Key findings about the religious composition of India
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.
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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.
Indonesia is about 87% Muslim and 11% Christian. Roughly 242 million Muslims and 29 million Christians live in Indonesia.
Nearly all adults in the six countries surveyed say diversity has either a positive or a neutral impact on their country.
In the United States, 21% of adults overall say they fast for certain periods during holy times.
Overall, 56% of Singaporean adults say that having people of different religions, ethnic groups and cultures makes the country a better place to live.
Indians nearly universally say it is important for women to have the same rights as men, including eight-in-ten who say this is very important.
58% of U.S. adults say they do not believe “we are living in the end times” – the destruction of the world as we know it.
Disagreements among Americans across the religious spectrum extend to personal issues, such as life priorities and gender roles in the family.
Today, there are millions of Christians in India, although they make up just 2.4% of the country’s massive population.
Highly religious Americans are much more likely to see society in those terms, while nonreligious people tend to see more ambiguity.
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