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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, September 2022

Posted on September 30, 2022 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 84, September 2022 features thirteen 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 84 September 2022

OPINION POLLS

Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (1926–2022): public attitudes to her funeral
Self-reported religious behaviour: Savanta ComRes poll for the Church of England (2)
Importance attached to religious and other freedoms and rights
Inaugural Global Faith and Media Study

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

Articles in the October 2022 edition of FutureFirst
Statistics of the Scottish Episcopal Church as at 31 December 2021
180 years of Jewish population change in the UK
Coronavirus chronicles: the UK Jewish experience of Covid-19

ACADEMIC STUDIES

The future of religion in Britain – according to Linda Woodhead
Sex and religiosity in Great Britain in the early 2010s
Coronavirus chronicles: lay churchgoers’ attitudes towards online Holy Communion

NEW DATASETS

UK Data Service, SN 9005: British Social Attitudes Survey, 2020
UK Data Service, SN 9006: Annual Population Survey, Three-Year Pooled Dataset, January 2019-December 2021

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Counting Religion in Britain, July 2022

Posted on August 1, 2022 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 82, July 2022 features sixteen 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 82 July 2022

OPINION POLLS

Perceptions of prejudice against religious groups as a problem in contemporary society
Importance of a British prime minister being a Christian: Deltapoll for Mail on Sunday

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

Coronavirus chronicles: Easter church attendance before and after the pandemic
Peer evangelism among young people in the UK
Anti-Semitism in English secondary schools and colleges: Henry Jackson Society report
Merseyside Jewish community census, 2021: summary report
Attacks on mosques and Islamic institutions in the UK: Muslim Census survey

OFFICIAL AND QUASI-OFFICIAL STATISTICS

Coronavirus chronicles: vaccination rates by religion as at 31 May 2022
Civil Service statistics, 2022: profile by religion or belief

ACADEMIC STUDIES

Coronavirus chronicles: Covid-19’s impact on the body, mind, and soul of Anglicans
Analysing the ‘Muslim penalty’ in the British labour market
Relationship between religiosity and Parkinson’s disease in England and the USA
Effectiveness of school mindfulness programmes in minimizing mental health risks
Reviewing the statistics of the secularization history of Britain
Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 32 (2022)
Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion, Volume 13 (2022)

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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, 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

PEOPLE NEWS

Gordon Heald (1941–2021)

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Counting Religion in Britain, November 2021

Posted on December 2, 2021 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 74, November 2021 features 19 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 74 November 2021

OPINION POLLS

Latest updates to YouGov tracker polls on religious issues
Popularity of national and religious events: YouGov Ratings data for quarter 3, 2021
YouGov@Cambridge Globalism Project, 2021: conspiracy theories
Knowledge and awareness of the Holocaust: multinational survey including the UK
Savanta ComRes polling for the Centre for Enterprise, Markets, and Ethics
Other Savanta ComRes polling: hospitality, marriage, Christmas, religious prejudice

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

Perceiving the Church of England: an insider’s reading of outsider views
Church of England’s energy footprint: annual report for 2020
Evangelical Alliance survey of Christians and climate change
Coronavirus chronicles: children’s ministry and the pandemic
Mapping England’s spiritual needs: estimates by Peter Brierley
Coronavirus chronicles: Co-operative Funeralcare’s 2021 music charts
Coronavirus chronicles: update on Jewish mortality
Representations of Muslims and Islam in the British media

OFFICIAL AND QUASI-OFFICIAL STATISTICS

Crimes in churches, 2020/21: Freedom of Information data

ACADEMIC STUDIES

Round-up of recent publications: four articles, a thesis, and a report

NEW DATASETS

UK Data Service, SN 8867: Community Life Survey, 2020-2021
UK Data Service, SN 8870: National Survey for Wales, 2020–2021

PEOPLE NEWS

Professor Linda Woodhead MBE, now at King’s College London

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Counting Religion in Britain, October 2021

Posted on November 1, 2021 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 73, October 2021 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 73 October 2021

OPINION POLLS

UnHerd’s response to Savanta ComRes poll on frequency of churchgoing and prayer
YouGov Death Study: some afterlife beliefs
Trustworthiness of clergy or priests: Ipsos MORI global study of professional rankings
Anti-Semitism in Europe: Ipsos SA survey for the Action and Protection League
Coronavirus chronicles: a comeback for Halloween?

