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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 →

Posted in church attendance, News from religious organisations, Religion and Social Capital, Survey news | Tagged Andreas Whittam Smith, Angels, Association of English Cathedrals, Association of Leading Visitor Attractions, Cathedrals, church attendance, church growth, Church of England, Church of England Newspaper, Co-operative Funeralcare, ComRes, David Voas, Foundation for Church Leadership, funerals, FutureFirst, God, Grubb Institute, heritage, hymns, Jesus Christ, life after death, music, Peter Brierley, reincarnation, Religious Affiliation, religious beliefs, Resurrection, soul, spiritual capital, Theos, tourism, universal life force, University of Essex, Visit England, visitors | Leave a comment

Anglican Church Growth Research

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Clive D. Field

The Church of England announced on 21 May 2012 the appointment of three research teams to undertake an 18-month programme on Anglican church growth. BRIN featured the invitation to tender in our post on 13 January 2012. The programme is … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, People news | Tagged Cathy Ross, church growth, Church of England, Cranmer Hall, David Goodhew, David Voas, Institute for Social and Economic Research, Kirk Hadaway, Oxford Centre for Ecclesiology and Practical Theology, Ruth Powell, University of Essex | 1 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

European Values Study, Wave 4

Posted on May 24, 2011 by Clive D. Field

The dataset for European Values Study (EVS), Wave 4, Great Britain has recently become available at the Economic and Social Data Service as SN 6757. The data also form part of the aggregated 47-country dataset for Wave 4 as SN … Continue reading →

Posted in Survey news | Tagged David Voas, European Values Study, Quality Fieldwork and Research Services, Tilburg University, values | Leave a comment

Does Christianity Have A Future?

Posted on April 17, 2011 by Siobhan McAndrew

BRIN readers who happen to catch this post before 10.25pm this evening (Sunday 17 April) may be interested in tonight’s programme, DOES CHRISTIANITY HAVE A FUTURE? on BBC1. Continue reading →

Posted in Religion in public debate, Religion in the Press | Tagged Ann Widdecombe, David Voas | 2 Comments

Census Day

Posted on March 27, 2011 by David Voas

The census manages to evoke contrary responses: it’s either a bit of a joke or a threat to civil liberty. I’ll address the objections in a moment, but let’s start with the jolly part.
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Posted in Measuring religion, Official data, Religion in public debate, Religion in the Press | Tagged Cathie Marsh Centre for Census and Survey Research, Census 2011, Data Security, David Voas, Religious Affiliation | Leave a comment

Clive Field on Attitudes to Islam and Muslim Attitudes in Britain

Posted on December 13, 2010 by Siobhan McAndrew

Last week, the Institute for Social Change (where BRIN is based) hosted a seminar by Clive Field, who co-directs this resource and blogs here assiduously. The title was “Muslim Opinions and Opinions of Muslims: British Experiences”. Clive provided a historical overview of Islam in Britain, followed by a “survey of surveys”, and culminating in an exploratory analysis of a survey of British Muslims sponsored by Harvard and Manchester. Continue reading →

Posted in Measuring religion, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Religion in the Press | Tagged Accommodation, Clive Field, David Campbell, David Voas, Harvard, Institute for Social Change, integration, Islam, Islamophobia, John Templeton Foundation, Manchester, morality, National Identity, Notre Dame, politics, Robert Putnam, Social Distance, Social Surveys, Survey Methodology | 3 Comments

Census 2011 – British Humanist Association Campaign

Posted on October 27, 2010 by Clive D. Field

The British Humanist Association (BHA), the national charity representing and supporting the interests of ethically concerned but non-religious people in the UK, has today launched ‘The Census Campaign’. This is five months to the day before the next decennial population … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, Official data | Tagged Andrew Copson, British Humanist Association, Census, Census Campaign, cultural Christians, David Voas, Jedi Knights | 2 Comments

Facing the Axe? Diocese of Bradford in the Headlights

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Clive D. Field

Periodic reports about Islam overtaking the Church of England in terms of the number of worshippers have been a feature of media life for much of the past decade. The latest variant on the theme is to be found in … Continue reading →

Posted in church attendance, Religion in the Press | Tagged Andrew Chapman, Bradford, church attendance, Church of England, Daily Express, David Voas, Diocese of Bradford, Ipsos-MORI, Jonathan Petre, Mail on Sunday, Mark Reynolds, mosque attendance, Muslims, Peter Brierley | 2 Comments

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