Tag Archives: Ben Clements

Religion, Identity, and Other Issues

Posted on April 13, 2014 by Clive D. Field

Church of England and Britishness Although only a tiny minority attends its services, and very many are critical of its stance on diversity issues, the majority of Britons (51%) still consider the Church of England to be important in defining … Continue reading →

Posted in Historical studies, Official data, Religion and Ethnicity, Religion and Politics, Religion in the Press, Religious Census, Survey news | Tagged abortion, Action for Happiness, BBC, Ben Clements, bibliometrics, British Social Attitudes Surveys, Britishness, Buddhism, census of population, Church of England, David Gellner, Department for Education, European Values Studies, happiness, Hinduism, InFuse, multiple religious identities, Nepalis, Opinion Research Centre, personal identity, Religion [journal], Religious Affiliation, religious education, religious leadership, religious newspapers, religious/spiritual life, Sociology [journal], Sondra Hausner, Steven Engler, Sunday Times, teachers, The Tablet, The Times, YouGov | Leave a comment

Religious Vote and Other News

Posted on January 26, 2014 by Clive D. Field

Is there a religious vote? A religious vote continues to exist in Britain, particularly as regards disproportionate Anglican and Jewish preferences for the Conservative Party and Catholic and Muslim preferences for the Labour Party. However, the association between religion and … Continue reading →

Posted in Historical studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Religious Census, Survey news | Tagged Alternative Vote Referendum Study, Ben Clements, British Election Studies, British Social Attitudes Surveys, Burka, census of population, Church of England, Church Urban Fund, counting blessings, credit unions, disestablishment. European Values Surveys, gypsies, Ipsos-MORI, Irish travellers, Islamophobia, Journal of Anglican Studies, Muslims, Nick Spencer, Olivier Roy, Pew Global Attitudes Surveys, political values, politics, Religious Affiliation, religious dress, Theos, voting, YouGov | Leave a comment

Money for Good and Other News

Posted on March 24, 2013 by Clive D. Field

BRIN certainly cannot trump the unprecedented inauguration of new leaders of the global Catholic and Anglican communions within the same week. But, on a business-as-usual level, here are six more religious statistical stories for your edification. Money for good UK … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Religion in public debate, Survey news | Tagged All Party Parliamentary Group on Religious Education, Ben Clements, British Social Attitudes Survey, Centre for Church Growth Research, charitable giving, church growth, Church of England, Cranmer Hall, David Goodhew, homosexuality, Ipsos-MORI, Lucy de Las Casas, Matt van Poortvliet, meditation, Mind, ministry, Money for Good UK, NatCen, New Philanthropy Capital, ordinands, Parliamentary Affairs, Populus, religious education, Rob Abercrombie, Sally Bagwell, same-sex marriage, Stephen Lloyd, volunteering, YouGov | Leave a comment

Attitudes to Muslims

Posted on January 11, 2013 by Clive D. Field

The year 2012 ended with the revelation that the Muslim community in England and Wales had grown by 75% between the 2001 and 2011 censuses of population. This basic demographic fact, combined with the increasingly prominent role and voice which … Continue reading →

Posted in Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Survey news | Tagged Ben Clements, British Social Attitudes Surveys, cartoon, Charlie Hebdo, freedom of expression, freedom of speech, hate crime, Innocence of Muslims, integration, Islam, Islamophobia, Journal of Contemporary Religion, Muslims, offence, Prophet Muhammad, solidarity of the religious, United States, YouGov, Youtube | 3 Comments

Rating Rowan Williams and Other New Sources

Posted on September 30, 2012 by Clive D. Field

There follows a round-up of British religious statistics published between 26 and 28 September 2012, arranged in order of their date of release. Additionally, it should be noted that, although the Office for National Statistics issued a statistical bulletin on … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, Religion and Politics, Religion in the Press, Survey news | Tagged Arab Spring, Archbishop of Canterbury, BBC Local Radio, Ben Clements, British Social Attitudes Survey, Church of England, ComRes, cultural boycott, democracy, English Baccalaureate, GCSEs, Innocence of Muslims, Islam, Islamophobia, Israel, Jewish Chronicle, Journal of Contemporary Religion, Muslim world, National Association of Teachers of Religious Education, religious education, religious groups, Rowan Williams, schools, The Guardian, United States, violence, West, YouGov | 1 Comment

What Anglicans (and others) think about homosexuality and disestablishment

Posted on June 12, 2012 by Siobhan McAndrew

Earlier today, the Church of England responded to the Government’s proposals to introduce same-sex marriage. In view of the discussion generated by the response, it is worth examining what Anglicans themselves think about gay relationships. BRIN correspondent Ben Clements, based at the University of Leicester, has recently looked at data from the British Social Attitudes surveys and the European Values Surveys to see how attitudes to homosexual relationship have changed over the past three decades or so. Continue reading →

Posted in Religion in public debate, Survey news | Tagged Ben Clements, British Election Study, British Social Attitudes Surveys, Church of England, disestablishment, gay marriage, homosexuality, Religious Affiliation | Leave a comment

Attitudes towards Different Religious Groups in Britain: Survey Data Sources

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Ben Clements

This post highlights some of the survey resources – available for general usage – which allow researchers to examine public views towards religious groups in Britain. The three surveys used are the European Values Study, the Pew Global Attitudes Project surveys, and the British Social Attitudes surveys.
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Posted in Attitudes towards Religion, Religion and Social Capital, Survey news | Tagged American Grace, Ben Clements, British Social Attitudes Survey, David Campbell, David Voas, European Values Study, Feeling Thermometer, Pew Global Attitudes Project, Robert Putnam, Rod Ling | Leave a comment

Attitudes towards Britain’s Involvement in the Afghanistan Conflict by Religious Affiliation

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Ben Clements

As well as looking at behaviour and attitudes in relation to the 2010 general election (participation, method of voting, party voted for, etc.), the EMBES survey contains a wealth of attitudinal data relating to long-standing or more recent political issues in Britain. One of these is the involvement of British military forces in the conflict in Afghanistan. Continue reading →

Posted in Religion and Politics | Tagged Afghanistan, Angus Reid, Ben Clements, British Election Study, Christianity, EMBES, Ethnic Minority, Gallup, Hinduism, Ipsos-MORI, Islam, Sikhism, War, YouGov | Leave a comment

The Ethnic Minority British Election Study (EMBES) – Part II

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Ben Clements

This second BRIN post reports reports various attitudes and behaviour for the May 2010 General Election by religious affiliation in a series of cross-tabulations, again using the EMBES survey. Continue reading →

Posted in Measuring religion, Religion and Politics, Research note | Tagged Ben Clements, British Election Study 2009-2010, EMBES, ethnic minorities, Political Preference, Vote Choice, Voting Behaviour | 2 Comments

The Ethnic Minority British Election Study (EMBES)

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Ben Clements

This BRIN post reports various attitudes and behaviour for the May 2010 general election by ethnic group in a series of cross-tabulations, using the EMBES survey. It looks at interest in the electon, voting rates, how the respondent voted, party choice in 2010 and 2005, and likeability ratings of major and minor political parties.
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Posted in Other, Religion and Politics | Tagged Ben Clements, British Election Study 2009-2010, EMBES, ethnic minorities, General Election 2010, Political Preference, Vote Choice | 1 Comment

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