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Religion and Public Affairs

Posted on April 12, 2015 by Clive D. Field

Britons on Christianity in the public square Five times as many people (73% versus 15%) think that Britain has become less of a Christian country over the past five years than dissent from the proposition, according to a ComRes … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Survey news | Tagged Anglicans, assisted dying, Christian Concern, Christian country, Christianity, Christians, Church of England, Church Times, ComRes, Conservative Party, David Cameron, Dignity in Dying, Easter, Ed Miliband, general election, Islam, Israel, Jewish Chronicle, Jews, Labour Party, Muslims, non-Muslims, party leaders, politics, Populus, Premier Christian Radio, religious freedom, Scientology, Sky News, spiritual enlightenment, Survation, terrorism, voting, workplace, YouGov | 1 Comment

Atheism and Other News

Posted on February 15, 2015 by Clive D. Field

Atheism Two-fifths (42%) of Britons now declare that they have no religion, and the plurality (45%) of these regard themselves as atheists, according to a YouGov poll commissioned by and published in The Times on 12 February 2015, for … Continue reading →

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ComRes on Religion and Other News

Posted on January 24, 2015 by Clive D. Field

ComRes on religion Exactly half the whole population (and 71% of those professing no religion) now denies that religion is a force for good in the world, according to a ComRes poll for ITV News on 16-18 January 2015, … Continue reading →

Posted in Measuring religion, People news, Religion and Politics, Religion in the Press, Religious beliefs, Survey news | Tagged 1970 British Cohort Study, 202 Strategies, Andrew Kam-Tuck Yip, Anti-Semitism, Bright Blue, Campaign against Antisemitism, Centre for Longitudinal Studies, Christian values, ComRes, David Voas, Ed Miliband, Eric Pickles, European Jewish Congress, force for good, God, heterosexuality, holocaust, Immigration, ITV News, Jewish Chronicle, Jews, Leslie Francis, life after death, Lord Ashcroft, Mandy Robbins, Muslims, mystical experience, politics, Pope Francis I, psychopathology, Religious Affiliation, religious leaders, Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, Roman Catholic Church, Sarah-Jane Page, Survation, The Conversation, Tim Bale, TNS-BMRB, YouGov | Leave a 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