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• Majority of Britons believe religion is a force for good
• Waters warns of growing attack on religious freedom
• Northern Ireland society breaking down says think tank
• Women’s ‘double shift’ of home and work duties a myth finds new research
• Controversial Equal Treatment directive held up by disagreements

• The growing marriage and religion gap
• The recession and marriage
• Is race a relevant factor in adoption decisions?
• Money scruples obscure real moral issue in AHR debate
• Britain’s failed teenage pregnancy strategy

• Lecture: "Why religion will make a comeback"
  10th June 2010
• Lecture: ‘Reducing teenage pregnancy and sexual activity’
  25th March 2010
• Making Babies: a conference on the ethics of Assisted Human Reproduction
  9th December 2009
• Studies/Iona Institute lecture: 'The place of religion within the European Union'
  16th November 2009

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Related Iona Documents

Church attendance in Ireland increases.

November 02, 2009

A new poll conducted by RedC on behalf of The Iona Institute shows that weekly church attendance has increased from 42 percent to 46 percent in the last 18 months while the number who go at least once a month has jumped from 54 percent to 65 percent. 

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The benefits of religious practise

April 3, 2009.

Our latest paper is a look at studies attesting to the benefits of religious practise. Called ‘The psycho-social benefits of religious practise’, it has been written by Professor Patricia Casey and it was launched at our conference on religious practise on April 3, 2009. An executive summary of the paper is also available by clicking here.

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NI religious knowledge poll

December 10, 2007

A new poll conducted by Millward Brown Ulster on behalf of The Iona Institute the Evangelical Alliance Ireland, and the Evangelical Alliance (Northern Ireland) reveals, for the first time ever, levels of religious knowledge among the general population in Northern Ireland and finds they are even lower than in the South as revealed by our poll in April.

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Religious Knowledge Poll

April 9, 2007

A new poll conducted by Lansdowne Market Research on behalf of The Iona Institute and the Evangelical Alliance Ireland reveals, for the first time ever, levels of religious knowledge among the general population and finds an alarming drop-off.

Full results of religious knowledge poll with demographic breaks.

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Related Web Links

 

First things http://www.firstthings.com/

Studies ~ An Irish Quarterly Review http://www.studiesirishreview.ie

The Christian Institute http://www.christian.org.uk/

Veritas http://www.veritas.ie/

The Pew Forum on Religion and Life http://pewforum.org/

The Becket Fund of Religious Liberty http://www.becketfund.org/

Theos: The Public Theology Think Tank http://www.theosthinktank.co.uk/

The Religion Law Blog http://religionlaw.blogspot.com/

Care for Europe http://religionlaw.blogspot.com/