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Counting Religion in Britain, June 2024

Posted on June 30, 2024 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 105, June 2024 features fourteen short articles on 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 105 June 2024

OPINION POLLS

UK general election, 2024: Survation/Jewish Chronicle poll of Jewish voting intentions
UK general election, 2024: Savanta/Hyphen poll of Muslim voting intentions
UK general election, 2024: deselection of David Campanale as a LibDem candidate
Attitudes to faith in public life: another Institute for the Impact of Faith in Life poll

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

UK general election, 2024: more briefings from Theos
UK general election, 2024: briefings from the Religion Media Centre
UK general election, 2024: How might Jewish electors vote?
Voice for Justice UK report on The Costs of Keeping the Faith
General Synod paper: parlous state of Church of England diocesan finances
Fall-out from Israel-Hamas conflict: impact on the UK film and television workforce

OFFICIAL STATISTICS

Religious marriages in England and Wales, 2021 and 2022

ACADEMIC STUDIES

Churchgoing in Britain during the fin de siècle
Coronavirus chronicles: religious affiliation and Covid-19 vaccine uptake in England

NEW DATASET

Release of European Social Survey, round 11 data for the UK

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Posted in church attendance, Covid-19, Historical studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Religious prejudice, Rites of Passage, Survey news | Tagged Anti-Semitism, Arabs, attendance at religious services, British Election Study Internet Panel, Carli Lessof, Catherine Pepinster, Charlotte Littlewood, Christianophobia, Christians, Church of England, churchgoing, climate change, Clive Field, Conservative Party, coronavirus, cost of living, Covid-19 vaccine, David Campanale, deselection, diocesan finances, European Social Survey, faith and environmental sustaimnability, faith in public life, Film and TV Charity, fin de siècle, Gaza, general election, George Lapshynov, Hardeep Singh, Hindus, Hyphen, Institute for Jewish Policy Research. Institute for the Impact of Faith in Life, Ipsos-MORI, Israel, Israel-Hamas war, Israel-Palestine conflict, Jeremy Corbyn, Jewish Chronicle, Jewish News, Jews, Jonathan Boyd, Keir Starmer, Labour Party, Lianne Kolirin, Liberal Democrat Party, Local Historian, Martin Ejnar Hansen, mental health and wellbeing, Muslims, Naomi Canton, National Health Service, newspaper censuses of church attendance, Office for National Statistics, Paul Bickley, politics, private prayer, pro-Palestine independent candidate, Religion Media Centre, Religious Affiliation, Religious discrimination, religious marriages, religious prejudice, Rishi Sunak, Savanta, Scotland, Scottish independence, self-assessed religiosity, Sikhs, Steven David Pickering, Survation, Theos, Tim Wyatt, UK film and television workforce, Vaccine, Voice for Justice UK, voting intentions, Whitestone Insight, Yinxuan Huang, YouGov | Leave a comment

Counting Religion in Britain, May 2024

Posted on May 25, 2024 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 104, May 2024 features fifteen short articles on 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 104 May 2024

OPINION POLLS

Attitudes to faith in public life
Attitudes to Sunday trading hours in England and Wales
Fall-out from Israel-Hamas conflict: where do British public sympathies lie?
Fall-out from Israel-Hamas conflict: perceptions of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia
Fall-out from Israel-Hamas conflict: university student opinion

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

Will religion count in the UK and other national elections in 2024?
UK evangelical Christians and politics
Church of England attendance statistics, 2023: preliminary view
Church of Scotland congregational statistics, 2023
Collective worship in state schools: teacher attitudes and experiences
Further release from the UK National Jewish Identity Survey
National Jewish Student Survey, 2024

OFFICIAL STATISTICS

Scotland’s census, 2022: religious affiliation data
Hate crimes recorded by the police in Scotland, 2022–23

