Tag Archives: young people

Religious Marriages and Other News

Posted on June 26, 2013 by Clive D. Field

Seven new sources of British religious statistics feature in today’s bulletin, leading with the latest set of official annual figures on the mode of solemnization of marriages in England and Wales. Marriages (England and Wales), 2011 The number of marriages … Continue reading →

Posted in church attendance, News from religious organisations, Official data, Rites of Passage, Survey news | Tagged Andrew Village, cause of evil, cause of good, church attendance, church membership, Church of England, churchmanship, clergy, Clive Field, ComRes, Creationism, evolution, funerals, global threats, God, hymns, Ipsos-MORI, Islamic extremist groups, Islamophobia, Journal of Empirical Theology, Marie Curie Cancer Care, marriages, Methodist Church, Office for National Statistics, origins of life, Pew Global Attitudes Project, Princeton Survey Research Associates International, psychological type, Religious Affiliation, religious leaders, rites of passage, The Sun, Wellcome Trust Monitor, YouGov, young people | Leave a comment

Pope Benedict Departs and Other News

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Clive D. Field

Benedict XVI leaves the papal office today following his resignation earlier in the month, and it is fitting that he should be the lead story in our latest BRIN post. This mostly derives from YouGov’s February 2013 Eurotrack survey, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Survey news | Tagged Andrea Hatcher, Andy Walton, Coalition Government, conservatism, Denmark, education, Elisabeth Arweck, European Union, Eurotrack, Finland, France, Germany, household finances, Islam, Jewish leaders, Journal of Beliefs & Values, Leslie Francis, Muslim clerics, Nick Spencer, politicians, politics, Pope Benedict XVI, Religion and Society Programme, Religious Affiliation, Religious diversity, religious leaders, religious right, Robert Jackson, Roman Catholic Church, secondary schools, Sweden, Theos, YouGov, young people | Leave a comment

Should Ethics be Taught?

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Clive D. Field

While church connection helps to promote moral and ethical behaviour and worldviews among young people, religious schools do not have a consistently positive impact in that regard. This is the inference which can be drawn from the charts and summaries … Continue reading →

Posted in church attendance, Survey news | Tagged cheating, ethics, Faith schools, fare-dodging, Jemma Penny, Jewish Association for Business Ethics, Leslie Francis, Money & Morals, schools, shoplifting, workplace, young people | Leave a comment

Alcohol, Young People and Religion

Posted on June 28, 2011 by Clive D. Field

Young people who profess no religion are significantly more likely to have had an alcoholic drink than those with a faith. Indeed, religion is one of the most important factors affecting the likelihood of youth’s consumption of alcohol. This is … Continue reading →

Posted in Survey news | Tagged alcohol, Christians, drink, Fay Nunney, importance of religious beliefs, Ipsos-MORI, Jamie Burnett, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Mohammed Ravat, Muslims, Pamela Bremner, Religious Affiliation, religious music, Willm Mistral, young people | Leave a comment

Baptist Union Statistics, 2010

Posted on February 11, 2011 by Clive D. Field

‘The latest returns show a mixed but broadly positive picture for churches in the Baptist Union of Great Britain (BUGB)’, according to the lead story in today’s issue of The Baptist Times. Both church membership and (adult) baptisms, the traditional … Continue reading →

Posted in church attendance, News from religious organisations, Religion in the Press | Tagged baptism, Baptist Times, Baptist Union of Great Britain, children, church membership, young people | 1 Comment

Faith of Generation Y

Posted on October 9, 2010 by Clive D. Field

The Faith of Generation Y is a new book by Sylvia Collins-Mayo, Bob Mayo and Sally Nash, with Christopher Cocksworth (Church House Publishing, 2010, xii + 153pp., ISBN 978 0 7151 4206 6, £14.99). Generation Y was born from about … Continue reading →

Posted in Measuring religion, Survey news | Tagged Bob Mayo, Christopher Cocksworth, Generation Y, Sally Nash, Sylvia Collins-Mayo, vicarious religion, young people | 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

Christianity in Western Europe

Posted on April 23, 2010 by Clive D. Field

On 1 April the Paris-based Roman Catholic daily newspaper La Croix published the headline findings of a poll which it had commissioned into Western European attitudes to Christianity. The survey was undertaken online by the Institut Français d’Opinion Publique (IFOP) … Continue reading →

Posted in Survey news | Tagged Christian Churches, Christian values, Christianity, Christians, Europe, France, Germany, IFOP, Institut Francais d'Opinion Publique, Italy, La Croix, Spain, validity of religions, visibility of Christians, young people | Leave a comment

The RELACHS Study

Posted on March 10, 2010 by Siobhan McAndrew

It’s been a little while since I made a post here, having spent some time fixing other parts of the site. But I’ll make a dip back into the BRIN blog by flagging up the RELACHS survey. RELACHS is not yet … Continue reading →

Posted in Measuring religion, Other, Survey news | Tagged Bullying, Dress, Drug Use, East London, Epidemiology, Health, Longitudinal, Mental Health, Obesity, Panel Study, RELACHS, Religious Affiliation, Religious Practice, Sexual Risk Behaviours, Smoking, Teenage Pregnancy, young people | 1 Comment

Profile of Roman Catholic Youth in England and Wales

Posted on March 6, 2010 by Clive D. Field

The Catholic Youth Ministry Federation (CYMFed) has recently launched a preliminary report on the beliefs, practices and attitudes of Roman Catholic young people in England and Wales during the course of its first national congress, held in London on 27 … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, Survey news | Tagged Catholic Youth Ministry Federation, nfp Synergy, Roman Catholic Church, young people | Leave a comment

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Religious Marriages and Other News

Pope Benedict Departs and Other News

Should Ethics be Taught?

Alcohol, Young People and Religion

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