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Counting Religion in Britain, May 2022

Posted on June 1, 2022 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 80, May 2022 features 22 new sources of British religious statistics. The contents list appears below and a PDF version of the full text can be downloaded from the following link No 80 May 2022 … Continue reading →

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Counting Religion in Britain, April 2022

Posted on May 2, 2022 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 79, April 2022 features 14 new sources of British religious statistics. The contents list appears below and a PDF version of the full text can be downloaded from the following link No 79 April 2022 … Continue reading →

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Counting Religion in Britain, March 2022

Posted on April 1, 2022 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 78, March 2022 features 10 new sources of British religious statistics. The contents list appears below and a PDF version of the full text can be downloaded from the following link No 78 March 2022 … Continue reading →

Posted in Covid-19, Ministry studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Education, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Religious Census, Religious prejudice, Survey news | Tagged Andrew Village, Anglicans, Anti-Semitism, Beata Zarzycka, Ben Clements, Brexit, British Journal of Religious Education, Campaign against Antisemitism, Cathedrals, census of population, Christian interest groups, Christians, Church of England, Church Times, citizenship, coronavirus, Covid-19, Daniel Gover, David Lankshear, David Voas, Humanist Society Scotland, Islamic State, Jaroslaw Kozak, Jews, Julian Hargreaves, King's College London, Leslie Francis, Marek Wodka, Martin Camroux, Muslims, Ozanne Foundation, Pew Global Attitudes Survey, Philip Rushworth, Poles, Politics and Religion, Religions, Religious Affiliation, religious nones, religious prejudice, Republic of Ireland, Roman Catholic clergy, Roman Catholics, same-sex marriage, Savanta ComRes, Scotland, Scottish Government, self-assessed importance of religion, Shamima Begum, Stanislaw Fel, Stephen Bullivant, Survation, Tom Wood, United Reformed Church, Ursula McKenna, Woolf Institute, YouGov | Leave a comment

Counting Religion in Britain, February 2022

Posted on February 28, 2022 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 77, February 2022 features 13 new sources of British religious statistics. The contents list appears below and a PDF version of the full text can be downloaded from the following link: No 77 February 2022 … Continue reading →

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Counting Religion in Britain, January 2022

Posted on January 31, 2022 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 76, January 2022 features 10 new sources of British religious statistics. The contents list appears below and a PDF version of the full text can be downloaded from the following link: No 76 January 2022 … Continue reading →

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The Soul of Britain, 2000 – a Tribute to Gordon Heald

Posted on January 22, 2022 by Clive D. Field

In the December 2021 edition of Counting Religion in Britain, we mourned the passing of Gordon Heald (1941–2021), one of the most influential opinion researchers of his generation. He ran the Gallup Poll in Britain between 1979 and 1994 and … Continue reading →

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Counting Religion in Britain, December 2021

Posted on January 1, 2022 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 75, December 2021 features 17 new sources of British religious statistics. The contents list appears below and a PDF version of the full text can be downloaded from the following link: No 75 December 2021 … Continue reading →

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Counting Religion in Britain, November 2021

Posted on December 2, 2021 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 74, November 2021 features 19 new sources of British religious statistics. The contents list appears below and a PDF version of the full text can be downloaded from the following link: No 74 November … Continue reading →

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Counting Religion in Britain, October 2021

Posted on November 1, 2021 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 73, October 2021 features 13 new sources of British religious statistics. The contents list appears below and a PDF version of the full text can be downloaded from the following link: No 73 October 2021 … Continue reading →

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Review of British Gods by Steve Bruce

Posted on October 22, 2021 by Clive D. Field

The following book review by BRIN’s co-director may be of interest to BRIN readers. This author’s original version is reproduced in accordance with the author self-archiving provision of Brill’s publishing licence. The review was subsequently published in Ecclesiology, Vol. 17, No. … Continue reading →

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