Category Archives: Religious beliefs

Counting Religion in Britain, April 2020

Posted on April 30, 2020 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 55, April 2020 features 13 new sources of British religious statistics. The contents list appears below and a PDF version of the full text can be downloaded from the following link: No 55 April 2020 … Continue reading →

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Counting Religion in Britain, March 2020

Posted on March 31, 2020 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 54, March 2020 features 11 new sources of British religious statistics. The contents list appears below and a PDF version of the full text can be downloaded from the following link: No 54 March 2020 … Continue reading →

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Counting Religion in Britain, February 2020

Posted on March 1, 2020 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 53, February 2020 features 24 new sources of British religious statistics. The contents list appears below and a PDF version of the full text can be downloaded from the following link: No 53 February 2020 … Continue reading →

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Religious Change in Britain: Evidence from the 1991 and 2018 ISSP Religion Modules

Posted on February 3, 2020 by Ben Clements

This post analyses data from the religion modules which have featured in periodic British Social Attitudes (BSA) surveys as part of the cross-national International Social Survey Programme (ISSP). The ISSP’s religion modules have been included in the 1991, 1998, 2008 … Continue reading →

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Counting Religion in Britain, November 2019

Posted on December 4, 2019 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 50, November 2019 features 23 new sources of British religious statistics. The contents list appears below and a PDF version of the full text can be downloaded from the following link: No 50 November 2019 … Continue reading →

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Counting Religion in Britain, October 2019

Posted on November 1, 2019 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 49, October 2019 features 21 new sources of British religious statistics. The contents list appears below and a PDF version of the full text can be downloaded from the following link: No 49 October 2019 … Continue reading →

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Counting Religion in Britain, July 2019

Posted on August 6, 2019 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 46, July 2019 features 17 new sources of British religious statistics. The contents list appears below and a PDF version of the full text can be downloaded from the following link: No 46 July 2019 … Continue reading →

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Counting Religion in Britain, June 2019

Posted on June 30, 2019 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 45, June 2019 features 15 new sources of British religious statistics. The contents list appears below and a PDF version of the full text can be downloaded from the following link: No 45 June 2019 … Continue reading →

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Counting Religion in Britain, April 2019

Posted on May 1, 2019 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 43, April 2019 features 21 new sources of British religious statistics. The contents list appears below and a PDF version of the full text can be downloaded from the following link: No 43 April 2019 … Continue reading →

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Counting Religion in Britain, March 2019

Posted on March 31, 2019 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 42, March 2019 features 15 new sources of British religious statistics. The contents list appears below and a PDF version of the full text can be downloaded from the following link: No 42 March 2019 … Continue reading →

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