Tag Archives: no religion

Religious Attitudes Towards Gay Rights in 2013

Posted on June 24, 2014 by Ben Clements

This post looks at religious groups’ views on gay rights and related issues based on newly-released data from the British Social Attitudes 2013 survey. The 2013 survey asked various questions on this topic, some of which were carried in earlier … Continue reading →

Posted in Research note, Survey news | Tagged Anglicans, Belonging, British Social Attitudes Survey, Christians, gay rights, homosexuality, no religion, Other Religions, Religious Affiliation, Roman Catholics, same-sex marriage, same-sex relationships, Social Surveys, Survey Data, tolerance | Leave a comment

End-of-Year Round-Up

Posted on December 30, 2013 by Clive D. Field

This will be the final news post on BRIN for 2013. It features 11 sources which have come to hand over the Christmas period. This year we have been able to bring you 63 general posts containing 310 different news … Continue reading →

Posted in church attendance, News from religious organisations, Official data, People news, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Religion in the Press, Religious Census, Survey news | Tagged Angus Reid Global, Bible, Callum Brown, census of population, Christian Institute, Christmas, Christmas carols, Christmas Day, church attendance, Church of England, community feeling, ComRes, Crime Survey for England and Wales, David Graham, Eurobarometer, European Union, Faith in Research conference, hate crimes, Home Office, humanism, Institute for Jewish Policy Research, Islamophobia, Jews, Lee Rigby, Linda Woodhead, Mail on Sunday, Ministry of Justice, Muslims, no religion, nones, Norman Winter, Office for Natrional Statistics, personal life, police, Religious Affiliation, religious festivals, religious knowledge, science, secularization, shopping, The Sun, TNS UK, Westminster Faith Debates, YouGov | 1 Comment

Religious Census 2011 – England and Wales

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Clive D. Field

There have been some marked changes in the religious composition of England and Wales during the past decade, according to the first results from the 2011 census of population which were released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on … Continue reading →

Posted in Official data | Tagged British Social Attitudes Surveys, census of population, Christianity, England and Wales, Islam, no religion, nones, Office for National Statistics, Religious Affiliation | 3 Comments

Labour Force Survey

Posted on March 3, 2012 by Clive D. Field

Professing Christians in this country are declining by one and a half percentage points annually and, on present trends, ‘the number of people with no religion will overtake the number of Christians in Great Britain in twenty years’. This prediction … Continue reading →

Posted in Measuring religion, Official data, Survey news | Tagged Christians, House of Commons Library, Labour Force Survey, migration, no religion, Oliver Hawkins, Religious Affiliation | 1 Comment