---
title: "Acknowledgments"
description: "This report was produced by Pew Research Center as part of the Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures project, which analyzes religious change and its impact on societies around the world. Funding for the Global Religious Futures project comes from The Pew Charitable Trusts and the John Templeton Foundation (grant 62287). Find related reports online at pewresearch.org/religion. […]"
date: "2024-06-17"
authors:
  - name: "Jonathan Evans"
    job_title: "Senior Researcher"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/jonathan-evans/"
  - name: "Alan Cooperman"
    job_title: "Director, Religion Research"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/alan-cooperman/"
  - name: "Kelsey Jo Starr"
    job_title: "Former Research Analyst"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/kelsey-jo-starr/"
  - name: "Manolo Corichi"
    job_title: "Research Analyst"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/manolo-corichi/"
  - name: "William Miner"
    job_title: "Research Analyst"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/william-miner/"
  - name: "Kirsten Lesage"
    job_title: "Research Associate"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/kirsten-lesage/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2024/06/17/religion-in-east-asia-acknowledgments/"
categories:
  - "Beliefs & Practices"
  - "Buddhism"
  - "Christianity"
  - "Non-Religion & Secularism"
  - "Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project"
  - "Religious Identity & Affiliation"
  - "Religiously Unaffiliated"
datasets:
  - name: "East Asian Societies Survey Dataset"
    url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/dataset/east-asian-societies-survey-dataset/"
---

# Acknowledgments

This report was produced by Pew Research Center as part of the Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures project, which analyzes religious change and its impact on societies around the world. Funding for the Global Religious Futures project comes from The Pew Charitable Trusts and the John Templeton Foundation (grant 62287).

Find related reports online at [pewresearch.org/religion](https://www.pewresearch.org/topic/religion/).

This report is a collaborative effort based on the input and analysis of the following individuals.

#### Research Team

Jonathan Evans, *Senior Researcher*
Alan Cooperman, *Director of Religion Research*
Kelsey Jo Starr, *Research Analyst*
Manolo Corichi, *Research Analyst*
William Miner, *Research Assistant*
Kirsten Lesage,* Research Associate*

#### Methods Team

Patrick Moynihan, *Associate Director of International Research Methods*
Carolyn Lau,* International Survey Methodologist*
Sofi Sinozich, *International Survey 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*
Gar Meng Leong, *Communications Manager*
Mithila Samak, *Communications Associate*
Justine Coleman, *Associate Digital Producer*
Anna Schiller, *Associate Director of Communications*
Stacy Rosenberg, *Director of Digital Strategy*

Others at the Center who contributed to this report include Neha Sahgal, Conrad Hackett, Yunping Tong, Anne Fengyan Shi, Christine Huang, Gregory A. Smith, Laura Silver, Becka A. Alper, Jeff Diamant, Drew DeSilver, Gracie Martinez and Laura Lewis.

Former Center staff who contributed to this report include Ariana Monique Salazar, Adam Wolsky, Clark Letterman, Scott Gardner, Alexandra Castillo, Omkar Joshi, Mark Wang and Laverne Acheampong.

The Center is grateful to a panel of expert advisers who provided guidance at all stages of this report: Wei-Hsian Chi, associate research fellow at the Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica; Helen Hardacre, Reischauer Institute Research Professor of Japanese Religions and Society at Harvard University; Tuan Hoang, Blanche E. Seaver Professor of Humanities and Teacher Education at Pepperdine University; Jibum Kim, professor of sociology and director of survey research center at Sungkyunkwan University; Mark R. Mullins, professor of Japanese studies at the University of Auckland; Anna Sun, associate professor of religious studies and sociology at Duke University; and Fenggang Yang, director of the Center on Religion and the Global East at Purdue University.

Fieldwork for the survey was conducted under the direction of Langer Research Associates and D3 Systems.

While the analysis for this report was guided by our consultations with the advisers, Pew Research Center is solely responsible for the interpretation and reporting of the data.

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