Denominational switching among U.S. Jews: Reform Judaism has gained, Conservative Judaism has lost
The American Jewish population, like other religious groups, is in flux. Still, 88% of U.S. adults who were raised Jewish are still Jewish.
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The American Jewish population, like other religious groups, is in flux. Still, 88% of U.S. adults who were raised Jewish are still Jewish.
Disagreements among Americans across the religious spectrum extend to personal issues, such as life priorities and gender roles in the family.
Social hostilities around the world involving religion declined in 2019 to the lowest level in five years.
A new analysis of survey data finds that there has been no large-scale departure from evangelicalism among White Americans.
63% of U.S adults have a “very” or “mostly” favorable opinion of Pope Francis, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted in March.
Women in 56 countries experienced social hostilities due to clothing that was deemed to violate religious or secular dress norms.
President Trump continues to be White Christians’ preferred candidate, but support among voters in three traditions has slipped since August.
Americans say they don’t consider Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg, Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren to be particularly religious.
Early indications are that candidate preferences by religion will be familiar in November – and closely linked to each group’s party leanings.
U.S. Jews have relatively high levels of religious knowledge. But other Americans are unable to answer some basic questions about Jewish practices.
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