Tag Archives: Religious Affiliation

Huffington Post and Other Polls

Posted on November 8, 2014 by Clive D. Field

Huffington Post religion poll As part of its new ‘Beyond Belief’ series, The Huffington Post UK commissioned Survation to carry out a short online survey about religion among 2,004 Britons on 31 October and 1 November 2014. Results were … Continue reading →

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Roman Catholics’ Attitudes Towards Homosexuality

Posted on October 31, 2014 by Ben Clements

There has been some media coverage of the deliberations of the Roman Catholic Church at its Extraordinary Synod on the Family held in Rome earlier this month, including in a recent BRIN post. The issue of the Catholic Church’s position on homosexuality … Continue reading →

Posted in Historical studies, Religion in public debate, Research note | Tagged British Social Attitudes Surveys, Gallup, gay rights, gays, homosexuality, homosexuals, Pope Benedict XVI, Religious Affiliation, religious belonging, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholics, same-sex marriage, same-sex relationships, Social Surveys, Survey Data | Leave a comment

Anglican Clergy Poll and Other News

Posted on October 26, 2014 by Clive D. Field

Anglican clergy poll As anticipated in our post of 12 October 2014, the complete results of the YouGov survey of Anglican clergy were published on 23 October. The poll was designed by Professor Linda Woodhead and commissioned on behalf … Continue reading →

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Catholic Family and Other News

Posted on October 19, 2014 by Clive D. Field

Catholic family The Roman Catholic Church’s fortnight-long Extraordinary Synod on the Family ends in Rome today. It has attracted surprisingly little attention in the general (non-Catholic) British media, although its outcomes are now being reported as a victory for … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Politics, Religion in the Press, Religious Census, Survey news | Tagged atheism, Ben Clements, British Election Study, Byron Creese, census of population, Christian Today, ComRes, David Voas, Deborah Lader, equality, Extraordinary Synod on the Family, hate crimes, Home Office, Independent on Sunday, International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence, Islamic State, Islamism, jihadists, London, Matt Sheard, Pew Global Attitudes Project, Populus, ransoms, Religious Affiliation, religious and ethnic hatred, Roman Catholic Church, Ruth Gledhill, Scotland, Secularism and Nonreligion, St Paul's Cathedral, Sunday Mirror, The Tablet, The Times, Westminster Abbey, Westminster Faith Debates, YouGov | 1 Comment

The British Election Study 2015: Religious affiliation and attitudes

Posted on October 17, 2014 by Ben Clements

This second post, based on analysis of the British Election Study (BES) 2015, looks at selected attitudes of religious groups in Britain. Two waves of panel data (conducted in, respectively, February-March 2014 and April-June 2014) have so far been made … Continue reading →

Posted in Measuring religion, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Research note, Survey news | Tagged 2005 Election, 2010 Election, British Election Studies, British Election Study 2015, equality, gay rights, gender equality, lesbian gay and bisexual people, Political Attitudes, political parties, racial equality, Religious Affiliation, religious belonging, Survey Data, voting, Voting Behaviour, voting intention | 1 Comment

The British Election Study 2015: Religious affiliation

Posted on October 16, 2014 by Ben Clements

This post analyses the contemporary social make-up of religious belonging in Britain using data released as part of the latest British Election Study (BES), focusing on the 2015 general election. Two waves of panel data (conducted in, respectively, February-March 2014 … Continue reading →

Posted in Measuring religion, Research note, Survey news | Tagged British Election Studies, British Election Study 2015, Religious Affiliation, religious belonging, social, Survey Data | 5 Comments

Current Voting Intentions and Other News

Posted on October 5, 2014 by Clive D. Field

Current voting intentions We are almost through the party political conference season for another year, and the 2015 general election campaign seems already to have started, so it is perhaps an appropriate time to review the state of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Historical studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Politics, Survey news | Tagged armed forces, Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire Historical Record Society, Church in Wales, church membership, Clive Field, ComRes, David Graham, Faith schools, finance, House of Commons Library, Institute for Jewish Policy Research, Iraq, Islamic State, ITV News, Jewish identity, Jonathan Rodell, Journal of Ecclesiastical History, Lord Ashcroft Polls, Methodism, Methodist Church, Ministry of Defence, National Jewish Student Survey, Populus, Religious Affiliation, Robert Schofield, spirituality, Sunday Times, Syria, The Independent, voting intention, YouGov | 2 Comments

Second Edition of UK Church Statistics

Posted on October 3, 2014 by Clive D. Field

The indefatigable Dr Peter Brierley has recently produced what will perhaps be the highlight of the religious statistical publishing year: UK Church Statistics, Number 2, 2010 to 2020 (Tonbridge: ADBC Publishers, 2014, ISBN 978-0-9566577-7-0, £27 inclusive of postage and … Continue reading →

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Trust and Other News

Posted on September 15, 2014 by Clive D. Field

Trust (1) Public trust in the Church of England is lower than in other non-political national institutions, according to the results of an Ipsos MORI survey for the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust, which were published on 13 September 2014. … Continue reading →

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Round-Up of Islamic State and Other Surveys

Posted on September 4, 2014 by Clive D. Field

Islamic State There has been a further round of polling in recent days related to the advances of the Islamic State (IS) in Iraq and Syria, as summarized below, by chronological order of fieldwork. Unless otherwise stated, surveys were … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: Religious Affiliation

Huffington Post and Other Polls

Anglican Clergy Poll and Other News

Catholic Family and Other News

The British Election Study 2015: Religious affiliation and attitudes

Current Voting Intentions and Other News

Second Edition of UK Church Statistics

Trust and Other News

Round-Up of Islamic State and Other Surveys

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