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A space where our researchers and supporters share their thoughts over what faith means to them in their daily lives, and how it supports and motivates them in facing life’s challenges.

IIFL's fourth 'denominational dive-in' takes a look at the Dawoodi Bohras, a Muslim community known for their social initiatives around the world.
IIFL's third 'denominational dive-in' explores Anglicanism, one of the world's largest Christian denominations with members all around the world.
IIFL's second 'denominational dive-in' explores Sunni Islam, one of the world's largest religious denominations with several different communities within it.
Each month the Institute for the Impact of Faith in Life will examine a different denomination within Islam or Christianity. This month explores the Elim Pentecostal Church.
As we approach the end of the year, we look at the data gathered from seven months of our monthly attitudes tracker and highlight key trends in this period.
As we enter a new chapter, the Institute for the Impact of Faith in Life (IIFL) is proud to announce a year-long focus on the two largest monotheistic faiths: Islam and Christianity.
Compared to October’s findings, the results from IIFL’s latest attitudes to faith tracker showed significant shifts in finding life purpose through faith, whether religion is a force for good in society, if it should be discussed at work, and the value of politicians being open about their faith. These differences were most pronounced amongst Hindu respondents.
The September round of IIFL's "Attitudes to Faith in British Life Survey" showed moderately high concern about the threat of religious extremism and an almost equally high sense of religious freedom of expression in the UK.
The Institute for the Impact of Faith in Life (IIFL)’s Monthly Tracker results over the past three months have consistently shown that compared to other faith groups, Muslims are most likely to support discussions around faith in the workspace. As a young female Muslim, and the only Muslim in my workplace, I agree. I want to speak about my faith in the workspace. Though I never do. Why?
IIFL’s monthly “Attitudes to Faith in British Life Survey” for August showed that public attitudes to politics and religious media coverage underwent the most significant shifts since July. This month’s survey included new questions on religious extremism, freedom of religious expression, and media reporting of faith. The survey of 2,279 UK adults was conducted by Whitestone Insight, a member of the British Polling Council, between the 31st of July and the 4th of August 2024.
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