ACADEMIC STUDIES

Coronavirus chronicles: giving up on online or offline services during lockdown

Please note: Counting Religion in Britain is © Clive D. Field, 2024

Posted in Attitudes towards Religion, church attendance, Covid-19, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Education, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Religion Online, Religious Census, religious festivals, Religious prejudice, Survey news | Tagged Amanda Murjan, Andrew Village, Anti-Semitism, British Election Study Internet Panel, census of population, church attendance, Church of England, Church of Scotland, Church Times, collective worship in schools, coronavirus, Covid-19, David Graham, Edward Daniel, Evangelical Alliance, evangelical Christians, faith in public life, George Lapshynov, Hamas, hate crime, Institute for Jewish Policy Research, Institute for the Impact of Faith in Life, Islamophobia, Israel-Hamas conflict, Israelis, Jews, Journal of Anglican Studies, Justice Analytical Services, Leslie Francis, Muslims, National Jewish Student Survey, National Records of Scotland, National Secular Society, Palestinians, Paul Bickley, Religion and Politics, religion in the media, religion online, religious census, religious hate crimes, religious prejudice, religious profession, Sarah Wilks, Savanta, schoolteachers, Scotland, shopping, Stand with Us UK, Sunday trading hours, Teacher Tapp, Theos, UK National Jewish Identity Survey, Union of Jewish Students, university students, voting, Whitestone Insight, Yinxuan Huang, Yom HaZikaron, Yom Ha’atzmaut, YouGov | Leave a comment

Counting Religion in Britain, April 2024

Posted on May 2, 2024 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 103, April 2024 features eleven short articles on 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 103 April 2024

OPINION POLLS

Fall-out from Israel-Hamas conflict: J. L. Partners opinion poll of Muslims and public
Fall-out from Israel-Hamas conflict: where do British public sympathies lie?
Fall-out from Israel-Hamas conflict: perceptions of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia
Fall-out from Israel-Hamas conflict: concerns about religious extremism
Fixing the date for Easter: YouGov poll of preferences among the British public
Attitudes to assisted dying in Scotland: Opinium Research poll for Dignity in Dying
Would you consider having your fortune told?

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

Launch of ‘The Church-24 Survey’ by York St John University
Two new outputs from the National Jewish Identity Survey, 2022
British Muslim charitable giving: insights from Blue State

ACADEMIC STUDIES

Round-up of three recent academic publications

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Posted in church attendance, Measuring religion, News from religious organisations, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Religion in the Press, Religious beliefs, religious festivals, Religious prejudice, Survey news | Tagged Ahmed Topkev, Alternative beliefs, Andrew Village, Anti-Semitism, assisted dying, Blue State, British Household Panel Survey, charitable giving, Church-24 Survey, Covid-19, Dataset of Integrated Measures of Religion, David Graham, David Voas, desiderata for social changes, Dignity in Dying, DIM-R, Easter, European Social Survey, European Values Study, fortune telling, God, Hamas, Henry Jackson Society, Institute for Jewish Policy Research, International Social Survey Programme, Ipsos, Islamism, Islamophobia, Israel, Israel-Palestine conflict, Ivan Puga-Gonzalez, J. L. Partners, Jews, Joonmo Son, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Konrad Talmont-Kaminski, LeRon Shults, Leslie Francis, Lukasz Kiszkiel, More in Common, Muslims, National Jewish Identity Survey, Number Cruncher, Opinium Research, Palestinians, Passover, Piotr Pawel Laskowski, Rachel Bacon, Religion Brain and Behavior, religious and secular organizational engagement, religious extremism, religious festivals, religious prejudice, religious service attendance, representations of Christianity and Islam in the press, Savanta, Scotland, Sunder Katwala, threats to the UK, trope that Jews exercise too much power in the world, Turkey, Voting Behaviour, Wesley Wildman, World Values Survey, YouGov | Leave a comment

Counting Religion in Britain, March 2024

Posted on March 31, 2024 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 102, March 2024 features fourteen short articles on 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 102 March 2024

OPINION POLLS

Attitudes to assisted dying: Opinium Research poll for Dignity in Dying
Religion and life satisfaction: Ipsos global happiness survey, 2024
HarrisX/Faith and Media Initiative global faith and entertainment study
Fall-out from Israel-Hamas conflict: where do British public sympathies lie?
Fall-out from Israel-Hamas conflict: perceptions of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia
Fall-out from Israel-Hamas conflict: More in Common polling
Social contribution of British Muslims: Institute for the Impact of Faith in Life report

