Tag Archives: Christians

Churchgoing in York and Other News

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Clive D. Field

Herewith three news items which have come to hand during the final week of October: Churchgoing in York The churchgoing history of York from 1764 to the present day is recounted, statistically, in part II (chapter 6, pp. 113-56) of … Continue reading →

Posted in church attendance, Historical studies, News from religious organisations, Survey news | Tagged Anti-Semitism, Back to Church Sunday, Baptist Union, BIG Welcome, Christianophobia, Christians, church attendance, church growth, David Goodhew, Elim Pentecostal Church, Islamophobia, Jews, Methodist Church, mission, Muslims, prejudice, Religious discrimination, Robin Gill, York, YouGov | Leave a comment

Anti-Conservative Vote

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Clive D. Field

Religion is the single most powerful predictor (among eight factors) of an individual’s likelihood to say that they would never vote Conservative, with 44% of those with no faith rejecting the possibility of supporting the Tories, compared with 35% of … Continue reading →

Posted in Religion and Ethnicity, Religion and Politics, Survey news | Tagged Christians, Conservative Party, David Cameron, ethnic minorities, Ethnic Minority British Election Study, Hindus, Labour Party, Lord Ashcroft, Muslims, politics, Sikhs, voting | Leave a comment

Western European Religion

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Clive D. Field

There is no real consensus of public opinion in matters of religion, according to a new multinational poll from YouGov@Cambridge, published in connection with a symposium on the future of Europe, held at the British Academy on 15 March 2012. … Continue reading →

Posted in Attitudes towards Religion, Religion and Politics, Survey news | Tagged children, Christians, church, Denmark, Europe, France, Germany, God, integration, Italy, Muslims, Norway, organized religion, politics, religious upbringing, Sweden, terminal decline, YouGov, YouGov@Cambridge | Leave a comment

Labour Force Survey

Posted on March 3, 2012 by Clive D. Field

Professing Christians in this country are declining by one and a half percentage points annually and, on present trends, ‘the number of people with no religion will overtake the number of Christians in Great Britain in twenty years’. This prediction … Continue reading →

Posted in Measuring religion, Official data, Survey news | Tagged Christians, House of Commons Library, Labour Force Survey, migration, no religion, Oliver Hawkins, Religious Affiliation | 1 Comment

Census Christians

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Clive D. Field

‘UK residents who think of themselves as Christian show very low levels of Christian belief and practice’ and ‘are overwhelmingly secular in their attitudes on a range of issues from gay rights to religion in public life’, according to research … Continue reading →

Posted in Attitudes towards Religion, church attendance, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Survey news | Tagged abortion, assisted suicide, Bible, Bishops, Census, Christians, Church and State, churchgoing, collective worship, Creationism, Daily Telegraph, Ekklesia, extra-marital sex, Faith schools, God, heaven, hell, homosexuality, hospital chaplaincy, House of Lords, Ipsos-MORI, Jesus Christ, morality, National Secular Society, official religion, prayer, public life, Religious Affiliation, religious education, Resurrection, Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science (UK), schools, self-assessed religiosity, state religion | 3 Comments

Christian Research’s Christmastide Pot-Pourri

Posted on December 23, 2011 by Clive D. Field

A rather improbable 53% of Britons claim they will be observing Christmas as a religious festival in some way this year, 2% more than actually affiliate as Christians, according to an opinion poll published today (23 December 2011). Fieldwork was … Continue reading →

Posted in church attendance, News from religious organisations, Religion and Social Capital, Survey news | Tagged Abbie Heath, Bible, carol services, carol singing, Christian Research, Christians, Christmas, Christmas cards, church attendance, ComRes, faith-based moral values, nativity plays, Occupy London, prayer, religious broadcasts, religious festivals, social activism | Leave a comment

Religion in Western Europe and the USA

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Clive D. Field

The latest report from the Pew Global Attitudes Project, on the values gap between America and Western Europe (including on three religious indicators), was published today, with the general headline of ‘American exceptionalism subsides’ (although this was less applicable to … Continue reading →

Posted in Attitudes towards Religion, Religion in public debate, Survey news | Tagged Belief in God, Britishness, Christians, importance of religion, morality, Pew Global Attitudes Project, Pew Research Center, values | 2 Comments

Perceived Threats to Christianity

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Clive D. Field

Forced to choose, churchgoing Christians in the UK are far more likely to think that secularism rather than Islam is the greater threat to Christianity, according to poll data made available to BRIN by ComRes but not yet posted on … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, Survey news | Tagged Christianity, Christians, ComRes, Cpanel, Islam, Premier Christian Media, secularism, threats | 1 Comment

Scottish Social Attitudes Discrimination Module

Posted on September 12, 2011 by Clive D. Field

The level of religious prejudice in Scotland in 2010 was much the same as in 2006, notwithstanding significant legislative and other activities to counter it by both the UK and Scottish Governments during the intervening years. Moreover, Scottish attitudes to … Continue reading →

Posted in Attitudes towards Religion, Official data, Survey news | Tagged acquaintances, banks, Christians, crucifixes, discrimination, employment, Equality and Human Rights Commission (Scotland), headscarves, Hindus, identity, Islamophobia, Jews, John Curtice, marriage, Muslims, primary school teachers, Rachel Ormston, relationships, religious dress, religious prejudice, ScotCen, Scotland, Scottish Centre for Social Research, Scottish Government, Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, Sikhs, Susan McConville, Susan Reid, turbans, veils | Leave a comment

Participation in Higher Education and Religion

Posted on July 24, 2011 by Clive D. Field

‘Muslims, Hindus and Sikhs more likely to go to university than their Christian classmates’, proclaimed the headline to Richard Vaughan’s article in The TES for 22 July 2011. The story was subsequently picked up by the Daily Telegraph on 23 … Continue reading →

Posted in Official data, Religion and Ethnicity, Religion in public debate, Religion in the Press, Survey news | Tagged A Levels, Christians, Department for Education, educational attainment, ethnicity, GCSEs, higher education, Hindus, Longitudinal Study of Young People in England, LSYPE, Muslims, Richard Vaughan, sex, Sikhs, Steve Strand, TES, Times Educational Supplement | Leave a comment

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