Counting Religion in Britain, June 2025

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 117, June 2025 features sixteen short articles on new sources of British religious statistics. The contents list appears below and a PDF version of the full text (with URLs for sources, where available) can be downloaded from the following link No 117 June 2025

OPINION POLLS

• Thy Kingdom Come: Savanta poll on the Lord’s Prayer, for the Church of England
• Ipsos Populism Report: importance of being a Christian for being truly British
• Public attitudes to the legal recognition of humanist marriages in England and Wales
• Belief in ghosts and spirits: More in Common poll
• Public attitudes to Israel: two recent multinational surveys

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

• Demographic profile of the Christian population of England from the 2021 census
• Finding Jesus: Evangelical Alliance research report
• Farewell to the Church Army Research Unit
• Scottish Episcopal Church annual report and statistics for 2024

OFFICIAL STATISTICS

• Census-based Statistics, UK, 2021: religion and other attributes
• UK armed forces biannual diversity statistics, April 2025
• Scottish Government workforce diversity and inclusion statistics, 2024

ACADEMIC STUDIES

• Longitudinal study of churchgoing in York
• Religiosity of young adults in Europe
• Critique by David Voas of The Quiet Revival, Bible Society’s report on rising churchgoing

PEOPLE NEWS

• Retirement of Clive Field: last issue of Counting Religion in Britain

Please note: 

Counting Religion in Britain is © Clive D. Field, 2025.

This will be the last issue of Counting Religion in Britain in its current form.