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Counting Religion in Britain, September 2023

Posted on October 1, 2023 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 96, September 2023 features ten 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 96 September 2023

OPINION POLLS

Majority of people of faith supportive of assisted dying according to two YouGov polls
Importance of teaching Religious Studies at secondary school
Perceptions of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia as problems in the UK

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

The Times survey of Church of England priests (continuation)
Evaluation of the Transforming Wigan project in the Church of England
Methodist Church Statistics for Mission, 2022
Church of Scotland enhances capacity for research and analysis
Pastoral statistics of the Catholic Church in Scotland
Latest publications from the Institute for Jewish Policy Research

OFFICIAL AND QUASI-OFFICIAL STATISTICS

Census, 2021, England and Wales: new reports and data

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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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Counting Religion in Britain, May 2023

Posted on June 2, 2023 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 92, May 2023 features 16 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 92 May 2023

OPINION POLLS―CORONATION OF KING CHARLES III

Before the coronation: Savanta ComRes polls
Before the coronation: YouGov polls
Before the coronation: other surveys
After the coronation

OPINION POLLS―OTHER TOPICS

Ipsos Global Advisor multinational religion study
World Values Survey, Wave 7 (2017–22): update―new report on UK findings
The Archbishop of Canterbury and contemporary politics
Functions of the British monarchy: is preservation of Christian morality one of them?
Demographics of self-reported attendance at religious services in Great Britain
Anti-Semitism in Western and Eastern Europe: The ADL Global 100 Index, 2022

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

Church Commissioners for England annual report, 2022
Church of Scotland membership and attendance statistics for 2022

OFFICIAL AND QUASI-OFFICIAL STATISTICS

Marriages in England and Wales, 2020
Census, 2021, England and Wales: new reports and data

NEW DATASETS

European Social Survey Round 10 data release
UK Data Service, SN 9079: Community Life Survey, 2021–2022

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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, December 2022

Posted on December 10, 2022 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 87, December 2022 is a special 14-page edition devoted to the first release of data from the religion question in the 2021 Census of Population in England and Wales.

This issue of BRIN’s monthly bulletin consists of tables, commentary, and a selection of media reporting of the results of the religious census. A copy of the full text can be downloaded from this link No 87 December 2022

Any other items of religious statistical news from December will be held over to the January 2023 edition of Counting Religion in Britain.

At the time of writing, the most significant new resource, apart from the census, is the Church of England’s Statistics for Mission, 2021, which can be found at: https://www.churchofengland.org/system/files/private%3A//2022-12///2021StatisticsForMission.pdf

The BRIN team wish all our users a peaceful and restful festive break. We look forward to ‘seeing’ you again in 2023.

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Counting Religion in Britain, November 2022

Posted on December 1, 2022 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 86, November 2022 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 86 November 2022

OPINION POLLS

The UK’s first Hindu prime minister
Contact with and attitudes towards local churches: ComRes poll for Church of England
What makes someone a good member of society? Pew Global Attitudes Survey
The Open Generation: Barna Group survey of teens around the world
Ipsos MORI Veracity Index, 2022: trust in clergy and priests to tell the truth
Removal of British citizenship: Shamima Begum, the Islamic State bride (continued)

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

Coronavirus chronicles: the place of families in church post-Covid-19
Praying online with the Church of England via podcast and app
Community use of church buildings in the Church of England Diocese of Ely
Methodists and their hymnbook(s): a new survey
Muslims and the cost of living crisis
Profiling the ‘nones’: latest Theos report

OFFICIAL STATISTICS

Religious census of England and Wales, 2021
Coronavirus chronicles: Scottish faith communities and the impact of Covid-19

ACADEMIC STUDIES

Coronavirus chronicles: more analyses by Village and Francis of their 2020–21 surveys
Meatless Fridays, Roman Catholics, and mitigating climate change

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Counting Religion in Britain, October 2022

Posted on October 15, 2022 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 85, October 2022 features eight 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 85 October 2022

OPINION POLL

Importance of teaching Religious Studies at secondary school

OFFICIAL STATISTICS

Hate crimes in England and Wales, 2021–22
Race Disparity Unit’s consultation on standards for ethnicity data

ACADEMIC STUDIES

Catholics in Contemporary Britain: new sociological data and insights
Baby boomers as architects of religious change
The statistical movement in Victorian Britain
Coronavirus chronicles: psychological wellbeing of Church of England clergy and laity

NEW DATASET

UK Data Service, SN 9011: National Survey for Wales, 2021-2022

PS Operational considerations have necessitated the early filing of the October edition of Counting Religion in Britain. Any new sources from the second half of the month will feature in a subsequent edition.

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