Tag Archives: Jesus Christ

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

Census Question Under Fire

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Clive D. Field

There are just six days to go before UK residents have to complete the household and individual questionnaire for the decennial population census. But humanists are still simultaneously maintaining their attack on the voluntary question on religion while paradoxically encouraging … Continue reading →

Posted in church attendance, Measuring religion, News from religious organisations, Official data, Survey news | Tagged British Humanist Association, Census, church attendance, Humanist Society of Scotland, humanists, Jesus Christ, Office for National Statistics, Religious Affiliation, Scotland, self-assessed religiosity, YouGov | 1 Comment

Will Jesus Christ Return to Earth?

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Clive D. Field

Only 3% of Britons believe that Jesus Christ will return to earth before 2050, according to a YouGov poll reissued in connection with the general release in the UK this Friday of the film Never Let Me Go, which tackles … Continue reading →

Posted in Survey news | Tagged alien life, Aliens, Jesus Christ, Second Coming, YouGov | 1 Comment

21st Century Evangelicals

Posted on January 12, 2011 by Clive D. Field

According to a large-scale survey of churchgoing published by Tearfund in 2007, there are approximately two million evangelical Christians in the UK. Hitherto, we have had only limited insights into their profile and attitudes. We now know a great deal … Continue reading →

Posted in church attendance, News from religious organisations, Survey news | Tagged abortion, assisted suicide, Bible, black majority churches, Christian festivals, Christian Research, church attendance, civil partnerships, Ecumenism, Evangelical Alliance, evangelicals, evangelism, evolution, extra-marital sex, gifts of the Spirit, giving, God, hell, homosexuality, importance of faith, inter-faith work, Jesus Christ, prayer, small groups, social action, tithing, volunteering, voting | 3 Comments

Putting Christ into Christmas

Posted on December 16, 2010 by Clive D. Field

In addition to ongoing daily Christmas polling for its own advent calendar (as covered in our previous post – http://www.brin.ac.uk/news/?p=739), YouGov has conducted a more extensive survey (running to 19 questions) into attitudes to and the observance of Christmas on behalf … Continue reading →

Posted in church attendance, Religion in the Press, Survey news | Tagged Christmas, church attendance, churchgoing, Jesus Christ, nativity, religious festivals, The Sun, YouGov | 2 Comments

‘Religious Swearwords’

Posted on December 13, 2010 by Clive D. Field

The ancient common law offences of blasphemy and blasphemous libel, which made it illegal to insult Christianity, were abolished two and a half years ago in England and Wales by Section 79 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008. … Continue reading →

Posted in Survey news | Tagged blasphemy, expletives, hell, Jesus Christ, swearwords, YouGov | 2 Comments

Christmas Present

Posted on December 11, 2010 by Clive D. Field

Further to our recent post on the religious meaning of Christmas in contemporary Britain, as recorded by GfK NOP/The Children’s Society (http://www.brin.ac.uk/news/?p=744), additional insights are provided in a poll released by the theological think-tank Theos on 8 December. The study … Continue reading →

Posted in church attendance, News from religious organisations, Survey news | Tagged Christmas, church attendance, ComRes, Jesus Christ, religious festivals, Theos | Leave a comment

Religious Meaning of Christmas

Posted on December 6, 2010 by Clive D. Field

A new poll, published by The Children’s Society on 1 December, suggests that the religious side of Christmas is struggling to get a hearing as Britons prepare for the festive season. The survey was conducted online by GfK NOP among a … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, Survey news | Tagged Children's Society, Christingle, Christmas, GfK NOP, Jesus Christ, religious festivals, religious meaning of Christmas | 1 Comment

Dunfermline Presbytery Community Survey

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Clive D. Field

Other than statistics regularly collected by the various Christian denominations, there is only limited national data about religion in Scotland in very recent years. One has to go back to sources such as the 2001 civil census, the religion module … Continue reading →

Posted in church attendance, News from religious organisations, Survey news | Tagged Allan Vint, Christianity, church attendance, Church of Scotland, Dunfermline Presbytery, God, heaven, Jesus Christ, Sunday school | Leave a comment

Thanks for your query. There are no recent British data on these topics which spring to mind, at least so…

Is there any data on the number of converts to Christianity from Islam and vice versa in the UK?

The census of population (2001, 2011, 2021) is the main statistical source for non-Christian and other faiths and groups. Jews…

Very interesting

Where are the statistics for other religious groups? In addition, analysis on the differences between 1st to 3rd generation migrant…

Tag Archives: Jesus Christ

YouGov@Cambridge Launched

Census Question Under Fire

Will Jesus Christ Return to Earth?

Putting Christ into Christmas

‘Religious Swearwords’

Christmas Present

Religious Meaning of Christmas

Dunfermline Presbytery Community Survey

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