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

Church of England parish finance statistics, 2022
Lapsed Catholics: Diocese of Brentford case study, 2023
Catholic Education Service digest of 2023 census data for Catholic schools and colleges
Fall-out from Israel-Hamas conflict: claimed UK and international media bias
Young people’s attitudes to religious and social groups: Anne Frank Trust’s impact

OFFICIAL STATISTICS

Scottish Surveys Core Questions, 2022: religion question

ACADEMIC STUDIES

Two recent historical studies

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Posted in church attendance, Covid-19, Historical studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Education, Religion and Social Capital, Religion in public debate, Religion in the Press, Religious prejudice, Survey news | Tagged Alan Pigott, Anne Frank Trust UK, anti-Muslim attitudes, Anti-Semitism, assisted dying, Catholic Education Service, Centre for Media Monitoring, church attendance, Clive Field, Dignity in Dying, Diocese of Brentford, disaffiliation, Dominic Abrams, entertainment, extremism, Faisal Hanif, Faith and Media Initiative, Gaza, Glasgow, happiness, HarrisX, Institute for the Impact of Faith in Life, Ipsos, Islamophobia, Israel-Hamas conflict, Israeli side, Jake Scott, Jessica Marie Otis, Jews, Katie Goodbun, Liam Hayes, life satisfaction, Margaret Beaufort Institute of Theology, media bias, More in Common, Muslim Council of Britain Charitable Foundation, Muslims, numeracy, Opinium Research, Oxford University Press, Palestinian side, parish finance statistics, Rakib Ehsan, religious prejudice, religious profession, Rizwana Hamid, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Catholic schools and colleges, Sarah Walton, satisfaction with religious faith or spiritual life, Savanta, Scottish Church History, Scottish Surveys Core Questions, Social Capital, TechneUK, Together Coalition, YouGov | Leave a comment

Counting Religion in Britain, February 2024

Posted on March 2, 2024 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 101, February 2024 features twelve short articles on 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 101 February 2024

OPINION POLLS

Religious attitudes to assisted dying: newly released YouGov/Theos data
Fall-out from Israel-Hamas conflict: anti-Semitism and the Labour Party
Fall-out from Israel-Hamas conflict: political parties, anti-Semitism, and Islamophobia
Fall-out from Israel-Hamas conflict: British Muslim voting intentions
Fall-out from Israel-Hamas conflict: where do British public sympathies lie?
Fall-out from Israel-Hamas conflict: perceptions of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia
Round-up of other YouGov polls: church discos, religious studies, and extremist threats

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

News from the Church of England: cathedral statistics and clergy survey
National Jewish Identity Survey, 2022
Muslim Council of Britain report on Muslims in the 2021 census of England and Wales
Fall-out from Israel-Hamas conflict: anti-Semitic and Islamophobic incidents

ACADEMIC STUDIES

Two recent academic studies: Sunday schools and Islamophobia

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Posted in Historical studies, Ministry studies, News from religious organisations, Religion and Education, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Religious Census, Religious prejudice, Survey news | Tagged Amy Unsworth, anti-Semitic incidents, Anti-Semitism, assisted dying, Avery Bazemore, Boydell Press, British Journal of Sociology, Caitriona McCartney, Cathedrals, census of population, church discos, Church of England, Community Security Trust, Conservative Party, David Graham, extremist threats, Fiona Tweedie, Gaza, Institute for Jewish Policy Research, Islamic extremists, Islamophobia, Islamophobic incidents, Israel, Israel-Hamas conflict, Jewish identity, Jonathan Boyd, Keir Starmer, Ken Eames, Labour Muslim Network, Labour Party, Living Ministry, Liz Graveling, Madeleine Pennington, Muslim Council of Britain, Muslims, National Jewish Identity Survey, Palestinians, racism, religious prejudice, religious studies, Rochdale by-election, Savanta, Stephen Jones, Sunday schools, Survation, Tell MAMA, terminal illness, The Times, Theos, voting intentions, wellbeing, Yoni Gordon-Teller, YouGov | Leave a comment

Counting Religion in Britain, January 2024

Posted on February 2, 2024 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 100, January 2024 features fourteen short articles on 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 100 January 2024

