Counting Religion in Britain, November 2023

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 98, November 2023 features seventeen short 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 98 November 2023

OPINION POLLS

  • Fall-out from Israel-Hamas conflict: British attitudes towards Israel at war
  • Fall-out from Israel-Hamas conflict: perceptions of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia
  • Fall-out from Israel-Hamas conflict: Savanta poll of Muslim voting intentions
  • Fall-out from Israel-Hamas conflict: Savanta poll of Labour councillors
  • Emotional responses to death and dying in the UK: latest Theos report
  • Mental health, job satisfaction, and the Institute for the Impact of Faith in Life
  • Practising Christians’ attitudes to sharing their faith: Savanta poll
  • Effectiveness of Churches in helping during the cost of living crisis: YouGov poll
  • ‘Blasphemy’ in UK schools: the teachers’ perspective

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

  • Church attendance in the Church of England―Glimmers of hope? Perhaps not
  • Survey of financial pressures among Church of England ordinands in training
  • Religion at work: Pearn Kandola Research report
  • Fall-out from Israel-Hamas conflict: anti-Semitic incidents
  • Fall-out from Israel-Hamas conflict: poll of UK Jews on post-7 October experiences

OFFICIAL AND QUASI-OFFICIAL STATISTICS

  • Census, 2021, England and Wales: new article and data on sexual orientation
  • Police-recorded hate crimes in England and Wales, 2022–23: revised data
  • Equality and Human Rights Monitor, 2023

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Counting Religion in Britain, September 2023

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, July 2023

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 94, July 2023 features seven 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 94 July 2023

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

  • State of, and prospects for, the United Reformed Church
  • Patterns of membership in the Religious Society of Friends, 2022
  • Scale of Jewish migration from the UK and Europe
  • Virtues of faith project: responses from UK faith communities

OFFICIAL AND QUASI-OFFICIAL STATISTICS

  • UK Armed Forces biannual diversity statistics, April 2023
  • Hate crime in Scotland, April 2022–March 2023

NEW DATASET

  • UK Data Service, SN 9066: Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2019

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P.S. For operational reasons, this month’s edition has been put together on 12 July. Any relevant news stories appearing later in the month will be carried forward and included in our August edition.

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Counting Religion in Britain, May 2023

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

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, February 2023

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, December 2022

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, October 2022

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

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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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