Category Archives: Religion in public debate

Occupy London Impact

Posted on March 10, 2012 by Clive D. Field

Almost three-quarters (71%) of Britons believe that the Occupy London anti-capitalist campsite outside St Paul’s Cathedral, evicted by police and bailiffs in the early hours of 28 February 2012, did not achieve much or anything at all, against 18% who … Continue reading →

Posted in Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Survey news | Tagged anti-capitalism, Corporation of London, Occupy London, protest, St Paul's Cathedral, YouGov | Leave a comment

Inclusivity of Faith Schools

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Clive D. Field

‘England’s faith state schools are on average failing to mirror their local communities by shunning the poorest pupils in their area, an analysis by The Guardian of the latest government figures shows’, Simon Rogers wrote on the newspaper’s datablog on … Continue reading →

Posted in Official data, Religion in public debate, Religion in the Press | Tagged Church of England schools, Department for Education, Faith schools, free school meals, inclusivity, Jessica Shepherd, Roman Catholic schools, Simon Rogers, The Guardian | Leave a comment

Islamophobia in the West

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Clive D. Field

Islamophobia in the West: Measuring and Explaining Individual Attitudes, edited by Marc Helbling (of the Social Science Research Centre, Berlin) was published by Routledge on 16 February 2012 (ISBN 978-0-415-59444-8, hardback, £80). The book comprises 13 essays exploring the views … Continue reading →

Posted in Attitudes towards Religion, Measuring religion, Religion and Ethnicity, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate | Tagged attitude scales, Citizenship Survey, Clive Field, Erik Bleich, Islam, Islamophobia, Marc Helbling, Marco Cinnirella, Muslims, Rahsaan Maxwell, social psychology, students | Leave a comment

YouGov’s Religion Barometer

Posted on February 19, 2012 by Clive D. Field

Twice as many adults think that Britain today is too secular as deem it too religious, but just over one-half believe that religion in Britain is in terminal decline and that religion in general is more often a cause of … Continue reading →

Posted in Attitudes towards Religion, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Religion in the Press, Survey news | Tagged Church of England, councils, critical guidance, evil, God, good, Great Britain, prayers, public life, Religion, religious society, secular society, Sunday Times, terminal decline, YouGov | Leave a comment

Council Prayers

Posted on February 18, 2012 by Clive D. Field

In yet another paradox of public attitudes to religion, 55% of Britons agree that local councils should be allowed to hold prayers as part of formal council meetings, even though an identical proportion personally believe that councils should not hold … Continue reading →

Posted in Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Survey news | Tagged Bideford, Christian country, councils, Eric Pickles, High Court, Local Government Act, Localism Act, National Secular Society, prayers, Religious Affiliation, self-assessed religiosity, YouGov | 1 Comment

Census Christians

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Clive D. Field

‘UK residents who think of themselves as Christian show very low levels of Christian belief and practice’ and ‘are overwhelmingly secular in their attitudes on a range of issues from gay rights to religion in public life’, according to research … Continue reading →

Posted in Attitudes towards Religion, church attendance, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Survey news | Tagged abortion, assisted suicide, Bible, Bishops, Census, Christians, Church and State, churchgoing, collective worship, Creationism, Daily Telegraph, Ekklesia, extra-marital sex, Faith schools, God, heaven, hell, homosexuality, hospital chaplaincy, House of Lords, Ipsos-MORI, Jesus Christ, morality, National Secular Society, official religion, prayer, public life, Religious Affiliation, religious education, Resurrection, Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science (UK), schools, self-assessed religiosity, state religion | 3 Comments

Pray and Display

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Clive D. Field

Cash-strapped local authorities are looking at every conceivable way of trimming their costs, and some of their measures have been impacting and aggravating faith communities in recent months, such as through the withdrawal of free transport for pupils attending faith … Continue reading →

Posted in Religion in public debate, Religion in the Press | Tagged car parking, local authorities, Nottingham, Sunday, Sunday Times, Woking, YouGov | Leave a comment

Loyal Subjects

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Clive D. Field

Churchgoing Christians are mostly (81%) convinced that there is such a thing as a ‘British’ identity, and they retain a strong sense of commitment to the monarchy in general, and the present Queen in particular, according to a Cpanel survey … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Survey news | Tagged Britishness, Church of England, ComRes, Cpanel, disestablishment, monarchy, Premier Christian Radio, pride, Prince Charles, Prince William, Queen Elizabeth II, Supreme Head | Leave a comment

December 2011 Cpanel

Posted on December 28, 2011 by Clive D. Field

ComRes released two tranches of data from its latest Cpanel survey on 20 and 24 December. The study was undertaken among an online sample of 559 practising UK Christians aged 18 and over between 2 and 14 December 2011. One … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Survey news | Tagged anti-capitalism, Christmas, Church of England, ComRes, Cpanel, financial services, force, Jesus Christ, Occupy London, Premier Christian Media Trust, religious festivals, St Paul's Cathedral | 1 Comment

Citizenship Survey Topic Reports, 2009/10

Posted on December 28, 2011 by Clive D. Field

The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) released three topic reports on the Citizenship Survey on 21 December, the first such publications for fifteen months. They can be accessed at: http://www.communities.gov.uk/communities/research/citizenshipsurvey/recentreports/ The documents relate to the Citizenship Survey undertaken … Continue reading →

Posted in Official data, Religion and Ethnicity, Religion and Social Capital, Religion in public debate, Survey news | Tagged charitable giving, Citizenship Survey, Civic Engagement, community action, community cohesion, community spirit, Department for Communities and Local Government, equalities, ethnic minorities, freedom of religion, friends, government, influence of religion, Ipsos-MORI, Muslims, physical attack, places of worship, protection of religious rights, racial prejudice, Religious Affiliation, Religious discrimination, religious harassment, Religious Practice, religious prejudice, respect, social mixing, TNS-BMRB, volunteering | Leave a comment

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