About four-in-ten U.S. adults believe humanity is ‘living in the end times’
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.
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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.
Just about a third of Indian adults (35%) say they ever practice yoga, including 22% who say they do so monthly or less.
Immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa tend to be more religious than U.S.-born Black adults or immigrants from the Caribbean.
Today, most Black adults say they rely on prayer to help make major decisions, and view opposing racism as essential to their religious faith.
While teens in the United States take after their parents religiously in many ways, they stand out in some others.
About half of black Muslims are converts to Islam, a relatively high conversion level. Black Muslims, like black Americans overall, have high levels of religious commitment.
This new analysis creates a typology that cuts across denominations, sorting Americans into seven groups, or “clusters,” based on their religious practices and values, their views about religion in general, and the sources of meaning and fulfillment in their lives. Rich Morin, a senior editor at the Center, explains how the study was put together, and discusses the role of cluster analysis in creating the typology.
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