Tag Archives: Church of England

Anglican Themes – and Funeral Hymns

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Clive D. Field

The cluster of news stories which have come to hand within the last four days mainly concern the Church of England, but a couple are also of wider interest: Church of England Growth? The Church of England launched a new … Continue reading →

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Respect for Clergy and Other News

Posted on October 13, 2012 by Clive D. Field

Herewith some news stories about British religious statistics which have come to hand during the past fortnight; they are arranged in order of release date. Evangelicals and Money Evangelical Christians are not immune from the economic downturn, with 15% feeling … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, Survey news | Tagged Angus Reid Public Opinion, Archbishop of Canterbury, Canada, Christian Research, Church of England, clergy, ComRes, Cpanel, English Heritage, Evangelical Alliance, evangelicals, freedom of expression, heritage, Innocence of Muslims, Islamophobia, ministers, money, Newman Demographic Survey, Pastoral Research Centre, places of worship, priests, professions, Resonate, respect, Roman Catholic Church, Rowan Williams, tolerance, United States of America, women bishops | 1 Comment

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

September Snippets

Posted on September 23, 2012 by Clive D. Field

Herewith the headlines from five new sources of British religious statistics, arranged in order of their date of release: Creationism versus Evolution Whereas 51% of Americans still believe that God created human beings in their present form within the last … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Politics, Survey news | Tagged Angus Reid Public Opinion, BBC Local Radio, Canada, Church of England, church weddings, ComRes, Creationism, David Cameron, Ed Miliband, Evening Standard, evolution, God, hate crimes, Home Office, human beings, Ipsos-MORI, man of faith, marriage, police, politics, United States of America, women bishops, www.yourchurchwedding.org | 1 Comment

Eighteenth-Century Religious Statistics

Posted on September 21, 2012 by Clive D. Field

The statistical analysis of religion in England and Wales has usually commenced with the mid-nineteenth century, but the first holistic quantification of eighteenth-century religious adherence has now been published, as a contribution to the BRIN project, in Clive Field, ‘Counting Religion … Continue reading →

Posted in church attendance, Historical studies | Tagged Archdeaconry of Salop, Church of England, Clive Field, Diocese of Salisbury, Journal of Church and State, Journal of Ecclesiastical History, religious adherence, Shropshire Record Society, Sylvia Watts, Wiltshire Studies | 4 Comments

Archbishop of Canterbury

Posted on July 28, 2012 by Clive D. Field

There was some moderately cheering news this week for the members of the Crown Nominations Commission who are charged with coming up with a preferred name of the next Archbishop of Canterbury, in succession to Rowan Williams. According to a … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, Survey news | Tagged Anglican Communion, Archbishop of Canterbury, Church of England, ComRes, Cpanel, James Jones, John Sentamu, Premier Christian Radio, Richard Chartres, Tom Wright | Leave a comment

Women Bishops

Posted on July 13, 2012 by Clive D. Field

The Church of England’s General Synod may have passed an adjournment motion last Monday, to send the draft Bishops and Priests (Consecration and Ordination of Women) Measure back for further episcopal review, but a majority of the general public seem … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, Religion in public debate, Survey news | Tagged Bible Society, Christian Research, Church of England, ComRes, Forward in Faith, sexism, women bishops, YouGov | Leave a comment

Church Statistics, 2010-11

Posted on June 30, 2012 by Clive D. Field

Church Statistics, 2010/11 (ISBN 978-0-9564659-2-4), the annual digest of data about the Church of England compiled by the Research and Statistics Department of the Archbishops’ Council, was published on 25 June 2012 and is available at: http://www.churchofengland.org/media/1477827/2010_11churchstatistics.pdf It comprises 34 … Continue reading →

Posted in church attendance, News from religious organisations, Organisational data, Rites of Passage | Tagged Church of England, Church Statistics, Research and Statistics Department Archbishops' Council | Leave a comment

Rural Church

Posted on June 29, 2012 by Clive D. Field

Rural Life and Rural Church: Theological and Empirical Perspectives, edited by Leslie Francis and Mandy Robbins was published last month by Equinox Publishing of Sheffield (ISBN 978-1-84553-984-9, £19.99, paperback). It reprints, together with a new introduction by the editors, 28 … Continue reading →

Posted in Organisational data | Tagged Church in Wales, Church of England, Leslie Francis, Mandy Robbins, rural life, Rural Theology | Leave a comment

House of Lords Reform

Posted on June 28, 2012 by Clive D. Field

The Government’s House of Lords Reform Bill, which was tabled and thus received a First Reading in the House of Commons on 27 June 2012, proposes that the United Kingdom’s second Parliamentary chamber be reduced in size and become mainly … Continue reading →

Posted in Religion and Politics, Survey news | Tagged Bishops, Church of England, House of Lords, Lords Spiritual, Parliament, The Sun, YouGov | Leave a comment

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