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Radical Islam in the Middle East

Posted on February 6, 2011 by Clive D. Field

Recent events in Egypt, with pro-democracy protesters trying to dislodge President Hosni Mubarak from power, have made almost three in five Britons worry that more countries in the Middle East will fall under the influence of radical Islam. That is … Continue reading →

Posted in Survey news | Tagged Egypt, Islam, Islamophobia, Middle East, Muslims, Sunday Times, YouGov | 1 Comment

Transatlantic Trends Immigration Report

Posted on February 4, 2011 by Clive D. Field

Britons emerge as one of the most sceptical of western nations when it comes to immigration, according to the third annual Transatlantic Trends: Immigration report, which was published in Washington DC on 3 February. 65% of us see immigration as … Continue reading →

Posted in Survey news | Tagged Barrow Cadbury Trust, Compagnia di San Paolo, German Marshall Fund of the United States, ICM Research, immigrants, Immigration, Islamophobia, Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Muslims, self-assessed religiosity, Transatlantic Trends | 2 Comments

Hereafter Report

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Clive D. Field

Today marks the UK release of Warner Brothers’ supernatural thriller film Hereafter, based on the screenplay by Peter Morgan and directed by Clint Eastwood. It stars Matt Damon as George, a seemingly ordinary guy who has a special gift allowing … Continue reading →

Posted in Survey news | Tagged afterlife, exchanging messages with the dead, ghosts, guardian angels, heaven, Hereafter, paranormal, Penny Sartori, Princess Diana, psychic powers, reincarnation, Religiosity, spirituality | 3 Comments

The Ways We Say Goodbye

Posted on January 24, 2011 by Clive D. Field

Even for those not overtly religious in their everyday lives, the three rites of passage (birth/baptism, marriage and death – or, colloquially put, hatching, matching and dispatching) have traditionally been a point of contact with institutional religion. Church of England … Continue reading →

Posted in Survey news | Tagged Co-operative Funeralcare, death, funerals, humanism, ICM Research, rites of passage | 4 Comments

Perceptions of Discrimination

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Clive D. Field

Today’s news includes a report that two devout Christians running a private hotel in Cornwall have been found to be in breach of the Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2007 for refusing to allow a gay couple to share a … Continue reading →

Posted in Survey news | Tagged Anti-Semitism, atheists, Christianophobia, Christians, discrimination, Islamophobia, Jews, Muslims, prejudice, The Sun, YouGov | 2 Comments

Latest Cohesion Research

Posted on January 14, 2011 by Clive D. Field

Religious prejudice may be diminishing, and community cohesion increasing, according to the latest statistics from the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) Citizenship Survey, released on 13 January. The data relate to April-September 2010, the first two quarters of … Continue reading →

Posted in Official data, Survey news | Tagged Britishness, Citizenship Survey, Civic Engagement, community cohesion, decision-making, Department for Communities and Local Government, Ipsos-MORI, religious harassment, religious prejudice, religious violence, TNS-BMRB, volunteering | 1 Comment

School League Tables

Posted on January 14, 2011 by Clive D. Field

The Government has caused a stir this week with the appearance of school league tables which incorporate its new performance measure of the English Baccalaureate, comprising grade A*-C GCSEs or equivalent passes in five core subjects: English, mathematics, a science, … Continue reading →

Posted in Religion and Politics, Survey news | Tagged English Baccalaureate, GCSEs, government, religious education, religious studies, school league tables, The Sun, YouGov | 1 Comment

Introverts in the Cathedral

Posted on January 13, 2011 by Clive D. Field

A press release from Glyndwr University just before Christmas drew attention to the publication of some results of a Glyndwr research team into the application of Jungian psychological type theory to profile the visitors to two Anglican cathedrals. Psychological type … Continue reading →

Posted in Survey news | Tagged Andrew Village, Chester Cathedral, Church of England, Emyr Williams, extraversion, Glyndwr University, introversion, Jennie Annis, Jennie Brice-Annis, Leslie Francis, Mandy Robbins, psychological type theory, Simon Mansfield, St Davids Cathedral, tourism, Visitor Studies, visitors | Leave a comment

21st Century Evangelicals

Posted on January 12, 2011 by Clive D. Field

According to a large-scale survey of churchgoing published by Tearfund in 2007, there are approximately two million evangelical Christians in the UK. Hitherto, we have had only limited insights into their profile and attitudes. We now know a great deal … Continue reading →

Posted in church attendance, News from religious organisations, Survey news | Tagged abortion, assisted suicide, Bible, black majority churches, Christian festivals, Christian Research, church attendance, civil partnerships, Ecumenism, Evangelical Alliance, evangelicals, evangelism, evolution, extra-marital sex, gifts of the Spirit, giving, God, hell, homosexuality, importance of faith, inter-faith work, Jesus Christ, prayer, small groups, social action, tithing, volunteering, voting | 3 Comments

Reflecting on the Papal Visit

Posted on January 7, 2011 by Clive D. Field

More than three months afterwards, the state and pastoral visit of Pope Benedict XVI to Scotland and England last September continues to engender mixed views. That is the core finding of two recent online surveys released by ComRes on 1 … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, Religion in the Press, Survey news | Tagged churchgoing Christians, ComRes, Cpanel, English Baccalaureate, GCSE, government, marginalization of religion, new media, papal visit, Pope Benedict XVI, Premier Media, religious education, Roman Catholic Church, websites | 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…

Dear Colin I am sorry that you have experienced difficulties in getting data from the site. Please go to www.brin.ac.uk/figures/churches-and-churchgoers/…

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British Religion in Numbers: news

January 14, 2011

[…] Another recent survey, by ComRes for Premier Media on 15-16 December 2010, reported that 30% of the general public wanted religious education to be a core GCSE subject, with 56% opposed and 14% undecided. See http://www.brin.ac.uk/news/?p=817 […]

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