Religion and Public Opinion in Britain [electronic resource] : Continuity and Change /
Clements, B.author.
Based on extensive analysis of surveys from recent decades, this book provides a detailed study of the attitudes of religious groups in Britain. It looks at continuity and change in relation to party support, ideology, abortion, homosexuality and gay rights, foreign policy, and public opinion towards religion in public life.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; Methodological approach and source material; Data sources; Measurement of religion; Outline of chapters; 2 Religious Authority; Religious change: Belonging, behaving and believing; Religious authority in Britain; Confidence in religious institutions: Aggregate-level trends; Group attitudes; Confidence in the church and other institutions; Attitudes towards the Church of England and the Roman Catholic Church; Public attitudes towards the involvement of religious leaders in politics
Aggregate-level trendsGroup attitudes; Conclusion; 3 Religion and Party Choice; Religion and party support in the 1940s and 1950s; Religion and voting behaviour at general elections; Religion, parental socialisation and voting; Religion, other social factors and voting; Religion and party support in recent decades; Religion and contemporary party choice; Conclusion; 4 Religion and Ideology; Left-right ideology; Welfare ideology; Libertarian-authoritarian ideology; Attitudes towards the death penalty; Attitudes towards censorship; Conclusion; 5 Religion and Abortion
Attitudes towards abortion: Opinion pollsAttitudes towards abortion: Recurrent social surveys; The attitudes of the Catholic community; Conclusion; 6 Religion, Homosexuality and Gay Rights; Attitudes towards homosexuality; Attitudes towards gay rights issues; Attitudes towards same-sex individuals holding certain roles and occupations; Attitudes towards adoption by same-sex couples; Attitudes towards same-sex marriage; Conclusion; 7 Religion and Foreign Policy; Attitudes towards European integration; Religious groups in Britain; Religious groups in Britain and the EU
Attitudes towards military interventionReligious groups in the general population; Religious groups in the ethnic minority population; Conclusion; 8 Conclusion; Religion and areas of continuity in attitudes; Religion and areas of change in attitudes; Limitations of the study and areas for future research; Notes; Appendices; Appendix 1 Measures of Religion in the Recurrent Social Surveys; Appendix 2 Measurement of Independent Variables Used in the Multivariate Analyses; Appendix 3 Attitudes Based on Additional Questions Asking about God, BSA 2008; List of Survey Datasets; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Based on extensive analysis of surveys from recent decades, this book provides a detailed study of the attitudes of religious groups in Britain. It looks at continuity and change in relation to party support, ideology, abortion, homosexuality and gay rights, foreign policy, and public opinion towards religion in public life.
Religion and sociology.
Great Britain-Politics and government.
Political communication.
Social sciences.
Religions.
Political science.
Religion and Society.
British Politics.
Political Communication.
Methodology of the Social Sciences.
Comparative Religion.
Political Science.