OPINION POLLS

Religion as a source of national identity: new Pew Global Attitudes Survey release
Michaela Community School, Brent and its alleged ban on prayer rituals
Updates to YouGov trackers on religion-related themes
Changing shape of funerals: SunLife Cost of Dying Report, 2024
Fall-out from Israel-Hamas conflict: where do British public sympathies lie?
Fall-out from Israel-Hamas conflict: perceptions of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

National Churches Trust manifesto
Coronavirus chronicles: impact of Covid-19 on Church of England attendance
United Reformed Church statistics
Religious beliefs in Wolverhampton: Through Faith Missions street survey, 2023
British Sikh Report, 2023
Fall-out from Israel-Hamas conflict: anti-Semitic and Islamophobic incidents
Fall-out from Israel-Hamas conflict: anti-Semitism in the workplace

ACADEMIC STUDIES

Three recent academic papers

Please note: Counting Religion in Britain is © Clive D. Field, 2024

Posted in church attendance, Covid-19, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Education, Religion and Ethnicity, Religion and Politics, Religious beliefs, Religious Census, Religious prejudice, Rites of Passage, Survey news | Tagged Anti-Semitism, anti-Sikh hate crime, British Sikh Report, Cambridge Working Papers in Economics, Christianity, church attendance, Church of England, coronavirus, Cost of Dying Report, Covid-19, Critical Research, freedom of religion, funerals, FutureFirst, Gareth Longden, Humanists UK, Islam, Islamophobia, Israel-Hamas conflict, Jagbir Jhutti-Johal, Jagdev Singh Virdee, Jewish News, Katharine Birbalsingh, local ecumenical partnerships, Mandy Robbins, Martin Camroux, Michaela Community School, National Churches Trust, National Identity, negative influence of religion, Opinium Research, Palestinians, Peter Brierley, Peter Sammons, Pew Global Attitudes Survey, Pew Research Center, Philippe Brillet, Po-Wen She, prayer rituals, religious beliefs, religious census, religious prejudice, Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, Revue française de civilisation britannique, Rich Pereira, Savanta, Shaun Larcom, shop opening hours, Sriya Iyer, Sunday trading, SunLife, Sword, The Observer, Through Faith Missions, truly British, United Reformed Church, voting intentions, Wales, Wolverhampton, Work Avenue, YouGov | Leave a comment

Counting Religion in Britain, December 2023

Posted on December 31, 2023 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 99, December 2023 features nineteen short articles on 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 99 December 2023

OPINION POLLS

Observance of Christmas traditions in 2023, as anticipated by YouGov panellists
Religious affiliation in Great Britain: aggregate data from Yonder polls
Fall-out from Israel-Hamas conflict: perceptions of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia
Fall-out from Israel-Hamas conflict: Survation poll of UK Jewish opinion
Fall-out from Israel-Hamas conflict: YouGov poll of British and European publics
Ipsos Veracity Index, 2023: the public’s trust in clergy and priests to tell the truth
Two Ipsos surveys of alternative beliefs

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

Coronavirus chronicles: Catholic Union survey on attitudes to church closures
Fall-out from Israel-Hamas conflict: anti-Semitic incidents
Fall-out from Israel-Hamas conflict: Islamophobic incidents
Do the UK’s Jews celebrate Christmas?
Do UK Jewish students feel their university cares about their wellbeing?
British Muslim charitable giving: second report

OFFICIAL AND QUASI-OFFICIAL STATISTICS

Public Opinions and Social Trends, Great Britain: Christmas plans
Census, 2021, England and Wales: new article and datasets on Sikh identity
Census, 2021, England and Wales: new article and datasets on Jewish identity

ACADEMIC STUDIES

A century of Roman Catholic statistics in Britain and Ireland
Science and religion: multinational study by YouGov for University of Birmingham
Cathedral studies: special issue of Journal of Beliefs and Values

