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Featured Findings

Here we showcase interesting findings from particular projects.

Since projects have been commissioned in three phases between 2007 and 2009 and are of a varying duration, new findings are posted here as and when they become available.

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  British Religion in Numbers unveils online treasure-chest of data

  2010-05-18 00:00:00

  A great leap forward in accessing facts and figures on religion in Britain has been made possible by a project funded by the Religion and Society Programme.  Leading scholars David Voas and Clive Field with a team based at the University of Manchester this month [April 2010] launched a new free-to-use website which will be of immense value to academic researchers as well as to government, private enterprises, journalists, and anyone wanting authoritative and up-to-date data on British religion.

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  Christian Ethos Schools

  2009-11-26 00:00:00

  Dr Mark Pike finds through a combination of ethnography, interviews and surveys across five British state-funded schools of a Christian ethos that the schools encourage their students to engage critically with 'religious truth claims'.

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  Partnerships Between Muslim Groups and Police

  2009-11-26 00:00:00

  Criminologist Basia Spalek finds that successful community policing in a counter-terrorism context requires the building of trust between police officers and community members. The Metropolitan Police's Muslim Contact Unit has managed to do this.

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  From Hijab to Jilbab

  2009-11-26 00:00:00

  Dr Kaye Haw from the University of Nottingham and her team met again 10 years on a group of young Muslim women in Britain and found out how their lives and ideas had changed in that time for the Phase 1 Small Grant 'The Myth of British Identity and the Failure of Multiculturalism? From hijab to jilbab'.

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  Religion, identity, and violence in Kaduna State Nigeria

  2010-01-29 00:00:00

  Dr Colette Harris and her team find that participatory action research contributes to a reduction in tensions and violence.

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  Innovative Methods in the Study of Religion

  2010-08-02 00:00:00

  Over two days over 80 people from a range of UK and international universities and disciplinary backgrounds gathered for fresh reflection on methods in the study of religion. The growing interest in religion, growing academic recognition of its complexity and changing forms and yet relatively little discussion of methods made this conference timely and welcome. It was co-organised by the AHRC/ESRC Religion and Society Programme and Norface ‘Relemergence of Religion’ research programme. Presenters included members of projects funded by both programmes.

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