Knowledge of Charles Darwin, attitudes to alternative theories for the origins of the universe and to science, and religious and supernatural beliefs and practices (2606)

Type of Data: Knowledge of Charles Darwin, attitudes to alternative theories for the origins of the universe and to science, and religious and supernatural beliefs and practices (2606)

Faith Community: General, Christianity

Date: 2008, 14 October-21 November

Geography: United Kingdom

Sample Size: 2060

Population: Adults aged 18 and over

Keywords: Afterlife, astrology, atheistic evolution, Bible, Charles Darwin, Christianity, church attendance, churchgoing, creation, creationism, Darwinian evolution, evolution, fortune telling, Genesis, ghosts, God, heaven, horoscopes, human soul, intelligent design, life after death, origin of human life, Origin of Species, origins of the universe, paranormal, prayer, purpose of life, reincarnation, religious affiliation, religious belief, science, supernatural, tarot, theistic evolution, young earth creationism

Collection Method: Telephone interview

Collection Agency: ComRes

Sponsor: Theos

Published Source:

http://www.theosthinktank.co.uk

http://www.comres.co.uk

Nick Spencer and Denis Alexander, Rescuing Darwin: God and Evolution in Britain Today, London: Theos, 2009

Caroline Lawes, Faith and Darwin: Harmony, Conflict or Confusion?, London: Theos, 2009

Daily Telegraph, 31 January, 2 March and 13 April 2009

Church Times, 6 February 2009

Baptist Times, 5 March 2009

Quadrant, May 2009, p. 5

Word in Action, Spring 2010, p. 9

http://www.brin.ac.uk/news/?p=171

Sylvia Baker, 'The Theos/ComRes Survey into Public Perception of Darwinism in the UK: A Recipe for Confusion' [with response by Nick Spencer and Denis Alexander], Public Understanding of Science, Vol. 21, 2012, pp. 286-98

BRIN ID: 2606

Remarks:

Posted by: Clive D. Field

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