Monthly Archives: March 2010

Reform of the House of Lords – Whither the Bishops?

Posted on March 15, 2010 by Clive D. Field

According to media reports, the Government is once again contemplating radical reform of the House of Lords, bringing in a fully-elected chamber. Such a move would inevitably spell the end to the presence there of the 26 Church of England … Continue reading →

Posted in Religion in public debate | Tagged Bishops, Church of England, ComRes, House of Lords, Lords Spiritual | Leave a comment

Christianity in Cyberspace

Posted on March 12, 2010 by Clive D. Field

Many places of worship now have their own websites, but how effective are they in getting their message across? To answer this question, ChurchInsight (a leading church management web application service from Endis Ltd) conducted an online survey among 120 … Continue reading →

Posted in Survey news | Tagged ChurchInsight, evangelism, mission, websites | Leave a comment

Who’s for Alpha?

Posted on March 12, 2010 by Clive D. Field

The March-June 2010 issue of the UK edition of Alpha News, the thrice-yearly print newspaper of the Alpha course, reports some headline findings about public perceptions of Alpha from an Ipsos MORI poll conducted among a representative sample of 1,997 … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, Survey news | Tagged Alpha course, Holy Trinity Brompton, Stephen Hunt | 1 Comment

The British Social Attitudes Survey 2008 (part II)

Posted on March 11, 2010 by Siobhan McAndrew

Just to clarify, part II refers to this being our second post on the 2008 BSA, rather than the survey having two parts. The excellent news is that the dataset has been published online this week, and it’s fair to … Continue reading →

Posted in Measuring religion, Survey news | Tagged Bioethical Attitudes, British Social Attitudes Survey, Civic Engagement, David Campbell, David Voas, Denmark, ESDS, Harvard, Intergenerational Transmission, Ireland, ISSP, Manchester, NatCen, National Identity, NORFACE, Northern Ireland, Notre Dame, Political Identity, Political Sociology, Relemerge, Religiosity, Religious Affiliation, Religious Identity, Robert Putnam, Social Capital, Templeton, The Netherlands, US | 1 Comment

The RELACHS Study

Posted on March 10, 2010 by Siobhan McAndrew

It’s been a little while since I made a post here, having spent some time fixing other parts of the site. But I’ll make a dip back into the BRIN blog by flagging up the RELACHS survey. RELACHS is not yet … Continue reading →

Posted in Measuring religion, Other, Survey news | Tagged Bullying, Dress, Drug Use, East London, Epidemiology, Health, Longitudinal, Mental Health, Obesity, Panel Study, RELACHS, Religious Affiliation, Religious Practice, Sexual Risk Behaviours, Smoking, Teenage Pregnancy, young people | 1 Comment

Jews and the 2011 Census

Posted on March 8, 2010 by Clive D. Field

The Jewish Chronicle of 5 March 2010 reports that, following a lengthy process of consultation with the Board of Deputies of British Jews and the Institute for Jewish Policy Research, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has agreed to make … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, Official data | Tagged Census, Charedim, Institute for Jewish Policy Research, Judaism, Office for National Statistics, orthodox Jews, Yiddish | Leave a comment

Atlas of Global Christianity

Posted on March 8, 2010 by Clive D. Field

2010 marks the centenary of the World Missionary Conference, Edinburgh, 1910. It will be celebrated by several conferences (both academic and missionary) and by a number of major publications. Edinburgh 1910 was not just a significant event in the history … Continue reading →

Posted in Measuring religion | Tagged Atlas of Global Christianity, Kenneth Ross, Todd Johnson | Leave a comment

Profile of Roman Catholic Youth in England and Wales

Posted on March 6, 2010 by Clive D. Field

The Catholic Youth Ministry Federation (CYMFed) has recently launched a preliminary report on the beliefs, practices and attitudes of Roman Catholic young people in England and Wales during the course of its first national congress, held in London on 27 … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, Survey news | Tagged Catholic Youth Ministry Federation, nfp Synergy, Roman Catholic Church, young people | Leave a comment

Should the Burka Be Banned in Britain? Take 2

Posted on March 3, 2010 by Clive D. Field

A month after the publication of a ComRes poll for The Independent on whether the burka should be banned in Britain (see our earlier news post at http://www.brin.ac.uk/news/?p=45), another survey on the subject has just appeared. This one is by … Continue reading →

Posted in Survey news | Tagged Burka, Financial Times, Harris Interactive, Islamophobia, Muslims, religious dress | Leave a comment

Eddie You can email them to c.d.field@bham.ac.uk Best wishes. Clive

Hi. Who do we email data reports to?

Dear Deborah BRIN has not looked into this, but I am hopeful that you may be able to find this…

Hello, Do you happen to have a breakdown of the Religious affiliation of the Roma/Gypsy population in the UK? For…

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

Monthly Archives: March 2010

Reform of the House of Lords – Whither the Bishops?

Christianity in Cyberspace

Who’s for Alpha?

The RELACHS Study

Jews and the 2011 Census

Atlas of Global Christianity

Profile of Roman Catholic Youth in England and Wales

Should the Burka Be Banned in Britain? Take 2

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