Nine-in-ten Black ‘nones’ believe in God, but fewer pray or attend services
The vast majority of religiously unaffiliated Black Americans believe in God and about half pray regularly, although few attend services.
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The vast majority of religiously unaffiliated Black Americans believe in God and about half pray regularly, although few attend services.
Four topics are universally associated with higher levels of life satisfaction: a person’s good health, romantic partner, friends and career.
White evangelical or born-again Christians backed GOP candidates for the House at about the same rate in 2014. Religious “nones” and Jewish voters again largely backed Democratic candidates.
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The firm that runs the presidential exit poll expects to interview about 100,000 voters across the country by the time the polls close on election night.
The 2016 presidential exit polling reveals little change in the political alignments of U.S. religious groups.
As the percentage of U.S. adults who do not identify with a religious group grows, we asked these people to explain, in their own words, why they left.
A discussion with David Voas of the Department of Social Science at University College London on the gender gap in religion around the world.
We sat down with Michael Hout, a professor of sociology at New York University, to examine possible reasons.
Religion and science have often been seen as being in conflict. But are religious faith and the scientific enterprise really at odds with each other?
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