Monthly Archives: April 2011

Faith in European politics

Posted on April 26, 2011 by

We publish our free quarterly research bulletin VISTA today. You can download a copy from the VISTA pages on this blog but here’s a taster from the current Issue for those of you who may not otherwise see it. ARE … Continue reading →

Posted in EU, europe, politicians, politics | 1 Comment

The non-religious Swiss increases in size

Posted on April 20, 2011 by

A March 31st report by Swissinfo.ch (31st March, 2011) carried news of a survey indicating that one in four Swiss citizens chose to describe themselves as ‘non-religious’. This was significantly up from the 1% who claimed to be non-religous in … Continue reading →

Posted in atheism, non-religious, religion, secularisation, Switzerland | Leave a comment

Ukrainian ‘native believers’ restore Slavic traditions at cost of neo-Nazi claims

Posted on April 19, 2011 by

Transitions Online (12th April 2011) reports that there are 80 neo-pagan associations with a likely membership of 3,000 adults currently active in the Ukraine. The main vehicles for popularising neo-pagan views are magazines and rock bands. In the Ukraine, the … Continue reading →

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Non-religious young people in Britain

Posted on April 15, 2011 by

Dr. Rebecca Catto (Lancaster University) has published her initial reflections on a small-sale survey of non-religious young people on the guardian online. ‘Beyond Grayling, Dawkins and Hitchens, a new kind of British atheism‘  reports on a one year project that … Continue reading →

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Norwegian belief and Ice Age 2

Posted on April 11, 2011 by

The percentage of Norwegians who claim to attend church at least once a month has declined over the last ten years from 11 to 7% of the population, according to the Norwegian BAR magazine. During the same period, the percentage … Continue reading →

Posted in Church attendance, europe, Gospel, Lutheran, new religious movements, Norway, secularisation | 1 Comment

Europe for Brazilians

Posted on April 7, 2011 by

I’m here in Brazil for the 6th meeting of the Lausanne International Researchers’ Conference. My paper today looks at secularisation in Europe, drawing on data that my colleague, Jim Memory, and I have been collating and analysing from the 2008 … Continue reading →

Posted in europe, religion, research, secularisation, statistics, Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Russian Baptist superintendents graduate and Mission Department reports on progress

Posted on April 7, 2011 by

From William Yoder (6th April 2011), news of Superintendents gaining Master’s degrees is cause for congratulations from European Baptist Federation President, Valeriu Ghiletchi: — On 23 March, Moscow’s First Baptist Church celebrated the graduation of sixteen of the RUECB’s superintendents … Continue reading →

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Megachurches in France

Posted on April 6, 2011 by

Sebastien Fath, French researcher and academic, presented a paper at last August’s Association for the Sociology of Religion in Atlanta, GA, in which he discusses four French megachurches (a church of over 2,000 members). These pentecostal or charismatic churches are … Continue reading →

Posted in emerging, europe, France, megachurch, mission, Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Moscow’s 'National Prayer Breakfast' has a new format

Posted on April 1, 2011 by

europeanmission is to carry summary versions of press releases written by William Yoder, working among the evangelical commmunity in Russia. This is the first such piece from William Yoder and we are glad to be able to offer this service. … Continue reading →

Posted in Evangelical, Orthodox, politicians, prayer, Russia | 2 Comments