Category Archives: Religion in public debate

General Election Wash-Up

Posted on May 25, 2010 by Clive D. Field

Prior to the general election we made a number of posts touching on the relationship between religion and politics/voting. Now that the results are in, we can report a few more snippets of information which touch on this theme. On … Continue reading →

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Religion and the Hidden Wealth of Nations

Posted on May 14, 2010 by Siobhan McAndrew

Halpern’s discussion of religion is in a chapter called ‘The Politics of Virtue’, concerned with good citizenship. Despite Britons being generally averse to seeing politicians parade their personal religiosity,

‘an everyday sense of moral values and a shared sense of what is acceptable behaviour, is key to making a society work – it is part of the ‘hidden wealth’ of a successful nation’.
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Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth?

Posted on April 6, 2010 by Clive D. Field

Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth? Demography and Politics in the Twenty-First Century by Eric Kaufmann was published by Profile Books on 25 March (xxii + 330pp., ISBN 978 1 84668 144 8, £15.00, but currently available from Amazon for … Continue reading →

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UFOs

Posted on March 17, 2010 by Clive D. Field

UFOs (unidentified flying objects) have been in the news a lot over the past few weeks. This is partly because of the recent revelations that the Ministry of Defence is closing its UFO desk, staffed by a single case officer, … Continue reading →

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Religion in Public Life – Another Poll

Posted on March 17, 2010 by Clive D. Field

You can really tell that a general election is in the offing, and possibly even that Britain is emerging from recession. Certainly, there seems a greater willingness these days for lobbyists to afford the expense of testing public opinion on … Continue reading →

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Cyber Warfare Breaks Out Over the Papal Visit to Britain

Posted on March 15, 2010 by Clive D. Field

As anticipated in our post of 26 February on ‘What do we think of the Pope?’, the planned papal visit to Great Britain in September is already causing controversy. The internet has become one of the battlegrounds for the expression … Continue reading →

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Reform of the House of Lords – Whither the Bishops?

Posted on March 15, 2010 by Clive D. Field

According to media reports, the Government is once again contemplating radical reform of the House of Lords, bringing in a fully-elected chamber. Such a move would inevitably spell the end to the presence there of the 26 Church of England … Continue reading →

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Religion in the Noughties

Posted on January 7, 2010 by Siobhan McAndrew

Nick Spencer, Director of Studies at Theos, wrote an overview of religion in the 2000s for The Guardian’s Comment is Free: Belief forum on 30 December: Religion did not roll over and die, as many expected. Rather it migrated from being … Continue reading →

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Welcome!

Posted on January 4, 2010 by admin

  Welcome to the blog section of BRIN – newly integrated into the main site. This section of the site reports on new releases of religious data. It will also flag up interesting new publications, policy reports or news stories using … Continue reading →

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