Tag Archives: religious festivals

Seasonal Good Intentions

Posted on December 2, 2011 by Clive D. Field

One-quarter of Britons expect to attend a church service over the Christmas period this year, according to a YouGov poll on Christmas commissioned by The Sun newspaper and published in today’s issue under the heading of ‘We’re Dreaming of a … Continue reading →

Posted in church attendance, News from religious organisations, Religion in public debate, Survey news | Tagged carol services, Christmas, church attendance, ComRes, God, Peter Brierley, religious festivals, Stephen Holmes, The Sun, Theos, TNS, YouGov | 3 Comments

Christmas Starts with Christ

Posted on September 18, 2011 by Clive D. Field

It is a well-known fact that for retailers and their prospective customers Christmas starts in August, but even the Churches, it seems, have to gear up early for the festive season, with ChurchAds.Net having recently launched its 2011 Christmas advertising … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, Religion in the Press, Survey news | Tagged advertising, Christmas, ChurchAds.Net, Churches Advertising Network, ComRes, Jesus Christ, religious festivals | Leave a comment

21st Century Evangelicals – The Sequel

Posted on September 18, 2011 by Clive D. Field

The UK’s evangelical Christians are far more likely to be active in their communities than the average person, according to a new report from the Evangelical Alliance – Does Belief Touch Society? – published on 5 September. Hard copies can … Continue reading →

Posted in Attitudes towards Religion, church attendance, News from religious organisations, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Survey news | Tagged Afghanistan, Alternative Vote, charity trustees, Christian Research, civic participation, cross, crucifixion, death, Easter, Evangelical Alliance, evangelicals, everlasting life, God, Good Friday, Iraq, Jesus Christ, judgment, Lent, Libya, local councillors, magistrates, marriage, political parties, politics, religious festivals, Resurrection, same-sex partnerships, school governors, trade unions, voting | 1 Comment

Christmas Churchgoing in the Diocese of London

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Clive D. Field

Anglican churches in the Diocese of London (which serves 17 boroughs in Greater London north of the River Thames) saw Christmas Eve and Christmas Day attendance levels rise by one-fifth between 2009 and 2010, according to returns from a cross-section … Continue reading →

Posted in church attendance, News from religious organisations | Tagged Christmas, church attendance, Church of England, Diocese of London, religious festivals | Leave a comment

Who Worked on Christmas Day? Not All the Clergy!

Posted on December 28, 2010 by Clive D. Field

Christmas Day may be both a religious festival and a secular public holiday in Britain, but many people have to, or choose to, work on the day, according to newly-released data from the Government’s Labour Force Survey, which interviews a … Continue reading →

Posted in Official data, Survey news | Tagged Christmas Day, clergy, Labour Force Survey, Office for National Statistics, Post Office Travel Services, religious festivals, work | 2 Comments

Top of the Christmas ‘Pops’

Posted on December 22, 2010 by Clive D. Field

Silent Night is the nation’s favourite Christmas carol, according to a YouGov poll released today. Online interviews took place with 1,162 adult Britons aged 18 and over on 21 and 22 December. The data table is available at: http://today.yougov.co.uk/sites/today.yougov.co.uk/files/YG-YouGov-Life-Christmas-Carols-221210.pdf Silent … Continue reading →

Posted in Survey news | Tagged Christmas carols, religious festivals, Silent Night, YouGov | Leave a comment

Today’s News – (1) ‘Islamic Extremism’, (2) Religion at Christmas

Posted on December 19, 2010 by Clive D. Field

The regular weekly YouGov poll for The Sunday Times, published today, includes questions on a couple of topics which will interest BRIN readers. Interviewing was online on 16 and 17 December, among a representative sample of 1,966 adult Britons aged … Continue reading →

Posted in church attendance, Religion in the Press, Survey news | Tagged Archbishop of Canterbury, Christmas, Christmas Day meal, church attendance, churchgoing, commercial festival, extremist preachers, government, Islam, Islamic extremism, Islamophobia, Luton, Luton Islamic Centre, Muslim community, police, prejudice, religious festivals, Rowan Williams, Stockholm, suicide bombing, Sunday Times, Taimur Abdulwahab al-Abdaly, terrorism, Terry Jones, universities, YouGov | Leave a comment

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

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 →

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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

Dear Paul Thank you very much indeed for your kind words. I shall continue to pursue my own personal research…

Thank you for all your hard work on this important service which will be greatly missed, but all the best…

Thank you for your diligence in unearthing broken links on the site. Regarding religious profession of prisoners, there were surveys…

1) FYI. There is an incorrect link to a spreadsheet on the page here: https://www.brin.ac.uk/figures/belief-in-britain-1939-2009/conventional-belief/belief-in-god-divinity-of-christ-and-the-resurrection/. The spreadsheet is for "Belief…

Dear Colin I am sorry that you have experienced difficulties in getting data from the site. Please go to www.brin.ac.uk/figures/churches-and-churchgoers/…

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December 11, 2010

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Tag Archives: religious festivals

Seasonal Good Intentions

Christmas Starts with Christ

Christmas Churchgoing in the Diocese of London

Who Worked on Christmas Day? Not All the Clergy!

Top of the Christmas ‘Pops’

Today’s News – (1) ‘Islamic Extremism’, (2) Religion at Christmas

Putting Christ into Christmas

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