Surveying Christian Beliefs and Religious Debates in by B. Clements

By B. Clements

Clements presents an in depth learn of non secular ideals in British society, utilizing a huge variety of opinion ballot and social survey information. studying public opinion on religious-secular concerns, this e-book offers a wealthy research of the idea and attitudes of social teams through the years.

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By B. Clements

Clements presents an in depth learn of non secular ideals in British society, utilizing a huge variety of opinion ballot and social survey information. studying public opinion on religious-secular concerns, this e-book offers a wealthy research of the idea and attitudes of social teams through the years.

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9 in 2008. 9 in 2008. 4 in 2008. 7. 7 in 1981 and 2008. 5. While there is marked variation across Christian groups, they have stood apart in each survey from those with no religious affiliation. The EB surveys have also showed considerable variation based on religious belonging, albeit data were available only in the 1994 survey. 3). 7 (a level similar to that recorded in some of the EVS surveys). The BSA surveys have also asked about God’s involvement in and relevance for daily life using other questions.

While there is marked variation across Christian groups, they have stood apart in each survey from those with no religious affiliation. The EB surveys have also showed considerable variation based on religious belonging, albeit data were available only in the 1994 survey. 3). 7 (a level similar to that recorded in some of the EVS surveys). The BSA surveys have also asked about God’s involvement in and relevance for daily life using other questions. Again, these questions were asked in the 1991, 1998 and 2008 surveys.

1 Belief in a personal God The next set of time-series data pertain to popular belief in a personal God, which as a question has traditionally elicited lower levels of belief in the British (and other national) populations compared to questions asking about ‘God’. Even so, surveys carried out between 1947 and 1963 showed that large proportions of the population expressed belief in a personal God (Field 2015a: 76–77), with a survey in 1947 showing 45 per cent holding this belief (Field 2008: 454).

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