22 October 2007

new blog topic: religion

it's probably about time i get my blog started on religion. i have found MANY articles on various aspects of religion, but from what i've seen so far it is not terribly useful/relevant to my blog. the question i need to answer is:

What proportion of people ascribe to a religion? Why? Explore from a social psychological perspective.

so i am thinking of getting some statistics of how many people belong to which religion...i am unaware of any really good source for this information, and i expect that any figures obtained will largely be estimated but if anyone has any other ideas on how to get this information that would be much appreciated.

as i get through the research that i have i will post more...until then...

3 comments:

James Neill said...

ABS census statistics I think have some pretty up to date information for Australia.

I'd also try searching e.g., UCANsearch for religiousity.

Debbi said...

Hey Brett,

Was just going to vote on your poll but wanted to check something with you - what exactly do you mean by religious? e.g. I believe in God but I don't go to Church or read the bible or anything like that. Just checking that when you say religious you mean any sort of belief in a higher being, not just actively participating in a religious organisation?
Cheers,
Debbi

kelg85 said...

Hey Brett,
Id like to add on to Debbis comment, ive been brought up a Catholic, went to private schools until grade 10, have completed all of my sacraments, and know a fair bit about the bible (even more than i realise, guess thats what 10 years of RE classes will do to you) But i dont attend church, i pray occasionally and dont agree with alot of what the Catholic church has done over the years, however i belive in the core values, like thou shall not kill ect. So i would say im spritiual, and somewhat religous, but i guess it depends on your classification of 'Religious".