Tags: Religion & Belief
UK Government accused of not upholding freedom of belief
Posted: Fri, 07 Sep 2012
The European Court of Human Rights hearing on 4 September 2012 has heard accusations from applicants that the UK Government is not upholding freedom of belief. Read More »
Number of atheists around the world is rising
Posted: Wed, 08 Aug 2012
According to the latest global poll released by RedC Opinion Poll, part of WIN-Gallup International, a world-wide network of leading opinion pollsters, the number of self-declared atheists in the world has risen by 9% since the measure was last taken in 2005. Read More »
Most Irish people still describe themselves as 'Catholic' – but in name only
Posted: Thu, 07 Jun 2012
A new Ipsos MRBI poll for the Irish Times shows that although 89 per cent of people in Ireland still describe themselves as 'Catholic', it is not Catholicism as the Pope knows it. Read More »
Survey shows belief in God declining worldwide
Posted: Fri, 20 Apr 2012
Belief in God is declining gradually worldwide, with faith highest among older people, a report released by the University of Chicago on Wednesday found. Read More »
Easter polls show that most Britons aren't interested in religion
Posted: Wed, 11 Apr 2012
An Easter YouGov poll for The Sun, in which a representative sample of 1,742 adults were interviewed, found that Britons are, in the main, uninterested in religion. Read More »
Christian GP who tried to convert a patient will face a new GMC hearing
Posted: Wed, 07 Mar 2012
The doctor accused of trying to convert a patient to Christianity in a consultation is to face a new hearing by the General Medical Council in June, after the regulator ruled the patient can testify by phone. Read More »
State-sponsored religions are undesirable, says UN
Posted: Wed, 07 Mar 2012
State-sanctioned religions risk alienating minorities and discriminating against members of other faiths, an independent United Nations human rights expert warned this week. Read More »
Christian discrimination report is just another call for special privileges
Posted: Tue, 28 Feb 2012
Last year, the evangelical Christian MP Gary Streeter set up what he called "an inquiry" into whether Christians are being 'marginalised' in the UK. It has now produced a report jointly with the Evangelical Alliance UK. Read More »
Muslims more successful at enforcing their religion from generation to generation
Posted: Fri, 17 Feb 2012
An academic study by Cardiff University shows that the proportion of adult Muslims actively practising the faith they were brought up in as children was 77%. That compares with 29% of Christians and 65% of other religions. Read More »
Poll reveals majority of Christians support secular outlook
Posted: Tue, 14 Feb 2012
Results of a poll carried out by Ipsos MORI for the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science show that UK Christians are overwhelmingly secular in their attitudes on a wide range of issues. Read More »
Catholic and Episcopal churches shrinking
Posted: Thu, 09 Feb 2012
Statistics from the latest edition of the Catholic Directory of England and Wales reveal a picture of a shrinking church. Read More »
Census religion question questioned
Posted: Wed, 25 Jan 2012
Questions in test surveys by the Government before the last Census revealed more people said they had no religion than the question chosen for the Census did. Read More »
Church of England continues to shrink according to official figures
Posted: Thu, 19 Jan 2012
Provisional statistics released this week by the Church of England show the Church continuing to shrink. Average Sunday attendance in 2010 continued in a downward trend, falling by two per cent to 923,700 or around 1.5% of the UK population. Read More »
Mosques out of step with needs of young Muslims, says prison advisor
Posted: Thu, 12 Jan 2012
Young Muslim men are turning away from religion in their droves because of the old-fashioned attitudes in Britain's mosques, according to the Prison Service's Muslim advisor. Read More »
Government survey shows Christianity continues to decline in England and Wales
Posted: Thu, 05 Jan 2012
A new Government-sponsored survey of 10,000 people shows that Christianity continues to decline in England and Wales – the numbers who define themselves as Christian has fallen 10% in five years. Those who say they have no religion rose from 15% to 21% in the same period. Read More »
British Social Attitudes Survey shows religion in rapid decline in Britain
Posted: Fri, 09 Dec 2011
The latest British Social Attitudes Survey paints a grim picture for the future of religion in this country. Read More »
Unprecedented Decline in Christianity
Posted: Fri, 30 Sep 2011
The latest Office of National Statistics Integrated Household Survey figures on religion reveal an extraordinarily rapid decline in Christianity in Britain. The figures, published this week, show that growing numbers of Britons are rejecting religious belief, with almost one in four now saying they have "no religion at all" Read More »
