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Religion

December 18, 2012

The demography of belief worldwide

As we report elsewhere on Ekklesia (http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/17645), a new, comprehensive demographic study of more than 230 countries and territories conducted by the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion and Public Life finds that more than eight-in-ten people worldwide identify with a religious group -- while the number of those unaffiliated with religion is on the rise, and now constitutes the third-largest global belief group.
December 18, 2012

Eight-in-ten of world population identify with a religious group

A new, comprehensive demographic study of more than 230 countries and territories finds that more than 8 in 10 worldwide identify with a religious group.
December 18, 2012

Majority of Americans accept reality of climate change

The December 2012 PRRI/RNS Religion News Survey in the United States has found religious disagreement on what lies behind the severe weather.
December 12, 2012

Church needs to be creative in a changing society, say Methodists

The census figures on religion for England and Wales have been described as “challenging but not discouraging,” by the Methodist General Secretary.
December 12, 2012

Census results underestimate those of no religion

The British Humanist Association (BHA) has released an infographic to show the rise in the number of people who ticked ‘No Religion’ in the 2011 Census, and the decline in the number of people who tic
December 12, 2012

Census 2011: A changing religious situation
December 11, 2012

Census confirms England and Wales as mixed-belief societies

England and Wales are becoming ever more mixed in belief, identity and culture, the 2011 census data released today (11 December 2012) reveals.
December 10, 2012

Faith leaders cite ethics and prayer in struggle against climate change

Ethical behaviour and prayer are vital tools in the struggle against climate change, according to an interfaith panel at the COP18/CMP8 Doha meeting.
December 3, 2012

Law, critical religion, and the importance of semantics

The work of scholars in critical religion may indeed concentrate on the semantics of 'religion', but this is far from being 'merely' an academic issue, points out Gabrielle Desmarais from the University of Ottawa. The meaning of the word 'religion' and the language used to regulate that definition are at the forefront of a range of constitutional cases about new religious movements.
December 3, 2012

Blurring the boundaries: punk rock and religion

In today's world we face a vast range of human practices which are overlapping and do not function as religious or secular solely or discreetly, says Francis Stewart. He illustrates this in relation to his extensive research into punk music.