Tag Archives: Ben Cavanagh

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 … Continue reading →

Posted in church attendance, Covid-19, Ministry studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Education, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Religion Online, Religious beliefs, Religious Census, Survey news | Tagged Andrew Village, Ann Casson, atheism, attendance at religious services, Barna Group, Ben Cavanagh, Bible, British citizenship, census of population, Christopher Alan Lewis, church buildings, Church of England, clergy and priests, climate change, community assets, contact with local churches, coronavirus, Coronavirus Church and You, cost of living crisis, Covid-19, Covid-19 and Church-21, Diocese of Ely, Dynata, England and Wales, families, Faraday Institute for Science and Religion, Geoffrey Hunter, good member of society, Hannah Waite, Helen Haugh, Hinduism, Holy Communion, hymnology, Ipsos MORI Veracity Index, Ipsos-MORI, Islamic State, Jesus Christ, Journal of Anglican Studies, Journal of Empirical Theology, Judge Business School, justice, Leslie Francis, Luca Panzone, meatless Fridays, Methodist Church, Methodist Recorder, Muslim Census, Muslims, Naomi Prince, National Institute for Christian Education Research, national security risk, nones, Office for National Statistics, Pew Global Attitudes Survey, Po-Wen She, prayer, prime minister, REACH Ely, Religious Affiliation, religious census, Rishi Sunak, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Catholics, Sarah Holmes, Savanta ComRes, Scotland, Shamima Begum, Shaun Larcom, spiritual awakening, spirituality, SSRN, teenagers, Theos, Timur Alexandrov, trustworthiness, truth, YouGov | 2 Comments

Chaplaincy ‘Wars’ and Other News

Posted on July 1, 2013 by Clive D. Field

It is not an unusual occurrence for religious statistics to be debated and contested, but those relating to hospital chaplaincy seem to be especially prone to feature in public rows. Two competing pictures of what is happening to the number … Continue reading →

Posted in church attendance, Historical studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Ethnicity, Religion in public debate, Religion in the Press, Religious Census, Survey news | Tagged Abby Day, Amy Goulding, Andrew Rogers, BBC Local Radio, Ben Cavanagh, black majority churches, BSA Sociology of Religion Study Group, census of population, church attendance, Church History and Religious Culture, church membership, Churches Together in South London, Clive Field, Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003, David Jeremy, England, Freedom of Information, happiness, hospital chaplains, inter-war period, Kathryn Cooper, Lois Lee, London, London School of Economics, Mappiness, meditation, Methodism, National Health Service, National Secular Society, Populus, religious activities, Religious Affiliation, religious hatred, religiously aggravated offending, Scotland, SocRel, Southwark, Southwark for Jesus, Sunday Times, University of Roehampton, well-being | Leave a comment

Dimensions of Religious Prejudice

Posted on November 24, 2012 by Clive D. Field

Two reports have been published in the last couple of days which shed light on the scale of religious prejudice in contemporary society: Religious discrimination in the European Union Discrimination on the grounds of religion or beliefs is perceived as … Continue reading →

Posted in Official data, Religion and Politics, Survey news | Tagged acquaintances, Amy Goulding, Ben Cavanagh, crime, Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003, discrimination, economic recession, Eurobarometer, European Commission, European Union, friends, harassment, prejudice, prime minister, Religious Affiliation, religious symbols, religiously aggravated offences, Scotland, Scottish Government Social Research, TNS UK, workplace | Leave a comment

Religiously Aggravated Offending in Scotland, 2010-11

Posted on November 20, 2011 by Clive D. Field

The Justice Committee of the Scottish Parliament is meeting next Tuesday to consider Stage 2 amendments to the (relatively controversial) Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Bill, nicknamed the ‘Football Act’, which will give Scottish police more powers … Continue reading →

Posted in Official data, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate | Tagged Angela Morgan, Ben Cavanagh, crime, football, hate crime, Kathleen Doyle, Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Bill, Protestantism, religiously aggravated offending, Roman Catholicism, Scotland, Scottish Government, sectarianism | Leave a comment