Posted in Attitudes towards Religion, church attendance, Covid-19, Historical studies, Ministry studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Education, Religion and Ethnicity, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Religious beliefs, Religious Census, religious festivals, Religious prejudice, Rites of Passage, Survey news | Tagged Alana Harris, Alternative beliefs, anti-Semitic incidents, Anti-Semitism, attendance at religious services, Aymen Habib, Ben Roberts, Carli Lessof, cathedral studies, Catholic Directory, Catholic Record Society, Catholic Union, census of population, charitable giving, Christmas, Christmas carols, Christmas traditions, Christmas tree, Church of England, clairvoyance, clergy and priests, closure of places of worship, Community Security Trust, conspiracy theories, coronavirus, cost of living crisis, Covid-19, England, Entretiens de Royaumont, ethnicity, Eurotrack, evidence for alien life, evolution, Fern Elsdon-Baker, Gaza, ghosts, Global Student Living Index, Hamas, Honor Gray, Institute for Jewish Policy Research, Ipsos, Ipsos Veracity Index, Islamophobia, Islamophobic incidents, Israel, Israel-Hamas conflict, James Riley, Jewish Leadership Council, Jewish university students, Jews, Journal of Beliefs and Values, Kate Gosschalk, Laura Piggott, Leslie Francis, Muslim Charities Forum, Muslims, National Jewish Identity Survey, nativity display at home, nfpResearch, Northern Ireland, Office for National Statistics, Opinions and Lifestyle Survey, Oxford University Press, Palestine, Palestinians, Perils of Perception, predictions, professions, Public Opinions and Social Trends, Religious Affiliation, religious census, religious festivals, religious prejudice, Republic of Ireland, rites of passage, Roman Catholics, Savanta, science and religion, Scotland, Sikhs, Stephen Parker, Survation, Tell MAMA, Templeton Religion Trust, Timothy Kinnear, trust to tell the truth, University of Birmingham, volunteering, Wales, wellbeing, witchcraft, Yonder, YouGov | Leave a comment

Counting Religion in Britain, November 2023

Posted on December 8, 2023 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 98, November 2023 features seventeen short articles on 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 98 November 2023

OPINION POLLS

Fall-out from Israel-Hamas conflict: British attitudes towards Israel at war
Fall-out from Israel-Hamas conflict: perceptions of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia
Fall-out from Israel-Hamas conflict: Savanta poll of Muslim voting intentions
Fall-out from Israel-Hamas conflict: Savanta poll of Labour councillors
Emotional responses to death and dying in the UK: latest Theos report
Mental health, job satisfaction, and the Institute for the Impact of Faith in Life
Practising Christians’ attitudes to sharing their faith: Savanta poll
Effectiveness of Churches in helping during the cost of living crisis: YouGov poll
‘Blasphemy’ in UK schools: the teachers’ perspective

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

Church attendance in the Church of England―Glimmers of hope? Perhaps not
Survey of financial pressures among Church of England ordinands in training
Religion at work: Pearn Kandola Research report
Fall-out from Israel-Hamas conflict: anti-Semitic incidents
Fall-out from Israel-Hamas conflict: poll of UK Jews on post-7 October experiences

OFFICIAL AND QUASI-OFFICIAL STATISTICS

Census, 2021, England and Wales: new article and data on sexual orientation
Police-recorded hate crimes in England and Wales, 2022–23: revised data
Equality and Human Rights Monitor, 2023

Posted in church attendance, Ministry studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Education, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Religion in public debate, Religious beliefs, Religious Census, Religious prejudice, Rites of Passage, Survey news | Tagged anti-Semitic incidents, Anti-Semitism, attachment to God(s), attendance at religious services, Batley, bereavement, blasphemy, Buddhists, Campaign against Antisemitism, census of population, Christians, Christians against Poverty, Church of England, churches, Community Security Trust, coronavirus, cost of living crisis, councillors, Covid-19, Damon Perry, death, dying, emotions, Equality and Human Rights Commission, Equality and Human Rights Monitor, Eurotrack, financial pressures, funerals, God(s), Hamas, happiness, higher spiritual being(s), Hindus, image of the Prophet Muhammad, importance of religion for personal identity, Institute for Jewish Policy Research, Institute for the Impact of Faith in Life, Ipsos, Islamophobia, Israel, Israel-Palestine conflict, Israelis, Jed Meers, Jews, job satisfaction, Jonathan Boyd, Keir Starmer, Ken Eames, Labour Party, life satisfaction, London City Mission, Madeleine Pennington, Mental Health, Muslim Census, Muslims, Nathan Mladin, optimism, ordinands, Ordinands’ Association, Palestinians, Pearn Kandola Research, police, Policy Exchange, politics, practising Christians, psychological wellbeing, Rakib Ehsan, Religious Affiliation, religious hate crimes, religious prejudice, resilience, Savanta, schoolteachers, Scotland, self-censorship, self-control, sexual orientation, sharing the faith, Sikhs, Sky, statistics for mission, Strategic Development Funding, Techne UK, Theos, voting intentions, Wales, work, workplace, YouGov | Leave a comment

