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Measuring religious affiliation in Great Britain: the 2011 census in historical and methodological context

Religion (London. 1971), 2014-01, Vol.44 (3), p.357-382 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

2014 The Author. Published by Taylor & Francis. 2014 ;ISSN: 0048-721X ;EISSN: 1096-1151 ;DOI: 10.1080/0048721X.2014.903643

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  • Title:
    Measuring religious affiliation in Great Britain: the 2011 census in historical and methodological context
  • Author: Field, Clive D.
  • Subjects: Great Britain ; religious affiliation ; religious census ; religious statistics ; sample surveys
  • Is Part Of: Religion (London. 1971), 2014-01, Vol.44 (3), p.357-382
  • Description: The British religious census of 2011 is located in its broader historical and methodological context. The principal developments in the measurement of religious affiliation (proxy-assigned or self-assigned) in Britain are traced from the Reformation to the present day, charting the relative contribution of the Churches, the State and empirical social science. The key statistics which have emerged from their respective efforts are summarised, with nominal religious affiliation universal until the time of the French Revolution and preponderant until as late as the 1980s. For recent decades, when the profession of faith has been rejected by large numbers of Britons, particular attention is paid to the variant results from different question-wording. Depending upon what is asked, the proportion of the population currently making sense of their lives without asserting a confessional religious identity ranges from one-quarter to one-half. The difficulties of trying to construct a religious barometer through a single, unitary indicator are thus illuminated.
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0048-721X
    EISSN: 1096-1151
    DOI: 10.1080/0048721X.2014.903643
  • Source: Taylor & Francis Open Access
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