About the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life
This report was produced by the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life. The Pew Forum delivers timely, impartial information on issues at the intersection of religion and public affairs. The Pew Forum is a nonpartisan, nonadvocacy organization and does not take positions on policy debates. Based in Washington, D.C., the Pew Forum is a project of the Pew Research Center, which is funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts.
The report was funded by a generous grant from The Pew Charitable Trusts and the John Templeton Foundation as part of the Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, which aims to increase people’s knowledge of religion around the world.
The report is a collaborative effort based on the input and analysis of the following individuals:
Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life Luis Lugo, Director
Survey Research Alan Cooperman, Associate Director, Research Gregory Smith, Senior Researcher Allison Pond and Neha Sahgal, Research Associates Scott Clement, Research Analyst
Demographic and Other Research Brian J. Grim, Senior Researcher Conrad Hackett, Demographer Jacqueline Wenger, Research Associate Sahar Chaudhry, Research Analyst Elizabeth Podrebarac, Research Assistant
Editorial Sandra Stencel, Associate Director, Editorial Diana Yoo, Graphic Designer Tracy Miller, Editor Hilary Ramp, Assistant Editor
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Pew Research Center Andrew Kohut, President Paul Taylor, Executive Vice President Scott Keeter, Director of Survey Research Elizabeth Mueller Gross, Vice President Michael Piccorossi, Director of Operations Russell Heimlich, Web Developer Richard Wike, Associate Director, Pew Global Attitudes Project Erin Carriere-Kretschmer and Juliana Menasce Horowitz, Senior Researchers, Pew Global Attitudes Project Kathleen Holzwart Sprehe, Research Associate, Pew Global Attitudes Project
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