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

Coronavirus chronicles: Church of England Statistics for Mission, 2020
Results of elections to the Church of England General Synod, 2021
Economic and social value of church buildings in the UK
UK Jews and climate change: Institute for Jewish Policy Research panel survey
Muslim Census survey about Muslim university student finance

OFFICIAL AND QUASI-OFFICIAL STATISTICS

Religious hate crimes recorded by police forces in England and Wales, 2020/21
Offender management statistics as at 30 September 2021

ACADEMIC STUDIES

Six recent articles in academic journals

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Counting Religion in Britain, September 2021

Posted on October 1, 2021 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 72, September 2021 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 72 September 2021

OPINION POLLS

Savanta ComRes/Culham St Gabriel’s Trust poll on religious education
Coronavirus chronicles: Savanta ComRes poll on prayer and church attendance
Science versus religion: two questions from Special Eurobarometer 516
Anti-Semitism and the Labour Party
Online safety: public attitudes to anti-Semitic and Holocaust denial posts and comments
Scottish views on increased immigration from Muslim-majority countries

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

Coronavirus chronicles: the impact of the pandemic on English Anglican cathedrals
Coronavirus chronicles: Quaker statistics for year-ending 31 December 2020
Coronavirus chronicles: the Jewish experience of Covid-19
National Secular Society’s new tool against faith schools: the local authority scorecard
Centre for Muslim Policy Research paper on animal slaughter without pre-stunning

ACADEMIC STUDIES

Coronavirus chronicles: final report of British Ritual Innovation under Covid-19 project
Coronavirus chronicles: the state of Anglican clergy morale one year into the pandemic
Coronavirus chronicles: newspaper coverage of Muslims during the Covid-19 pandemic
Five other recent academic publications

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Counting Religion in Britain, January 2021

Posted on February 1, 2021 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 64, January 2021 features 16 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 64 January 2021

OPINION POLLS

Coronavirus chronicles: multinational Pew poll on Covid-19’s impact on religious faith
Perceptions of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia as problems in the UK
Campaign against Antisemitism/King’s College London Antisemitism Barometer, 2020
Coronavirus chronicles: public attitudes to early medical abortion at home in Scotland
The onward march of religious nones: trend data from Populus/Yonder

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

Coronavirus chronicles: Religion Media Centre briefing on faith in lockdown
Coronavirus chronicles: Peter Brierley’s estimate of churchgoing after the pandemic
Coronavirus chronicles: anticipating a religious revival?
Coronavirus chronicles: more findings from ‘Coronavirus, Church, and You’ survey
Coronavirus chronicles: United Christian Broadcasters survey of faith during lockdown
Youthscape’s latest research report on Christian youth ministry
Coronavirus chronicles: the Jewish experience of Covid-19
Coronavirus chronicles: survey of impact of Covid-19 restrictions on British mosques

OFFICIAL AND QUASI-OFFICIAL STATISTICS

Profiling of voters by religion: a test case for the Information Commissioner’s Office

NEW DATASETS

UK Data Service, SN 8728: Scottish Election Study, 2016
British Election Study, 2019–23: 2019 Post-Election Random Probability Survey

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Counting Religion in Britain, December 2020

Posted on January 3, 2021 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 63, December 2020 features 16 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 63 December 2020

OPINION POLLS

Coronavirus chronicles: multinational study of the pandemic’s impact on religious faith
YouGov study on Christianity in Britain: a mid-pandemic snapshot
Festive traditions: planned attendance at a Christmas religious service in 2020
Coronavirus chronicles: Bible sustains churchgoers in the UK and Republic of Ireland
Coronavirus chronicles: attitudes of religious communities to vaccines
Pew Research Center’s International Science Survey, 2019–20
Ipsos Global Advisor predictions for 2021: ghosts and aliens
Perceptions of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia as problems in the UK

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

Fourth edition published of Peter Brierley’s triennial UK Church Statistics
Statistical profile of British evangelicalism in the early 2010s
Coronavirus chronicles: attendance at Mass by Roman Catholics during the pandemic
Coronavirus chronicles: more evidence of disproportionate UK Jewish mortality
Coronavirus chronicles: study of the impact of Covid-19 on Jewish wealth and health

OFFICIAL AND QUASI-OFFICIAL STATISTICS

UK government diversity statistics, 2020

ACADEMIC STUDIES

Coronavirus chronicles: BRIC-19 research project on digital congregations
Some recent articles in academic journals

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