Brit Rel in Numbers @BritReliNumbers
British Religion in Numbers: online data resource for the use and interpretation of religious statistics. brin.ac.uk University of Manchester Joined December 2012-
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June's edition of 'Counting Religion in Britain' (which will be the final edition, following the retirement of Clive Field) features 16 brief articles on new statistical sources of religion in Britain at brin.ac.uk/counting-relig…
May's 'Counting Religion in Britain' features 10 short articles on new sources, about popes, spirits, assisted dying, messy methods and more, at brin.ac.uk/counting-relig…
April's 'Counting Religion in Britain' features 10 new sources of British religious statistics at brin.ac.uk/counting-relig…
March's 'Counting Religion in Britain' features 11 new sources of British religious statistics including Pew's major report on religious switching at brin.ac.uk/counting-relig…
February's 'Counting Religion in Britain' features 12 new sources, including several opinion polls and 2024 annual reports on anti-Semitic and Islamophobic incidents in the UK at brin.ac.uk/counting-relig…
January's edition of 'Counting Religion in Britain' features 11 new sources of religious statistics, including a 10,000 sample OnePoll survey on religious belief and further releases from the 2024 Pew Global Attitudes Survey at brin.ac.uk/counting-relig…
December's 'Counting Religion in Britain' features 13 new sources, including another survey on episcopal seats in the House of Lords at brin.ac.uk/counting-relig…
November's 'Counting Religion in Britain' features 9 short articles on 14 new sources, including attitudes towards Justin Welby and religious correlates of opinions on the assisted dying Bill at brin.ac.uk/counting-relig…
October's 'Counting Religion in Britain' features 14 new statistical sources, relating to topical issues such as bishops in House of Lords, celebration of Halloween, and first anniversary of Hamas attack on Israel at brin.ac.uk/counting-relig…
September's 'Counting Religion in Britain' features 8 short articles on new sources of British religious statistics at brin.ac.uk/counting-relig…
August's edition of 'Counting Religion in Britain' features 12 sources of British religious statistics including three new publications by the Pew Research Center at brin.ac.uk/counting-relig…
July's (slightly early) edition of 'Counting Religion in Britain' features 10 sources of British religious statistics, mostly faith organization studies, at brin.ac.uk/counting-relig…
June's 'Counting Religion in Britain' features 14 short articles about British religious statistics, 6 of them relating to the UK general election on 4 July at brin.ac.uk/counting-relig…
May's 'Counting Religion in Britain' features 15 new sources of British religious statistics, including the results of the religion question in the 2022 Scottish census of population at brin.ac.uk/counting-relig…
April's 'Counting Religion in Britain' features 11 new sources of religious statistics, including more surveys on the UK domestic fall-out from the Israel-Hamas conflict, issues about how best to recruit Muslim samples, and views on fortune telling, at brin.ac.uk/counting-relig…
March's edition of 'Counting Religion in Britain' features 14 short articles on new sources of British religious statistics, predominantly opinion polls and faith organization studies, at brin.ac.uk/counting-relig…
February's edition of 'Counting Religion in Britain' features 12 short articles on religious statistics, half relating to the British domestic fall-out from the Israel-Hamas conflict at brin.ac.uk/counting-relig…
January's 'Counting Religion in Britain' features 14 short articles on new religious stats, including Pew Global Attitudes Survey on religion and other sources of national identity at brin.ac.uk/counting-relig…
December's Counting Religion in Britain features 19 short articles on new sources of religious statistics at brin.ac.uk/counting-relig… We wish all our followers on X a truly Happy New Year!
November's edition of 'Counting Religion in Britain' features 17 short articles about new religious statistical sources, 6 relating to the fall-out from the Israel/Hamas conflict at brin.ac.uk/counting-relig…

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