Did you know that 84 percent of the world’s population claim affiliation to a religion?
Where: Online
When: Thursday 7 December 2023 13:00 – 14:30 GMT
Tickets: Available here >>
Statistics about religious affiliation often create headlines. Did you know that 84 percent of the world’s population claim affiliation to a religion? However, the number of Christians in the UK is falling while non-religion is rising. This online session will examine how religious data is collected, comparing data from different agencies, and the difficulty in analysing statistics on religion.
Chaired by Ruth Peacock with guests including:
– Conrad Hackett, senior demographer and associate director of research at the Pew Research Centre
– Dr Lois Lee, senior lecturer University of Kent and principal investigator on the Understanding Unbelief programme into atheism, agnosticism and other forms of so-called unbelief
– Dr Peter Brierley, Brierley consultancy on his compilation of church statistics in Britain
