Tag Archives: Church of England

Church and State

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Clive D. Field

The recent Royal Wedding, between Prince William and Catherine Middleton (now the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge), gave rise to extensive opinion polling on the subject of British attitudes to the monarchy, and a few of these surveys touched on … Continue reading →

Posted in Religion and Politics, Survey news | Tagged Catherine Middleton, Church and State, Church of England, Confirmation, Daily Mail, establishment, Harris Interactive, monarchy, royal wedding | Leave a comment

Anglican Cathedrals in 2010

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Clive D. Field

Attendance at regular Sunday or midweek services in England’s Anglican cathedrals (excluding Royal Peculiars such as Westminster Abbey) increased by 7% between 2009 and 2010, according to figures released by the Archbishops’ Council’s Research and Statistics Unit on 4 May. … Continue reading →

Posted in church attendance, News from religious organisations | Tagged Archbishops' Council Research and Statistics Unit, Cathedrals, Christmas, church attendance, Church of England, Easter, visitors | Leave a comment

YouGov@Cambridge Launched

Posted on April 30, 2011 by Clive D. Field

Last Thursday (28 April) marked the virtual launch of YouGov@Cambridge, a new research forum representing a collaboration between online pollsters YouGov and the University of Cambridge’s Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS). YouGov@Cambridge, directed by Dr Joel Faulkner Rogers, aims … Continue reading →

Posted in Religion and Politics, Survey news | Tagged Afghanistan, Aliens, blasphemy, Britishness, Church of England, Islam, Islamic extremism, Islamophobia, Jesus Christ, Joel Faulkner Rogers, monarchy, politics, Religious change, religious tolerance, Second Coming, St Paul's Cathedral, Supreme Governor, University of Cambridge Department of Politics and International Studies, violence, YouGov, YouGov@Cambridge | 1 Comment

Trends in Anglican Confirmations, 1872-2009

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Siobhan McAndrew

There has been some discussion in the press regarding Kate Middleton’s recent confirmation as an Anglican, and so I thought I would look up the extant data. Continue reading →

Posted in Historical studies, Measuring religion, Religion in the Press, Rites of Passage | Tagged Church of England, Confirmation, Kate Middleton | 3 Comments

Self-Supporting Ministry

Posted on April 10, 2011 by Clive D. Field

In 2009 3,100 or 27% of all the Church of England’s diocesan licensed ministers were in self-supporting ministry (SSM), sometimes described as non-stipendiary ministry. Hitherto, comparatively little has been known about these SSMs and how they are utilized by the … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, Survey news | Tagged Church of England, Church Times, clergy, non-stipendiary ministry, self-supporting ministry, Teresa Morgan | Leave a comment

Concerns for Christians

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Clive D. Field

The indefatigable Peter Brierley of Brierley Consultancy has just brought out, under his ADBC Publishers imprint, a 24-page synthesis of statistics relating to 21 issues which are likely to be of concern to Christians. Entitled 21 Concerns for 21st Century … Continue reading →

Posted in church attendance, News from religious organisations, Religion in the Press | Tagged Brierley Consultancy, Church of England, FutureFirst, Peter Brierley, university students | 2 Comments

Monarchical Religion

Posted on March 26, 2011 by Clive D. Field

The Church of England, the product of the sixteenth-century Reformation, remains the state church in England, notwithstanding successive attempts to disestablish it during the past two centuries. These campaigns were initially led by militant Dissenters promulgating the gospel of ‘voluntaryism’, … Continue reading →

Posted in Religion and Politics, Survey news | Tagged Act of Settlement, Church of England, Clive Field, establishment, monarchy, Peter Kellner, Prince Charles, Prospect, Roman Catholicism, Supreme Governor, YouGov | 2 Comments

Religious Affiliation by Birth Decade

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Siobhan McAndrew

Looking at the pooled British Social Attitudes 1983-2008 sample, I wanted to see how religious affiliation varies by birth decade in England, Scotland and Wales, and particularly how younger birth cohorts compare with older birth cohorts.
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Posted in Measuring religion, visualisation | Tagged Birth Cohorts, British Social Attitudes Survey, Church of England, Church of Scotland, Episcopalian Church, Free Churches, Non-Denominational Christians, Other Religions, Religious Affiliation, Rod Ling, Roman Catholic Church | Leave a comment

Assessing the Decade of Evangelism

Posted on March 2, 2011 by Clive D. Field

Resolution 43 of the 1988 Lambeth Conference called on ‘each province and diocese of the Anglican Communion, in co-operation with other Christians, to make the closing years of this millennium a “Decade of Evangelism” with a renewed and united emphasis … Continue reading →

Posted in church attendance, Historical studies | Tagged Andrew Village, church growth, Church of England, clergy, Decade of Evangelism, Leslie Francis, Patrick Laycock, Review of Religious Research | 1 Comment

A Perfect Companion

Posted on February 22, 2011 by Clive D. Field

Anybody feeling a little at sea in the plethora of religious data may find a new briefing paper from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) a great boon. Written by EHRC’s research manager, David Perfect, and simply entitled Religion … Continue reading →

Posted in church attendance, Measuring religion, Official data | Tagged British Social Attitudes Survey, Census, church attendance, Church of England, Citizenship Survey, clergy, David Perfect, Employment Tribunal, Equality and Human Rights Commission, Eurobarometer, God, Integrated Household Survey, Religious Affiliation, religious belonging, Religious discrimination, religious prejudice | 2 Comments

Dear Paul Thank you very much indeed for your kind words. I shall continue to pursue my own personal research…

Thank you for all your hard work on this important service which will be greatly missed, but all the best…

Thank you for your diligence in unearthing broken links on the site. Regarding religious profession of prisoners, there were surveys…

1) FYI. There is an incorrect link to a spreadsheet on the page here: https://www.brin.ac.uk/figures/belief-in-britain-1939-2009/conventional-belief/belief-in-god-divinity-of-christ-and-the-resurrection/. The spreadsheet is for "Belief…

Dear Colin I am sorry that you have experienced difficulties in getting data from the site. Please go to www.brin.ac.uk/figures/churches-and-churchgoers/…

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