More Americans now say they’re spiritual but not religious
About a quarter of U.S. adults now say they think of themselves as spiritual but not religious, up 8 percentage points in five years.
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About a quarter of U.S. adults now say they think of themselves as spiritual but not religious, up 8 percentage points in five years.
Americans are wary of the prospect of implanting a computer chip in their brains to improve their mental abilities or adding synthetic blood to their veins to make them stronger and faster. And this is particularly true of those who are highly religious.
For the National Day of Prayer, we rounded up survey data on Americans’ prayer habits, as well as historical instances of prayer intersecting with the government.
The growth of the religiously unaffiliated in the U.S. is occurring across genders, generations and racial and ethnic groups.
Many large religious groups have taken positions in opposition to the death penalty even though that stance is sometimes at odds with the opinions of their adherents.
A Pew Research Center survey shows how many people in religious groups know other people of different religions.
A new survey on religious trends among U.S. Hispanics finds that Hispanic Millennials mirror young American adults overall in their lower rates of religious affiliation and commitment compared with their older counterparts.
From a global perspective, the United States really is not all that religiously diverse.
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