4. Spiritual and religious practices
Some activities, such as prayer, are widespread. Others, such as fasting and lighting incense or candles, vary more by country.
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3. Christianity’s place in politics, and ‘Christian nationalism’
Most Americans support the separation of church and state. Still, half think the Bible should have at least some influence in US laws.
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Faith on the Hill
Christians will make up 87% of voting members in the Senate and House of Representatives, combined, in the 2025-27 congressional session.
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17. Religion and views on gender, parenting and workforce participation
Majorities say more women in the workforce is a good thing. Read more about religious groups’ views on gender in the labor force, and stay-at-home parents. Religious Landscape Study by Pew Research Center.
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3. How important is following a specific religion to national belonging?
Across the 36 countries surveyed, people’s views on the importance of religion to national identity vary widely. Large shares in middle-income countries say being a member of the historically predominant religion in their country is very important to truly sharing the national identity – for example, to being truly Filipino or truly Nigerian. In high-income […]
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Methodology
This Pew Research Center study calculates Religious Diversity Index (RDI) scores for countries, territories and world regions based on the distribution of seven religious categories: Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Jews, adherents of all other religions (an umbrella category) and people with no religious affiliation. The underlying estimates of the size of religious populations were previously […]
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Appendix B: Classification of Protestant denominations
In the Religious Landscape Study (RLS), we group Protestant respondents into one of three “traditions” – the evangelical tradition, mainline tradition or the historically Black Protestant tradition – based on the specific denomination they identify with. For instance, all respondents who identify with the Southern Baptist Convention are classified as members of the evangelical Protestant […]
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3. Religious switching into and out of Buddhism
Find out what percentage of adults have joined or left Buddhism, or remained Buddhist since childhood, in six countries.
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4. Religious switching into and out of Islam
Find out what percentage of adults have joined or left Islam, or remained Muslim since childhood, in 13 countries.
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5. Religious switching into and out of Hinduism
Find out what percentage of adults have joined or left Hinduism, or remained Hindu since childhood, in four countries.