64 countries have religious symbols on their national flags
Of the 64 countries in this category, about half have Christian symbols (48%) and about a third include Islamic religious symbols (33%).
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Of the 64 countries in this category, about half have Christian symbols (48%) and about a third include Islamic religious symbols (33%).
Tens of millions of Latin Americans have left the Roman Catholic Church in recent decades and embraced Pentecostal Christianity.
Only 11% of American congregations were led by women in 2012, according to press reports of an upcoming National Congregations Study survey. That figure hasn’t changed since 1998.
Most U.S. adults believe Jesus was born of a virgin, including one-third of Americans with no specific religious affiliation.
The Pew Research Center is hosting a conference to discuss how generational differences are influencing American families, society, politics and policy.
Here’s a region-by-region look at where religious harassment takes place, and to which groups.
Almost seven-in-ten of the religiously unaffiliated say they believe in God or a universal spirit.
A survey of more than 38,000 Muslims in 39 countries and territories found that a median of 93% say they fast during Ramadan.
While the number of Americans who do not identify with a religion grows at a rapid pace, 68% of them say they believe in God or a universal spirit.
Roughly a quarter of former Catholics who are now religiously unaffiliated say the clergy sexual abuse scandals were a reason for their leaving the Church.
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