In Their Own Words: Cultural Connections to Religion Among Asian Americans
Read about some of the ways focus group participants with ties to different faith traditions explain the complex relationship of religion and culture in their lives.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Read about some of the ways focus group participants with ties to different faith traditions explain the complex relationship of religion and culture in their lives.
Religious pluralism has long been a core value in India. A new report shows that India’s religious composition has been fairly stable since 1951.
A rising share of Asian Americans say they have no religion (32%), but many consider themselves close to one or more religious traditions for reasons such as family or culture. Christianity is still the largest faith group among Asian Americans (34%).
All major religious groups in India have shown sharp declines in their fertility rates, limiting change in the country’s religious composition since 1951. Meanwhile, fertility differences between India’s religious groups are generally much smaller than they used to be.
Indians see religious tolerance as a central part of who they are as a nation. Across the major religious groups, most people say it is very important to respect all religions to be “truly Indian.”
Almost all New Zealanders said in a 2011-2012 survey that they would accept a neighbor of a different religion.
The immigrant experience is deeply ingrained in the fabric of Islam in America.
More Muslim adults say they fast during Ramadan than say they pray five times a day or attend mosque weekly.
About a quarter of adults who were raised Muslim no longer identify as members of the faith. But Islam gains about as many converts as it loses.
An estimated 3.45 million Muslims of all ages were living in the United States in 2017, accounting for about 1.1% of the country’s total population.
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