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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, February 2022

Posted on February 28, 2022 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 77, February 2022 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 77 February 2022

OPINION POLLS

Changing public views on the possible timeline and causation for human extinction
Fashion and faith: Savanta ComRes poll for Tearfund

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

Churches and mental health: Christian Research Resonate panel survey
Safeguarding LGBT+ Christians survey, 2021
Jewish identities of UK and European Jewry
Anti-Semitic incidents in the UK exhibit steep rise during 2021
Coronavirus chronicles: Jewish mortality exceeds 1,000

OFFICIAL AND QUASI-OFFICIAL STATISTICS

Coronavirus chronicles: odds of testing positive for Covid-19 vary by religious group
Census of population, Scotland, 2022
Scottish Household Survey: analysis of religion in relation to culture in 2020
Religious affiliation of the legal profession in 2021

ACADEMIC STUDIES

Religion and science: still a gap to close among the clergy
Coronavirus chronicles: doubts about the long-term viability of online worship

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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, June 2021

Posted on June 21, 2021 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 69, June 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 69 June 2021

OPINION POLLS

Religion questions in recent polling by Number Cruncher Politics for British Future
Coronavirus chronicles: vaccine hesitancy and religious groups – Ipsos MORI polling
YouGov poll of public attitudes to lobbying by faith leaders against assisted dying
Attitudes towards the recent conflict between Israel and Palestinians
Survation survey of political party identification and voting among British Muslims
Is it being political for football fans to sing songs about the Pope or ISIS?
Alternative beliefs: do aliens exist and have they visited the earth?

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

Coronavirus chronicles: Good Faith Partnership’s vision for Covid-19 recovery

OFFICIAL AND QUASI-OFFICIAL STATISTICS

Coronavirus chronicles: vaccine hesitancy and religious groups – ONS data
Faith schools and their pupils in England, January 2021
Religious profession in the armed forces as at 1 April 2021

ACADEMIC STUDIES

Values as the new religion: Linda Woodhead’s Edward Cadbury Lectures, 2021
Coronavirus chronicles: University of York’s ‘Churches, Covid-19, and Communities’

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Counting Religion in Britain, March 2021

Posted on April 2, 2021 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 66, March 2021 features 20 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 66 March 2021

OPINION POLLS

Humanists UK’s 2021 census campaign bolstered by new YouGov polling
Updates to YouGov trackers: religion’s influence, belief in God, and Sunday trading
Should Church of England bishops continue to sit in the House of Lords?
Coronavirus chronicles: experiences of bereavement and funerals in the age of Covid-19
Attitudes to international aid: Savanta ComRes poll for Islamic Relief
Talking about religion: opinion poll for Zopa
Religious division in Scottish society: Survation poll for Scotland in Union
Perceptions of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia as problems in the UK
Anti-Semitism in the Labour Party: YouGov poll of Labour members
Threat posed by Islamic extremists: YouGov poll of general public

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

Coronavirus chronicles: the Anglican experience of Covid-19
Coronavirus chronicles: the Baptist experience of Covid-19
Coronavirus chronicles: the Methodist experience of Covid-19
Coronavirus chronicles: the Jewish experience of Covid-19

OFFICIAL AND QUASI-OFFICIAL STATISTICS

Coronavirus chronicles: vaccination rates by religion of people aged 70 and over
Census snippets: measuring religion in England and Wales in 2021
Characteristics of police recorded hate crime in Scotland

ACADEMIC STUDIES

Three recent articles in academic journals

NEW DATASETS

UK Data Service SN 8699: Contemporary Relevance of Thatcherite Values, 2019
UK Data Service SN 8789: Annual Population Survey, January-December 2020

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Counting Religion in Britain, February 2021

Posted on March 2, 2021 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 65, February 2021 features 30 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 65 February 2021

OPINION POLLS

Coronavirus chronicles: are things really looking up that much for the Churches?
Coronavirus chronicles: Christian Aid poll on Covid-19 vaccines in developing nations
Coronavirus chronicles: returning to places of worship after lockdown
Coronavirus chronicles: Survation on lockdown of Scottish places of worship
Coronavirus chronicles: religious correlates of attitudes to abortion in England
Perceived importance of religion for getting ahead in life: KCL inequality poll
The Together Initiative’s Our Chance to Reconnect report: religion questions
ICM/Henry Jackson Society poll of UK adults and Black Britons: religion comparisons
Savanta ComRes report on Church Leaders Panel for 2020
Perceptions of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia as problems in the UK

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

Coronavirus chronicles: reaching for the Bible in a time of pandemic
Coronavirus chronicles: Church of England discussion paper on its prospects
Coronavirus chronicles: the attitudes of churchgoing laity in the Church of England
Coronavirus chronicles: survey of the views of Christian event organizers
Coronavirus chronicles: Jewish mortality from Covid-19
Community Security Trust’s anti-Semitic incidents report for 2020
Coronavirus chronicles: the Muslim experience of Covid-19
Attitudes of young British Christians towards climate change
Church of England’s carbon footprint: first year’s data from energy tool

OFFICIAL AND QUASI-OFFICIAL STATISTICS

On your marks! The decennial population census of England and Wales is on 21 March
Scottish Surveys Core Questions: 2019 results released

ACADEMIC STUDIES

Coronavirus chronicles: University of York’s ‘Covid-19, Churches, and Communities’
Coronavirus chronicles: launch of Evidence for Equality National Survey (EVENS)
Coronavirus chronicles: impact of Covid-19 on London’s Strictly Orthodox Jews
Renewal in the Baptist Union of Great Britain during the 1990s
Theology and Religious Studies Provision in UK Higher Education (2019): A response
Three recent articles in academic religion journals

NEW DATASETS

UK Data Service, SN 8767: Community Life Survey, 2019–2020
UK Data Service, SN 8772: British Social Attitudes Survey, 2019

PEOPLE NEWS

Katie Harrison appointed Archbishop of Canterbury’s public affairs adviser

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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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