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Counting Religion in Britain, August 2023

Posted on September 3, 2023 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 95, August 2023 features fourteen articles on 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 95 August 2023

OPINION POLLS

Is the UK a Christian country? Perceptions of the general public
YouGov trackers: influence of religion, belief in god(s), Sunday trading laws
Utility of religious education in schools
Perceptions of the United States as more religious than other wealthy nations

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

The Times survey of Church of England priests
Three recent reports from the Institute for Jewish Policy Research
Anti-Semitic incidents in the UK, January–June 2023
British Muslims’ charitable giving

OFFICIAL AND QUASI-OFFICIAL STATISTICS

Extremism in Scotland: new evidence of public attitudes
Religion of civil servants
Census 2021, England and Wales: overcrowding and under-occupancy by religion
Public examination results in Religious Studies, June 2023: A Levels and GCSEs

ACADEMIC STUDIES

Recent articles by Leslie Francis and his research network

NEW DATASET

European Social Survey: release of CRONOS-2 dataset

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Posted in Covid-19, Ministry studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Education, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Religion in public debate, Religion in the Press, Religious beliefs, Religious Census, Religious prejudice, Survey news | Tagged Andrew Village, anti-Semitic incidents, Anti-Semitism, Archbishop of Canterbury, assisted dying, asylum seekers, Baris Varli, belief in god(s), Brexit, Cabinet Office, Carli Lessof, census of population, charitable giving, Christian country, church attendance, Church of England, civil servants, clergy, Community Security Trust, conversion therapy, coronavirus, Covid-19, Covid-19 and Church-21, CROss-National Online Survey-2, Daniel Staetsky, David Graham, Diffley Partnership, Discounts for Teachers, European Social Survey, extremism, Handa Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence, Haredi Jewish children, House of Lords, importance of God, Institute for Jewish Policy Research, intermarriage, Israel, John Haley, Joint Council for Qualifications, Jonathan Boyd, Journal of Psychology and Theology, Journal of Religion and Health, Justin Welby, Kaya Burgess, Leslie Francis, Lords Spiritual, Lukman Ali, Methodist Church, Methodist circuit ministers, Muslim Charities Forum, Muslims, National Zakat Foundation UK, net zero, Office for National Statistics, OnePoll, overcrowding, Pew Global Attitudes Survey, Pew Research Center, public examinations, religion’s influence on the world, Religious Affiliation, religious census, religious education, religious prejudice, religious studies, Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, same-sex marriage, Scotland, sectarianism, Sunday trading laws, Survation, The Times, truth in religion, under-occupancy, United States of America, Ursula McKenna, voting intention, wellbeing, YouGov, Zakat | Leave a comment

Counting Religion in Britain, April 2023

Posted on April 30, 2023 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 91, April 2023 features 10 articles on 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 91 April 2023

OPINION POLLS

Coronation blues: can King Charles III still enthuse his people about his coronation?
Mourning Queen Elizabeth II: Bible Society report derived from YouGov polling
Necessity to believe in God to be moral and have good values? Most don’t think so

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

Coronavirus chronicles: Church of England attendance in October 2022
Coronavirus chronicles: Church of England cathedral statistics, 2022
Death and dying in the UK: new report from Theos and Susanna Wesley Foundation

OFFICIAL AND QUASI-OFFICIAL STATISTICS

Census, 2021, England and Wales: new reports and data
Government engagement with faith: publication of The Bloom Review

ACADEMIC STUDIES

Three recent open access publications

NEW DATASET

UK Data Service, SN 9072: British Social Attitudes Survey, 2021

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Counting Religion in Britain, March 2023

Posted on April 2, 2023 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 90, March 2023 features 14 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 90 March 2023

OPINION POLLS

Religious beliefs around the world: Gallup International Association poll
Political leaders and their religious beliefs: fall-out from the SNP leadership contest
Round-up of latest YouGov tracker polls
Perceptions of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia as problems in the UK
Attitudes of young Muslims in the UK and their non-Muslim peers

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

Coronavirus chronicles: Church of England cathedral statistics, 2021
Muslim women in sport: Muslim Census poll for Muslimah Sports Association
UK Jewish attitudes to the 2021 conflict in Israel and Gaza

OFFICIAL AND QUASI-OFFICIAL STATISTICS

Estimated suicide rates by religion in England and Wales, 2011–21
Census, 2021, England and Wales: religion by housing, health, employment, education

ACADEMIC STUDIES

Psychological type profiles of the UK’s non-Anglican ministries
Other recent open access articles in academic journals

NEW DATASETS

Religion and politics: two UK home nation election datasets, 2021
Release of World Values Survey wave 7 (2017–22) datasets

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Counting Religion in Britain, February 2023

Posted on March 2, 2023 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 89, February 2023 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 89 February 2023

