More houses of worship are returning to normal operations, but in-person attendance is unchanged since fall
Churches and other houses of worship increasingly are holding services the way they did before the COVID-19 outbreak began.
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Churches and other houses of worship increasingly are holding services the way they did before the COVID-19 outbreak began.
82% of members of the historically Black Protestant tradition who attend church regularly have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
Roughly two-thirds of atheists (65%) and six-in-ten agnostics (57%) either “strongly” or “somewhat” oppose the death penalty.
Highly religious Americans are much more likely to see society in those terms, while nonreligious people tend to see more ambiguity.
A new analysis of survey data finds that there has been no large-scale departure from evangelicalism among White Americans.
America’s religious groups are deeply divided about Joe Biden’s performance so far, just as they were about Donald Trump throughout his term.
In the U.S., highly religious adults are much more skeptical about the possibility of extraterrestrial life than those who are less religious.
Half of all U.S. adults think evangelical Christians will lose influence in Washington under President Joe Biden’s new administration.
While public support for legal abortion has fluctuated some in two decades of polling, it has remained relatively stable over the past five years. Currently, 59% say abortion should be legal in all or most cases, while 39% say it should be illegal in all or most cases.
Majorities of Black adults say predominantly Black churches have done at least some to help Black Americans.
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