Tag Archives: Religious Affiliation

Faith on the Move

Posted on March 10, 2012 by Clive D. Field

Faith on the Move: The Religious Affiliation of International Migrants is an ambitious new study from the Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts and the John Templeton Foundation. Prepared by the Pew Research Center’s Forum … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, visualisation | Tagged Channel Islands, emigrants, immigrants, international migrants, Isle of Man, migration, Muslims, Pew Research Center, Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, Phillip Connor, Religious Affiliation | 1 Comment

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

Council Prayers

Posted on February 18, 2012 by Clive D. Field

In yet another paradox of public attitudes to religion, 55% of Britons agree that local councils should be allowed to hold prayers as part of formal council meetings, even though an identical proportion personally believe that councils should not hold … Continue reading →

Posted in Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Survey news | Tagged Bideford, Christian country, councils, Eric Pickles, High Court, Local Government Act, Localism Act, National Secular Society, prayers, Religious Affiliation, self-assessed religiosity, YouGov | 1 Comment

Census Christians

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Clive D. Field

‘UK residents who think of themselves as Christian show very low levels of Christian belief and practice’ and ‘are overwhelmingly secular in their attitudes on a range of issues from gay rights to religion in public life’, according to research … Continue reading →

Posted in Attitudes towards Religion, church attendance, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Survey news | Tagged abortion, assisted suicide, Bible, Bishops, Census, Christians, Church and State, churchgoing, collective worship, Creationism, Daily Telegraph, Ekklesia, extra-marital sex, Faith schools, God, heaven, hell, homosexuality, hospital chaplaincy, House of Lords, Ipsos-MORI, Jesus Christ, morality, National Secular Society, official religion, prayer, public life, Religious Affiliation, religious education, Resurrection, Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science (UK), schools, self-assessed religiosity, state religion | 3 Comments

Citizenship Survey Topic Reports, 2009/10

Posted on December 28, 2011 by Clive D. Field

The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) released three topic reports on the Citizenship Survey on 21 December, the first such publications for fifteen months. They can be accessed at: http://www.communities.gov.uk/communities/research/citizenshipsurvey/recentreports/ The documents relate to the Citizenship Survey undertaken … Continue reading →

Posted in Official data, Religion and Ethnicity, Religion and Social Capital, Religion in public debate, Survey news | Tagged charitable giving, Citizenship Survey, Civic Engagement, community action, community cohesion, community spirit, Department for Communities and Local Government, equalities, ethnic minorities, freedom of religion, friends, government, influence of religion, Ipsos-MORI, Muslims, physical attack, places of worship, protection of religious rights, racial prejudice, Religious Affiliation, Religious discrimination, religious harassment, Religious Practice, religious prejudice, respect, social mixing, TNS-BMRB, volunteering | Leave a comment

BBC Staff Religion

Posted on December 10, 2011 by Clive D. Field

Concern has been mounting for some time, among certain sections of the public, about a perceived anti-religious and, specifically, anti-Christian bias at the BBC. Continue reading →

Posted in Organisational data, Religion in the Press | Tagged Amanda Rice, BBC, British Broadcasting Corporation, Freedom of Information, Ipsos-MORI, Jonathan Petre, Mail on Sunday, Religious Affiliation | Leave a comment

Religion in Daily Life

Posted on December 9, 2011 by Clive D. Field

Only about half of Britons who claim a religious affiliation say that their religious beliefs influence their everyday lives, according to a study published on 6 December 2011 by the Centre for the Modern Family, a new think-tank launched by … Continue reading →

Posted in Religion and Ethnicity, Religion and Social Capital, Survey news | Tagged Centre for the Modern Family, family, Futures Company, Liz Fraser, religion in everyday life, Religious Affiliation, Scottish Widows | Leave a comment

British Social Attitudes Survey, 2010

Posted on December 8, 2011 by Clive D. Field

‘Britain is becoming less religious, with the numbers who affiliate with a religion or attend religious services experiencing a long-term decline. And this trend seems set to continue; not only as older, more religious generations are replaced by younger, less … Continue reading →

Posted in church attendance, Historical studies, Survey news | Tagged British Social Attitudes Survey, church attendance, Lucy Lee, NatCen, National Centre for Social Research, Religious Affiliation, school choice, Sonia Exley | 2 Comments

UK Defence Statistics, 2011

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Clive D. Field

UK Defence Statistics, 2011, published online by the Ministry of Defence on 28 September 2011, shows that, compared with the Integrated Household Survey (IHS) for 2010-11, our armed forces remain nominally more religious than the rest of the population (doubtless, … Continue reading →

Posted in Official data | Tagged Army, civilian personnel, Ministry of Defence, Religious Affiliation, Royal Air Force, Royal Navy | 1 Comment

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