Category Archives: Religion and Politics

Early May News Round-Up

Posted on May 9, 2014 by Clive D. Field

Ritually-slaughtered meat A renewed spate of media reports about supermarkets and restaurants selling their customers halal products without clearly labelling them as such has prompted The Sun to commission YouGov to run another survey of public opinion on the … Continue reading →

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Religious Irreligious and Other News

Posted on May 5, 2014 by Clive D. Field

Religious irreligious New research from OnePoll has found that 76% of people in the UK do not regard themselves as religious but many of them still exhibit signs of religiosity. The study was conducted online among 1,000 adults aged … Continue reading →

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Christian Country and Other News

Posted on April 27, 2014 by Clive D. Field

Christian country? The recent public and media debate about whether Britain is a Christian country or not, sparked by Prime Minister David Cameron’s comments before Easter, rumbles on. It has gained added impetus through Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg … Continue reading →

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Christian affiliation in Britain

Posted on April 24, 2014 by Ben Clements

Prime Minister David Cameron’s recent pronouncements on the role and status of Christianity in Britain have stimulated public debate, quickly receiving both supporting and dissenting remarks from representatives of faith groups and secular organisations and from media commentators. Pollsters have … Continue reading →

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Religion, Identity, and Other Issues

Posted on April 13, 2014 by Clive D. Field

Church of England and Britishness Although only a tiny minority attends its services, and very many are critical of its stance on diversity issues, the majority of Britons (51%) still consider the Church of England to be important in defining … Continue reading →

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Jewish and Muslim Press and Other News

Posted on April 6, 2014 by Clive D. Field

Jewish press The Jewish Chronicle (The JC) is Britain’s longest established Jewish weekly newspaper, being founded as far back as 1841 (with its entire archive available online), and its headquarters are in London. Its current edition (4 April 2014, p. … Continue reading →

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Supernatural, Superstition, and Other News

Posted on March 30, 2014 by Clive D. Field

Supernatural and superstition UK adults are now more likely to believe in supernatural phenomena than in a God, according to a survey published on 27 March 2014. It was conducted by OnePoll among an online sample of 2,000 adults aged … Continue reading →

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Papal Track-Record and Nones

Posted on March 12, 2014 by Clive D. Field

In case anybody is counting, this is BRIN’s 650th blog post since 2010. Pope Francis one year on Pope Francis has been Bishop of Rome for a year now, and the media have been busying themselves with seeing what difference … Continue reading →

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Welfare Reform and Other News

Posted on February 23, 2014 by Clive D. Field

Welfare reform (1) Recent attacks by church leaders from several denominations on the Coalition Government’s welfare and benefits reform programme seem to be giving the British public pause for thought, according to a YouGov poll for today’s edition of The … Continue reading →

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Church of England Health Check and Other News

Posted on February 14, 2014 by Clive D. Field

Church of England health check Further to our post of 31 January 2014, we now note the appearance of the second and third instalments of the ‘Church Health Check’ series being run in the Church Times. In the issue for … Continue reading →

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