Denominational dive-in: Sunni Islam
IIFL’s second ‘denominational dive-in’ explores Sunni Islam, one of the world’s largest religious denominations with several different communities within it.
Denominational dive-in: Elim Pentecostal Church
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.
Seven months of IIFL’s religious attitudes tracker: a review of our findings
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.
IIFL launches a year-long focus on Islam and Christianity: exploring the world’s two largest faiths
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.
Changing landscapes over fixed certainties: Religious attitudes can always surprise
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.
Should Brits talk about their faith at work? It’s complicated
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.
Is there a ‘quota’ on religion in the workspace?
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?
Media scepticism: a catalyst for positive social change?
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.
The importance of caring for the environment: a faith perspective
Charlotte Littlewood’s long-form essay on the perspective that faith brings to caring for the world.
Capturing the fluidity of faith in the UK: Findings from the July monthly attitudes tracker
The Attitudes to Faith in British Life survey for July 2024 commissioned by The Institute for the Impact of Faith in Life revealed marginal though significant changes from the June report. Attitudes to personal faith, media religious coverage and religious discourses in public life showed the most notable fluctuations. The survey of 2,075 UK adults was conducted by Whitestone Insight, a member of the British Polling Council, between the 26th and 27th of June 2024.