Around 4 in 10 Americans have become more spiritual over time; fewer have become more religious
Most Americans are spiritual or religious in some way and many also say their spirituality and level of religiosity have changed over time.
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Most Americans are spiritual or religious in some way and many also say their spirituality and level of religiosity have changed over time.
About a third of U.S. parents with children under 18 say it’s extremely or very important to them that their kids share their religious beliefs.
Whether the U.S. will continue to have a Christian majority in 2070 will depend on many factors, including religious “switching.”
Highly religious Americans are much more likely to see society in those terms, while nonreligious people tend to see more ambiguity.
The vast majority of religiously unaffiliated Black Americans believe in God and about half pray regularly, although few attend services.
While Biden’s rating is still low among White Christians, positive ratings also fell among Black Protestants and the religiously unaffiliated.
Disagreements among Americans across the religious spectrum extend to personal issues, such as life priorities and gender roles in the family.
Immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa tend to be more religious than U.S.-born Black adults or immigrants from the Caribbean.
Among White Americans, worship service attendance remains highly correlated with presidential vote choice.
Based on certain traditional measures of religious observance, U.S. Jews are far less religious than U.S. Christians and Americans overall.
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