Category Archives: Survey news

Who Rates Religious Education?

Posted on August 29, 2010 by Clive D. Field

The 2010 A Level and GCSE results season has now been and gone. The number of candidates taking religious studies at both levels has steadily risen over the years (see http://www.brin.ac.uk/figures/#RSExams), but how worthwhile do Britons as a whole think … Continue reading →

Posted in Survey news | Tagged religious education, YouGov | 3 Comments

Faith Schools

Posted on August 29, 2010 by Clive D. Field

ICM Research has just posted on its website the results of a ‘faith schools survey’ undertaken by telephone between 25 and 27 June 2010 among a representative sample of 1,003 adult Britons aged 18 and over. They were randomly selected from the … Continue reading →

Posted in Survey news | Tagged Barnes Hassid Productions, Channel 4, Faith schools, government, ICM Research, Muslim schools, religious education, Richard Dawkins | Leave a comment

Recent Academic Journal Articles

Posted on August 28, 2010 by Clive D. Field

There follow brief reports of three recent articles in academic journals. These are subscription-based, with free access only available to institutional and personal subscribers. A pay-per-view option is also offered via the relevant publisher websites. Journal of Beliefs & Values, … Continue reading →

Posted in Measuring religion, Survey news | Tagged British Journal of Religious Education, Christopher Rutledge, church attendance, Church of England, clergy, electoral roll, feeling, intuition, Journal of Beliefs & Values, Journal of Empirical Theology, Leslie Francis, Lewis Burton, Mandy Robbins, Methodist Church, ministry, psychological type, sensing, Teenage Religion and Values Survey, thinking, usual Sunday attendance, young people | Leave a comment

Doctors and End-of-Life Decisions

Posted on August 26, 2010 by Clive D. Field

Terminally-ill patients would be well-advised to find out the religious beliefs of their doctor, according to print and online news media reports of research showing the effect of faith on a doctor’s willingness to make ethically controversial decisions that could … Continue reading →

Posted in Survey news | Tagged Clive Seale, doctors, end of life, Journal of Medical Ethics, medical practitioners | 1 Comment

Angus Reid Public Opinion Round-Up

Posted on August 23, 2010 by Clive D. Field

Angus Reid Public Opinion (ARPO, formerly Angus Reid Strategies) is the Vancouver-based public affairs practice of Vision Critical and conducts online surveys. It was originally founded in 2006 by Dr Angus Reid, a Canadian sociologist with four decades of experience … Continue reading →

Posted in Survey news | Tagged Angus Reid Public Opinion, Burka, burqa, Canada, clergy, Creationism, evolution, Halloween, hijab, Islam, Islamophobia, minarets, ministers, mosques, Muslims, niqab, origins of life, paganism, priests, religious dress, Springboard UK, Switzerland, United States of America, witchcraft | Leave a comment

More Perceptions of Islam

Posted on August 4, 2010 by Clive D. Field

Islamophobia certainly appears to be a hot topic in 2010. Ten opinion polls have already been undertaken between January and July to gauge the attitudes of adult Britons towards Islam and Muslims. Now The Guardian of 3 August has noted … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, Survey news | Tagged dawah, DJS Research, Hamza Andreas Tzortzis, iERA, integration, Islam, Islamic Education and Research Academy, Islamophobia, Koran, Muslims, Prophet Mohammed, religious knowledge, Sharia, terrorism women | 1 Comment

Trust in the Clergy

Posted on August 3, 2010 by Clive D. Field

How trustworthy are the clergy, both absolutely and in relation to other professionals? Several opinion poll companies have tried to answer this question over the years, including Ipsos MORI, which has data on the extent to which Britons trust the … Continue reading →

Posted in Survey news | Tagged clergy, GfK Custom Research, Ipsos-MORI, ministers, professionals, trust, Wall Street Journal Europe | Leave a comment

Citizenship Survey, 2009-10 – First Results

Posted on July 28, 2010 by Clive D. Field

Detailed reporting from the 2008-09 Citizenship Survey may not yet be complete (in particular, the topic report on race, religion and equalities is still outstanding), but initial results from all four quarters of the 2009-10 survey were released by the … Continue reading →

Posted in Official data, Survey news | Tagged Citizenship Survey, community cohesion, Department for Communities and Local Government, discrimination, integration, Ipsos-MORI, prejudice, TNS-BMRB | 1 Comment

Thought for the Day

Posted on July 27, 2010 by Clive D. Field

Thought for the Day is the ‘pause’ in BBC Radio 4’s prime-time flagship morning news and current affairs programme Today when invited guests reflect on a topical issue from a religious standpoint. The feature is forty years old this year. … Continue reading →

Posted in Religion in public debate, Religion in the Press, Survey news | Tagged BBC, Ekklesia, Lizzie Clifford, Radio 4, Thought for the Day, Today | 2 Comments

Vampires in Twilight

Posted on July 25, 2010 by Clive D. Field

Vampires have been in the news a fair bit recently, mainly thanks to the release on 9 July in the UK of Twilight Saga: Eclipse, the third motion picture adapted from the Twilight series of vampire-based fantasy romance novels by … Continue reading →

Posted in Survey news | Tagged novels, Stephenie Meyer, Twilight, vampires, YouGov | Leave a comment

Category Archives: Survey news

Who Rates Religious Education?

Faith Schools

Recent Academic Journal Articles

Doctors and End-of-Life Decisions

Angus Reid Public Opinion Round-Up

More Perceptions of Islam

Trust in the Clergy

Citizenship Survey, 2009-10 – First Results

Thought for the Day

Vampires in Twilight

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