Counting Religion in Britain, October 2023

Posted on November 1, 2023 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 97, October 2023 features eleven short articles on 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 97 October 2023

OPINION POLLS

Global poll: faith and wellbeing―Gallup/Radiant Foundation research
Global poll: trustworthiness of clergy/priests and other professions
Israel-Hamas conflict: perceptions of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia as problems

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

Unite investigation into the wellbeing of faith workers
Chinese Christianity in Britain: Bible Society report
Israel-Hamas conflict: Institute for Jewish Policy Research briefings
Israel-Hamas conflict: sudden and steep rise in anti-Semitic incidents in the UK
Israel-Hamas conflict: Islamophobic incidents in the UK
Israel-Hamas conflict: impact on Muslim voting intentions in the UK

OFFICIAL AND QUASI-OFFICIAL STATISTICS

Police-recorded hate crimes in England and Wales, 2022–23

NEW DATASET

Pew Global Attitudes Survey, Spring 2022

Posted in Ministry studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Ethnicity, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Religious prejudice, Survey news | Tagged anti-Semitic incidents, Anti-Semitism, Bible Society, Carli Lessof, Chinese Christianity, clergy and priests, Community Security Trust, faith workers, family ties with Israel, Gallup, Gallup World Poll, Gaza, Hamas, hate crimes, Home Office, Hong Kong, Immigration, Institute for Jewish Policy Research, Ipsos Global Trustworthiness Index, Islamophobia, Islamophobic incidents, Israel, Israel-Hamas conflict, Israelis, Jonathan Boyd, Kaya Burgess, London School of Theology, MEND, Muslim Census, Muslims, Palestinians, Pew Global Attitudes Survey, Pew Research Center, police, politics, Radiant Foundation, religious prejudice, Rob Ford, Savanta ComRes, stress, Tell MAMA, terrorist organization, The Times, trustworthiness, Unite the union, voting intention, wellbeing, Yinxuan Huang, YouGov | Leave a comment

Counting Religion in Britain, September 2023

Posted on October 1, 2023 by Clive D. Field

Counting Religion in Britain, No. 96, September 2023 features ten articles on 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 96 September 2023

OPINION POLLS

Majority of people of faith supportive of assisted dying according to two YouGov polls
Importance of teaching Religious Studies at secondary school
Perceptions of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia as problems in the UK

FAITH ORGANIZATION STUDIES

The Times survey of Church of England priests (continuation)
Evaluation of the Transforming Wigan project in the Church of England
Methodist Church Statistics for Mission, 2022
Church of Scotland enhances capacity for research and analysis
Pastoral statistics of the Catholic Church in Scotland
Latest publications from the Institute for Jewish Policy Research

OFFICIAL AND QUASI-OFFICIAL STATISTICS

Census, 2021, England and Wales: new reports and data

Posted in Covid-19, Ministry studies, News from religious organisations, Official data, Religion and Education, Religion in public debate, Religious Census, Religious prejudice, Survey news | Tagged Alevis, Anti-Semitism, assisted dying, Carli Lessof, Catholic Directory for Scotland, census of population, Church Commissioners’ Strategic Development Fund, church membership, Church of England, Church of Scotland, Church Wigan, clergy, coronavirus, Covid-19, David Graham, Deanery of Wigan, degree qualifications, Dignity in Dying, Diocese of Liverpool, feelings of insecurity, Gaza, Ian Paul, Institute for Jewish Policy Research, Intergras Consulting, international migrants, Islamophobia, Israel, Jews, Jonathan Boyd, Kate Hutton, Kaya Burgess, Methodist Church, Muslims, Office for National Statistics, Psephizo, religious prejudice, religious studies, Roman Catholic Church, Rosh Hashana, Savanta ComRes, Scotland, secondary school subjects, small populations, statistics for mission, synagogue attendance, The Times, Transforming Wigan, YouGov | Leave a comment

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