Party, Cpanel, examinations, GCSE, General Certificate of Secondary Education, Insight PA, Joint Council for Qualifications, JustGiving, Liberal Democrat Party, luck, OnePoll, Populus, Religious Affiliation, religious studies, same-sex marriage, superstitions, voting | Leave a comment

Women Bishops

Posted on July 13, 2012 by Clive D. Field

The Church of England’s General Synod may have passed an adjournment motion last Monday, to send the draft Bishops and Priests (Consecration and Ordination of Women) Measure back for further episcopal review, but a majority of the general public seem … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, Religion in public debate, Survey news | Tagged Bible Society, Christian Research, Church of England, ComRes, Forward in Faith, sexism, women bishops, YouGov | Leave a comment

Category Archives: Religion in public debate

Welcome to 2013

Christmas and Other Themes

Religious Census 2011 – Initial Responses

Summer Shorts

Women Bishops

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