Category Archives: Religion in public debate

Campaigning Christians

Posted on August 10, 2011 by Clive D. Field

Churchgoing Christians in the UK have a strong campaigning streak, according to a ComRes Cpanel poll commissioned by Premier Christian Media and published on 1 August. Online interviews were conducted with 529 Christians aged 18 and over on 6-18 July … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, Religion in public debate, Survey news | Tagged abortion, Alpha course, assisted suicide, campaigns, church leadership, churchmanship, ComRes, Cpanel, elderly, euthanasia, family, freedom of religious expression, marriage, parenting, persecuted Church, Premier Christian Media, prison, youth work | 3 Comments

Britons, Islamophobia and the Qur’an

Posted on July 30, 2011 by Clive D. Field

One-quarter of adult Britons blame Muslims for the existence of Islamophobia in the UK, according to a ComRes poll of 1,004 adults aged 18 and over undertaken by telephone between 8 and 10 July 2011, and published on 21 July. … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, Religion in public debate, Survey news | Tagged Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, ComRes, Islamophobia, Koran, Muslims, Qur'an, violence | 1 Comment

Young People’s Attitudes to Religious Diversity

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Clive D. Field

Churchgoing teenagers are the biggest backers of Muslim identity in Britain, according to preliminary research results from the Warwick Religions and Education Research Unit, and released on 26 July 2011 in connection with the two-day conference on ‘Religion in Education: … Continue reading →

Posted in Attitudes towards Religion, Religion in public debate, Survey news | Tagged Burka, headscarf, Islamophobia, Leslie Francis, Muslim schools, Muslims, Religion and Society Programme, Religious diversity, University of Warwick, Warwick Religions and Education Research Unit | 1 Comment

Participation in Higher Education and Religion

Posted on July 24, 2011 by Clive D. Field

‘Muslims, Hindus and Sikhs more likely to go to university than their Christian classmates’, proclaimed the headline to Richard Vaughan’s article in The TES for 22 July 2011. The story was subsequently picked up by the Daily Telegraph on 23 … Continue reading →

Posted in Official data, Religion and Ethnicity, Religion in public debate, Religion in the Press, Survey news | Tagged A Levels, Christians, Department for Education, educational attainment, ethnicity, GCSEs, higher education, Hindus, Longitudinal Study of Young People in England, LSYPE, Muslims, Richard Vaughan, sex, Sikhs, Steve Strand, TES, Times Educational Supplement | Leave a comment

Conscientious Objection in Medical Students

Posted on July 23, 2011 by Clive D. Field

Nearly half of medical students believe it is the right of doctors conscientiously to object to any procedure, and this is especially the case among Muslim medical students, according to research by Sophie Strickland published on 18 July in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Religion in public debate, Survey news | Tagged abortion, conscientious objection, doctors, ethics, Journal of Medical Ethics, medical students, Muslims, Sophie Strickland | Leave a comment

Muslim-Western Tensions – British Experiences

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Clive D. Field

‘Muslim and Western publics continue to see relations between them as generally bad, with both sides holding negative stereotypes of the other.’ However, there has been ‘somewhat of a thaw in the U.S. and Europe compared with five years ago’. … Continue reading →

Posted in Religion in public debate, Survey news | Tagged Anti-Semitism, Britishness, Christianophobia, Christians, economic prosperity, extremism, integration, Islam, Islamic fundamentalism, Islamophobia, Jews, Muslims, Pew Global Attitudes Project, Princeton Survey Research Associates International, religious prejudice, violence | 3 Comments

Religious Education and the English Baccalaureate

Posted on June 30, 2011 by Clive D. Field

The campaign (RE.ACT) to persuade the Coalition Government to change its mind about excluding GCSE Religious Education (RE) from the English Baccalaureate (EBacc) in secondary schools hotted up on 24 June with the simultaneous publication of two new surveys accompanied … Continue reading →

Posted in Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Survey news | Tagged cohesion, ComRes, EBacc, English Baccalaureate, extremism, fundamentalism, GCSE, government, intolerance, National Association of Teachers of Religious Education, NATRE, politics, Premier Christian Media, religious education, school league tables, schools, YouGov | Leave a comment

Religious Discrimination in Britain

Posted on June 26, 2011 by Clive D. Field

A synthesis of the quantitative and qualitative evidence base for actual or perceived religious discrimination in Britain during the past decade was published by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) on 20 June as Research Report, 73. Emanating from … Continue reading →

Posted in Religion in public debate | Tagged David Perfect, Equality and Human Rights Commission, National Secular Society, Paul Weller, Religious discrimination | Leave a comment

Naughty Vicar Syndrome

Posted on May 29, 2011 by Clive D. Field

Local clergy come a close second to politicians in meriting media exposure for cheating on their spouse, according to a new survey commissioned by The Sunday Times in the wake of the controversy surrounding superinjunctions and the freedom of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Religion in public debate, Religion in the Press, Survey news | Tagged clergy, infidelity, media, ministers, press, Sunday Times, unfaithfulness, YouGov | 2 Comments

Hate Crime in Scotland, 2010-11

Posted on May 19, 2011 by Clive D. Field

Crimes motivated by religious prejudice rose by 10% in Scotland last year, representing the highest number of charges in that category since 2006-07, according to the report on Hate Crime in Scotland, 2010-11, published yesterday by the Crown Office and … Continue reading →

Posted in Official data, Religion in public debate | Tagged Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, equality, hate crime, religious prejudice, Scotland | 1 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…

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Category Archives: Religion in public debate

Campaigning Christians

Britons, Islamophobia and the Qur’an

Young People’s Attitudes to Religious Diversity

Participation in Higher Education and Religion

Conscientious Objection in Medical Students

Muslim-Western Tensions – British Experiences

Religious Education and the English Baccalaureate

Religious Discrimination in Britain

Naughty Vicar Syndrome

Hate Crime in Scotland, 2010-11

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