---
title: "Acknowledgments"
description: "Pew Research Center is a subsidiary of The Pew Charitable Trusts, its primary funder. This survey and related research on religion and spirituality in the United States was funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts with support from the Lilly Endowment Inc., Templeton Religion Trust, The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations and the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust. […]"
date: "2023-12-07"
authors:
  - name: "Becka A. Alper"
    job_title: "Senior Researcher"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/becka-alper/"
  - name: "Chip Rotolo"
    job_title: "Research Associate"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/michael-rotolo/"
  - name: "Patricia Tevington"
    job_title: "Research Associate"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/patricia-tevington/"
  - name: "Justin Nortey"
    job_title: "Former Research Analyst"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/justin-nortey/"
  - name: "Asta Kallo"
    job_title: "Research Assistant"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/asta-kallo/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2023/12/07/spirituality-acknowledgments/"
categories:
  - "Atheism & Agnosticism"
  - "Beliefs & Practices"
  - "Death & Dying"
  - "Happiness & Life Satisfaction"
  - "Non-Religion & Secularism"
  - "Religiously Unaffiliated"
datasets:
  - name: "American Trends Panel Wave 132"
    url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/dataset/american-trends-panel-wave-132/"
---

# Acknowledgments

Pew Research Center is a subsidiary of The Pew Charitable Trusts, its primary funder. This survey and related research on religion and spirituality in the United States was funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts with support from the Lilly Endowment Inc., Templeton Religion Trust, The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations and the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust.

This report is a collaborative effort based on the input and analysis of the following individuals. Find related reports online at [pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/religion](https://www.pewresearch.org/topic/religion/).

#### Primary Researcher

Becka A. Alper, *Senior Researcher *

#### Research Team

Alan Cooperman, *Director, Religion Research *
Gregory A. Smith, *Associate Director, Religion Research*
Besheer Mohamed, *Senior Researcher*
Michael Rotolo, *Research Associate *
Patricia Tevington, *Research Associate*
Justin Nortey, *Research Analyst* * *
Asta Kallo, *Research Assistant*

#### Methods Team* *

Andrew Mercer, *Senior Research Methodologist*
Dorene Asare-Marfo, *Panel Manager* * *
Dana Popky, *Associate Panel Manager*
Anna Brown, *Research Methodologist*
Arnold Lau, *Research Methodologist *

#### Editorial and Graphic Design

Dalia Fahmy, *Senior Writer/Editor*
Rebecca Leppert, *Copy Editor*
Bill Webster, *Senior Information Graphics Designer*

#### Communications and Web Publishing

Achsah Callahan, *Communications Manager*
Reem Nadeem, *Digital Producer *
Anna Schiller, *Associate Director, Communications*
Stacy Rosenberg, *Director, Digital Strategy*

In addition, Pew Research Center is grateful to a panel of expert advisers who provided valuable advice on this project: Nancy T. Ammerman, professor emerita of sociology of religion at Boston University; Ryan Cragun, professor of sociology at The University of Tampa; Penny Edgell, professor of sociology at the University of Minnesota; Jacqui Frost, assistant professor of sociology at Purdue University; John C. Green, director emeritus of The Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics and distinguished professor emeritus of political science at The University of Akron; Jaime Kucinskas, chair and associate professor of sociology at Hamilton College; and Brian Steensland, department chair and professor of sociology at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI).

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