Tag Archives: ethnic minorities

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 →

Posted in People news, Religion and Ethnicity, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Religion in the Press, Survey news | Tagged 4Ramadan, adhan, Boko Haram, call to prayer, Channel 4, ethnic minorities, Financial Times, Islamism, Linda Woodhead, meat labelling, Muslims, Nigeria, On Religion, Policy Exchange, Populus, religious slaughter, Rishi Sunak, Saratha Rajeswaran, The Sun, voting intentions, YouGov | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Historical studies, Religion and Ethnicity, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Survey news | Tagged Anthony Heath, benefits, British Election Study Ethnic Minority Survey, British Market Research Bureau, church leaders, Citizenship Survey, ComRes, David Voas, EMBES, Ethnic and Racial Studies, ethnic minorities, friends, generational change, government, Immigration, integration, labour market, Lucinda Platt, Neli Demireva, Raya Muttarak, secularization, seven deadly sins, Sin Yi Cheung, Siobhan McAndrew, Sunday Times, Theos, TNS-BMRB, welfare reform, YouGov | Leave a comment

Politico-Religious News

Posted on April 21, 2013 by Clive D. Field

Today’s post (the 600th on BRIN in just over three years) examines three newly-released surveys which explore the intersection between religion and political issues. Same-sex marriage The Marriage (Same-Sex Couples) Bill for England and Wales has now completed the Committee … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, Religion and Ethnicity, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Religion in the Press, Survey news | Tagged BBC, David Graham, economy, Enoch Powell, ethnic minorities, Hindus, homosexuality, Institute for Jewish Policy Research, Ipsos-MORI, Israel, Jews, Linda Woodhead, Lord Ashcroft, multiculturalism, Muslims, news, politics. Populus, same-sex marriage, Sikhs, The Times, Westminster Faith Debates, YouGov | Leave a comment

Anti-Conservative Vote

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Clive D. Field

Religion is the single most powerful predictor (among eight factors) of an individual’s likelihood to say that they would never vote Conservative, with 44% of those with no faith rejecting the possibility of supporting the Tories, compared with 35% of … Continue reading →

Posted in Religion and Ethnicity, Religion and Politics, Survey news | Tagged Christians, Conservative Party, David Cameron, ethnic minorities, Ethnic Minority British Election Study, Hindus, Labour Party, Lord Ashcroft, Muslims, politics, Sikhs, voting | Leave a comment

Citizenship Survey Topic Reports, 2009/10

Posted on December 28, 2011 by Clive D. Field

The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) released three topic reports on the Citizenship Survey on 21 December, the first such publications for fifteen months. They can be accessed at: http://www.communities.gov.uk/communities/research/citizenshipsurvey/recentreports/ The documents relate to the Citizenship Survey undertaken … Continue reading →

Posted in Official data, Religion and Ethnicity, Religion and Social Capital, Religion in public debate, Survey news | Tagged charitable giving, Citizenship Survey, Civic Engagement, community action, community cohesion, community spirit, Department for Communities and Local Government, equalities, ethnic minorities, freedom of religion, friends, government, influence of religion, Ipsos-MORI, Muslims, physical attack, places of worship, protection of religious rights, racial prejudice, Religious Affiliation, Religious discrimination, religious harassment, Religious Practice, religious prejudice, respect, social mixing, TNS-BMRB, volunteering | Leave a comment

Minority Ethnic Anglicans

Posted on June 26, 2011 by Clive D. Field

The Church of England has made only slow progress in the area of ethnic diversity, and ‘it is clearly lagging behind’ society as a whole and missing a significant theological and missiological opportunity. That is the key message of Unfinished … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations | Tagged Church of England, Committee for Minority Ethnic Anglican Concerns, diversity, ethnic minorities, General Synod | Leave a comment

The Ethnic Minority British Election Study (EMBES) – Part II

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Ben Clements

This second BRIN post reports reports various attitudes and behaviour for the May 2010 General Election by religious affiliation in a series of cross-tabulations, again using the EMBES survey. Continue reading →

Posted in Measuring religion, Religion and Politics, Research note | Tagged Ben Clements, British Election Study 2009-2010, EMBES, ethnic minorities, Political Preference, Vote Choice, Voting Behaviour | 2 Comments

The Ethnic Minority British Election Study (EMBES)

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Ben Clements

This BRIN post reports various attitudes and behaviour for the May 2010 general election by ethnic group in a series of cross-tabulations, using the EMBES survey. It looks at interest in the electon, voting rates, how the respondent voted, party choice in 2010 and 2005, and likeability ratings of major and minor political parties.
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Posted in Other, Religion and Politics | Tagged Ben Clements, British Election Study 2009-2010, EMBES, ethnic minorities, General Election 2010, Political Preference, Vote Choice | 1 Comment

New Church of England statistics

Posted on January 23, 2010 by Clive D. Field

The Church of England published two new sets of statistics on 22 January. The first were its provisional statistics for mission in 2008, covering baptisms (infant, child and adult), thanksgivings (infant and child), confirmations, marriages and blessings, funerals, Easter and … Continue reading →

Posted in Measuring religion, Survey news | Tagged Age, church attendance, church membership, Church of England, diversity, ethnic minorities, gender | Leave a comment

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Early May News Round-Up

Welfare Reform and Other News

Politico-Religious News

Anti-Conservative Vote

Minority Ethnic Anglicans

The Ethnic Minority British Election Study (EMBES) – Part II

The Ethnic Minority British Election Study (EMBES)

New Church of England statistics

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