OPINION POLLS

Same-sex marriage and the Church of England: two YouGov polls
Should religious people be allowed to hold top government jobs? YouGov/Theos poll
Religious affiliation in Great Britain: aggregate data from five Yonder polls in 2022
Lenten traditions and observances
British Jewish attitudes to Israel and Israeli politics

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

CAP/Brendan Research mapping of Greater Manchester church closures
Church of England clergy spouses and partners: Clergy Family Network survey
Community Security Trust’s anti-Semitic incidents report, 2022
Muslim Census exploration of Muslim women’s faith experiences
Growth of the Muslim humanitarian charity sector in the UK
Faith as a barrier to discussing LGBT+ topics in schools

OFFICIAL AND QUASI-OFFICIAL STATISTICS

Religious census of England and Wales, 2021: additional analyses
Coronavirus chronicles: updating ethnic and religious contrasts in Covid-19 deaths

ACADEMIC STUDY

History of the humanist movement in modern Britain

NEW DATASET

Edinburgh Burgh Churches: Seat Rent Revenues, 1860–1925

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Counting Religion in Britain, January 2023

Posted on February 2, 2023 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 88, January 2023 features 35 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 88 January 2023

OPINION POLLS

After the census results: Christianity in Britain according to Opinium Research
YouGov’s aspects of Christmas poll―was there still room for Jesus Christ?
YouGov poll on self-reported observance of childhood Christmas traditions
Church buildings: Savanta ComRes poll for the National Churches Trust
Religious agencies and cost of living crisis: Savanta ComRes poll for Church of England
Christian mission: Savanta ComRes poll for Operation Mobilisation
Religion and worldviews: Savanta ComRes poll for Culham St Gabriel’s Trust
Same-sex marriage and the Church of England: YouGov poll of public attitudes
Attitudes to Jews and Muslims: Savanta ComRes poll for Voice4Change
Science and religion: more findings from the Theos/Faraday Institute research project
Changing beliefs in God across the generations: Ipsos MORI survey
YouGov poll on self-reported frequency of reading horoscopes
YouGov poll on prevalence of superstitious beliefs

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

Christmas church services in 2022: Bible Society survey for Ecclesiastical
Church of England’s state of readiness to welcome the public at Christmas
Church of England Statistics for Mission, 2021
Church of England Carbon Emissions Report, 2021
United Reformed Church statistics in its 2023 Yearbook
Catholic Education Service’s annual census of Catholic schools and colleges
British Sikh Report, 2022
Hindus and Christians in the workforce: Pearn Kandola reports

OFFICIAL AND QUASI-OFFICIAL STATISTICS

UK armed forces biannual diversity statistics, October 2022
Diversity and inclusion of Scottish Government workforce, 2021: religion
Police-recorded hate crime in Scotland during 2020–21 and 2021–22
Religious census of England and Wales, 2021 (1): expert reactions to the topline data
Religious census of England and Wales, 2021 (2): age and sex breaks

ACADEMIC STUDIES

Religion and occupational structure in early nineteenth-century Wales
Places of worship in Great Britain and Ireland, c.1829–c.1929
Churchgoing in Cheltenham in 1882
Mass Observation, religion, and the Second World War
British Methodism’s engagement with sociology during the long 1960s
Recent changes in British Methodism as reflected in two surveys of presbyters
Coronavirus chronicles: wellbeing of Anglican clergy and laity during third lockdown
Microsimulation of ‘fuzzy fidelity’: cohort effect explanation of secularization
Spirituality in northern Europe: International Social Survey Program data

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Counting Religion in Britain, August 2022

Posted on August 31, 2022 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 83, August 2022 features fourteen 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 83 August 2022

OPINION POLLS

Self-reported religious behaviour: Savanta ComRes poll for the Church of England
Latest YouGov trackers on perceived influence of religion and beliefs about god(s)
Trustworthiness of clergy and priests: public perceptions in Britain and worldwide
Attitudes towards religious groups in contemporary England: HOPE Not Hate report

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

Methods of estimating the Roman Catholic population of England and Wales
Anti-Semitic incidents in the United Kingdom, January-June 2022
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club and the use of the ‘Y word’

OFFICIAL AND QUASI-OFFICIAL STATISTICS

Non-stun slaughter of farm animals: latest Food Standards Agency data
Public examination results in Religious Studies, June 2022: A Levels and GCSEs

ACADEMIC STUDIES

Coronavirus chronicles: Liverpool Cathedral’s online music outreach in lockdown
Scottish Catholics not so distinctive from their English and Welsh counterparts
Separatist Presbyterianism in Scotland
The History of Methodist Insurance in Britain

NEW DATASETS

United Kingdom Data Service, SN 4562: Great Britain Historical Database, Census Data, Religion Statistics, 1851 (second edition) and SN 8945: Great Britain Historical Database, Census Data, Education Statistics, 1851 (first edition)

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Counting Religion in Britain, May 2022

