This analysis 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 63095). This publication does not necessarily reflect the views of the John Templeton Foundation.
This report is a collaborative effort based on the input and analysis of the following individuals:
Primary research team
Kirsten Lesage, Research Associate
Jonathan Evans, Senior Researcher
Manolo Corichi, Research Analyst
Skylar Thomas, Former Intern
Research team
Julia Armeli, Research Assistant
Laura Clancy, Research Analyst
Alan Cooperman, Director, Religion Research
Moira Fagan, Research Associate
Sneha Gubbala, Research Analyst
Sofia Hernandez Ramones, Research Assistant
Jordan Lippert, Research Analyst
William Miner, Research Analyst
Jacob Poushter, Associate Director, Global Attitudes Research
Andrew Prozorovsky, Research Assistant
Jonathan Schulman, Research Associate
Laura Silver, Associate Director, Global Attitudes Research
Maria Smerkovich, Research Associate
Richard Wike, Director, Global Attitudes Research
Methods team
Carolyn Lau, International Research Methodologist
Patrick Moynihan, Associate Director, International Research Methods
Georgina Pizzolitto, International Research Methodologist
Sofi Sinozich, International Research Methodologist
Editorial and graphic design
Dalia Fahmy, Senior Writer/Editor
David Kent, Senior Editorial Specialist
Rebecca Leppert, Writer/Editor
Bill Webster, Senior Information Graphics Designer
Communications and web publishing
Justine Coleman, Associate Digital Producer
Talia Price, Communications Associate
Hannah Taber, Communications Manager
Others at the Center who contributed to this report include Alexandra Cahn, Conrad Hackett and Greg Smith.
Former Center staff who contributed to this report include Janell Fetterolf, Christine Huang and Kelsey Jo Starr.
The Center is grateful to a panel of expert advisers who provided guidance on portions of the report: R. Andrew Chesnut, professor and Bishop Walter Sullivan Chair of Catholic Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University; Néstor Da Costa, professor and Director of the Institute of Society and Religion, Catholic University of Uruguay; and Henri Gooren, professor of anthropology at Oakland University.
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