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	Podcast:		All Things Considered
	Episode:		Count Me In
	Category:		Music
	Duration:		00:27:29
	Publish Date:		2021-03-07 09:31:00
	Description:		Rosa Hunt looks at the implications of censuses for people of faith. Whilst the question concerning religions is a relatively recent innovation, censuses go back to ancient times. Some of the earliest references are to be found in the Bible, although within Jewish tradition there is deep suspicion towards the idea of counting individual people, as Professor Dan Cohn-Sherbok explains. In Christian the most famous census of all is the one mentioned in Luke's Gospel - a census that some claim never happened. But according to Sabine Huebner, a professor of ancient history, there is compelling evidence that Luke may be a reliable historian. Moreover, it is possible to see some of the world's earliest census returns recorded on papyrus and preserved in the dry heat of Egypt. But what of Wales' relationship to the census? Sociologist David Voas eagerly anticipates the answers to the religion question, but voices scepticism as to the reliability of the data when it comes to matters of religious belief, as opposed to cultural identity. Rosa talks to two ministers working in what emerged to be the least Christian part of Wales at the last census - Blaenau Gwent. Does the census data match up with the impression of working day-to-day with a church and wider community?
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