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Secularization Restated and Other News

Posted on October 10, 2013 by Clive D. Field

Seven statistical news stories about religion in Britain feature in today’s post, including a summative article from Steve Bruce in reaffirmation of the secularization thesis. Secularization restated In Britain ‘there is no evidential warrant for describing individual beliefs and behaviour … Continue reading →

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Vicar of Dibley and Other News

Posted on August 7, 2013 by Clive D. Field

You can tell that it is the mid-summer ‘silly season’, when hard news is more difficult to come by, if BRIN has to lead a post on the fictional sitcom The Vicar of Dibley! However, we also find space for … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, Official data, People news, Religion and Politics, Religion and Social Capital, Religion in public debate, Religion in the Press, Religious Census, Survey news | Tagged Aliens, Alternative Queen's Speech, anti-Semitic incidents, Anti-Semitism, Archbishop of Canterbury, Ask Jeeves, atheism, Burka, census of population, Church of England, community projects, Community Security Trust, Conservative MPs, David Graham, David Ward, Diocese of London, face coverings, God, haredim, Institute for Jewish Policy Research, Islamophobia, Israel, Jesus Christ, Justin Welby, Liberal Democrat Voice, Liberal Democrats, Opinium Research, payday loans, predictions, Religious Affiliation, religious dress, Rev, Second Coming, Social Capital, television comedies, The Times, u-turns, Vicar of Dibley, Wonga, 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

Rating Rowan Williams and Other New Sources

Posted on September 30, 2012 by Clive D. Field

There follows a round-up of British religious statistics published between 26 and 28 September 2012, arranged in order of their date of release. Additionally, it should be noted that, although the Office for National Statistics issued a statistical bulletin on … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, Religion and Politics, Religion in the Press, Survey news | Tagged Arab Spring, Archbishop of Canterbury, BBC Local Radio, Ben Clements, British Social Attitudes Survey, Church of England, ComRes, cultural boycott, democracy, English Baccalaureate, GCSEs, Innocence of Muslims, Islam, Islamophobia, Israel, Jewish Chronicle, Journal of Contemporary Religion, Muslim world, National Association of Teachers of Religious Education, religious education, religious groups, Rowan Williams, schools, The Guardian, United States, violence, West, YouGov | 1 Comment

Anti-Semitic Incidents, 2011

Posted on February 4, 2012 by Clive D. Field

For the first time ever since reporting began, there were more anti-Semitic incidents in Greater Manchester than in Greater London in 2011, even though the Jewish population of the capital is seven times the size of Manchester’s. This is one … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations | Tagged anti-Semitic incidents, Anti-Semitism, Community Security Trust, Greater London, Greater Manchester, Israel, Jews | Leave a comment

National Jewish Student Survey, 2011

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Clive D. Field

‘Jewish students are comfortable being openly Jewish at British universities, despite having concerns about attitudes to Israel on campus. Their commitment to Israel and the Jewish people is robust, but their appreciation of their personal social responsibility lacks muscle.’ These … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, Religion and Social Capital, Survey news | Tagged Anti-Semitism, concerns, David Graham, friends, higher education, Institute for Jewish Policy Research, Ipsos-MORI, Israel, Jewish students, Jewishness, Jonathan Boyd, JPR, National Jewish Student Survey, Pears Foundation, students, Union of Jewish Students | Leave a comment

Antisemitism Worldwide, 2010

Posted on May 15, 2011 by Clive D. Field

23% of all serious acts of violence and vandalism perpetrated against Jews and Jewish property globally in 2010 took place in the UK, according to Antisemitism Worldwide, 2010: General Analysis. This is a newly published report from Tel Aviv University’s … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations | Tagged Anti-Semitism, Israel, Jews, Kantor Center for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry, Roni Stauber, Stephen Roth Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism and Racism, Tel Aviv University | 1 Comment

Group-Focused Enmity in Europe

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Clive D. Field

Fresh light on anti-Semitism and Islamophobia in Britain is shed in a report published by the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung in Berlin on 11 March 2011. Entitled Intolerance, Prejudice and Discrimination: A European Report, it is written by Andreas Zick, Beate Kupper and … Continue reading →

Posted in Measuring religion, Religion in public debate, Survey news | Tagged Alliance Publishing Trust, Andreas Hovermann, Andreas Zick, Anti-Semitism, Beate Kupper, Bielefeld Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Conflict and Violence, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, holocaust, Islam, Islamophobia, Israel, Jews, Muslims, Palestinians, prejudice, self-assessed religiosity, terrorism, TNS, women | Leave a comment

Israel-Palestine Conflict

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Clive D. Field

Public perceptions of the religious dimensions of the Israel-Palestine conflict are illuminated in a six-nation ICM poll released on 13 March and undertaken on behalf of the Al Jazeera Centre for Studies (established in 2006), the Middle East Monitor (MEMO, … Continue reading →

Posted in Religion and Politics, Survey news | Tagged Al Jazeera Centre for Studies, Anti-Semitism, Clive Field, conflict, European Muslim Research Centre, ICM, Islamophobia, Israel, Jews, Middle East, Middle East Monitor, Muslims, Palestine | Leave a comment

Anti-Semitic Incidents in 2010

Posted on February 3, 2011 by Clive D. Field

There were 31% fewer anti-Semitic incidents in the UK in 2010 than in 2009, according to the latest annual report from the Community Security Trust (CST). It runs to 36 pages and is available at: http://www.thecst.org.uk/docs/Incidents%20Report%202010.pdf The CST is a … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations | Tagged Anti-Defamation League, Anti-Semitism, Community Security Trust, Israel, Jews | 2 Comments

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