Demographic profile, motivation and attitudes of participants in the Nationwide Festival of Light rally (2161)

Type of Data: Demographic profile, motivation and attitudes of participants in the Nationwide Festival of Light rally (2161)

Faith Community: Christianity

Date: 1976, 27 September-1977, 2 January

Geography: England

Sample Size: 1106 (55% response)

Population: Participants in the Nationwide Festival of Light rally in Trafalgar Square, London on 25 September 1976

Keywords: Church attendance, churchgoing, evangelism, legislation, London, moral decline, moral standards, Nationwide Festival of Light, religious affiliation

Collection Method: Self-completion postal questionnaire

Collection Agency: Department of Sociology, University of Stirling

Sponsor: Economic and Social Research Council

Published Source:

Roy Wallis and Richard Bland, 'Purity in Danger: A Survey of Participants in a Moral Crusade Rally', British Journal of Sociology, Vol. 30, 1979, pp. 188-205

Roy Wallis, Salvation and Protest: Studies of Social and Religious Movements, London: Frances Pinter, 1979

BRIN ID: 2161

Remarks:

Dataset available at ESDS as SN 57

Posted by: Clive D. Field

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