Across U.S. religious groups, more see decline of marriage as negative than positive
Large numbers of Americans in many different religious groups express concern about fewer people getting married.
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Large numbers of Americans in many different religious groups express concern about fewer people getting married.
Whether the U.S. will continue to have a Christian majority in 2070 will depend on many factors, including religious “switching.”
In 2020, properties in 102 of the 198 countries and territories in the study were targeted in incidents tied to religion.
While the largest Christian traditions and religious “nones” can be consistently analyzed, smaller groups produce a large margin of error.
Many Americans who are highly religious and identify with certain Christian traditions express discomfort with human enhancement.
Jews ages 18 to 29 are just as likely as those 65 and older to say they attend religious services at least monthly (22% each).
Religious pluralism has long been a core value in India. A new report shows that India’s religious composition has been fairly stable since 1951.
Most U.S. adults say that they expect to go back to attending religious services in person as often as they did before the outbreak.
The American Jewish population, like other religious groups, is in flux. Still, 88% of U.S. adults who were raised Jewish are still Jewish.
Nearly a quarter of countries used force to prevent religious gatherings during the pandemic; other government restrictions and social hostilities related to religion remained fairly stable.
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