Posted on June 1, 2022 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 80, May 2022 features 22 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 80 May 2022

OPINION POLLS

Attitudes to continued presence of Church of England bishops in the House of Lords
Attitudes to existing Sunday trading hours in England and Wales
Perceptions of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia as problems in UK society
Perceptions of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia as problems in UK professional football
Science and religion: more results from YouGov/Theos/Faraday Institute polling

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

Mapping Christian youth ministry in south-west England
Annual report of Church Commissioners for 2021
Church of Scotland congregational statistics for 31 December 2021
Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) membership statistics for 31 December 2021
Growth of strictly Orthodox Jewry: European Jewish Demography Unit estimates
Performance measures of religious education in England and Wales

OFFICIAL AND QUASI-OFFICIAL STATISTICS

Marriages in England and Wales, 2019
Social capital in the UK, 2020–21
Response rate to Scotland’s census, 2022 still below target
Results of 2021 Research Excellence Framework published

ACADEMIC STUDIES

Calculating decline and extinction potentials for UK Churches
Religion and the supernatural during the 1990s: evidence from Mass Observation
Some psychological insights into churchgoing in the UK
Coronavirus chronicles: gendered responses to Covid-19 in the Church of England
Coronavirus chronicles: rural Anglican lay attitudes to online worship during Covid-19
Coronavirus chronicles: God, prayer, personal wellbeing, and the pandemic
Ethos of Anglican primary schools in Wales

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Counting Religion in Britain, April 2022

Posted on May 2, 2022 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 79, April 2022 features 14 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 79 April 2022

OPINION POLLS

Easter as a ‘proper’ special occasion: international YouGov poll
Planned attendance at religious services over the Easter weekend
Religious or spiritual wellbeing as source of greatest happiness: Ipsos global poll
Science and religion: YouGov poll for Theos and Faraday Institute
Talking Jesus: HOPE Together’s 2022 research
Importance of teaching Religious Studies at secondary school: YouGov tracker data

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

Future of UK church buildings: results of National Churches Trust consultation
Coronavirus chronicles: some Anglican experiences of distanced church
Coronavirus chronicles: Methodist responses to ‘Covid-19 and Church-21 Survey’
Coronavirus chronicles: Baptist Union statistics, 2021
Two recent blogs from Muslim Census

OFFICIAL AND QUASI-OFFICIAL STATISTICS

Scotland’s census of population, 2022

ACADEMIC STUDY

Levels of religious commitment among British Catholics

NEW DATASET

UK Data Service, SN 8928: Annual Population Survey, January-December 2021

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Counting Religion in Britain, March 2022

Posted on April 1, 2022 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 78, March 2022 features 10 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 78 March 2022

OPINION POLLS

Coronavirus chronicles: Covid-19 and British Jewish and Muslim communities
Anglican attitudes towards same-sex marriage: YouGov poll for Ozanne Foundation
Antisemitism Barometer, 2021: surveys of the British public and Jews
Removal of British citizenship: the case of Shamima Begum, the Islamic State bride

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

United Reformed Church statistical returns: not such a happy birthday
Coronavirus chronicles: Church of England cathedral statistics, 2020

OFFICIAL AND QUASI-OFFICIAL STATISTICS

Updates on religious censuses: England and Wales, Scotland, Ireland

ACADEMIC STUDIES

Four recent journal articles

NEW DATASETS

UK Data Service, SN 855354: Catholics in Britain Survey, 2019
Pew Research Center: Global Attitudes Survey, Spring 2021

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Counting Religion in Britain, December 2021

Posted on January 1, 2022 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 75, December 2021 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 75 December 2021

OPINION POLLS

Depicting the ethnicity of Jesus Christ: what is acceptable?
Ipsos MORI Veracity Index, 2021: trust in clergy and priests to tell the truth slightly up
Trust in the Church/organized religion and other institutions, as measured by YouGov
Non-stun slaughter of animals for religious reasons: the debate continues
Extra-terrestrials, Ipsos MORI, and the public

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

Coronavirus chronicles: Evangelical Alliance’s latest survey on Changing Church
Coronavirus chronicles: Church of England Statistics for Mission, 2020
Coronavirus chronicles: Christmas special events in churches, 2020 and 2021
Jewish children in Jewish schools: Institute for Jewish Policy Research’s latest report
Estimating the level of anti-Semitism on Twitter in the UK
Jewish perceptions of Labour Party membership: still more to do?
Recent reports from the National Association of Teachers of Religious Education

OFFICIAL AND QUASI-OFFICIAL STATISTICS

Population estimates by religion, England and Wales, 2019
Coronavirus chronicles: vaccination rates among the over-50s by religion

ACADEMIC STUDIES

Counting religion in Britain, 1970–2020: new analysis and compendium of data tables
Other academic outputs: two collections of essays and three journal articles

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Gordon Heald (1941–2021)

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