20. Religion and views on the role of government
Highly religious Americans are less likely than less religiously engaged adults to think the government should help people in need more. Religious Landscape Study by Pew Research Center.
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Highly religious Americans are less likely than less religiously engaged adults to think the government should help people in need more. Religious Landscape Study by Pew Research Center.
Most say having a personal relationship with Jesus is essential to Catholic identity. Roughly half say this about Marian devotion and helping the poor.
Adults in Turkey hold generally negative views of international powers and their respective leaders. But of the countries and organizations we asked about, Turks express the most positive attitudes toward the European Union – and a majority now support Turkey becoming an EU member, a change from 2017. As with many aspects of Turkish society, […]
Christian, Buddhist, Hindu and Muslim are the only religious identities that are each claimed by at least 5% of Asian American adults. Fewer than 1% of Asian Americans say that their present religion is Daoism or Confucianism. However, 10% of all Asian Americans say they feel close to Confucianism for reasons of culture or ancestry, […]
After years of decline, the U.S. Christian share now shows signs of leveling off. The new Religious Landscape Study explores trends in identity, beliefs and practices.
Religious “nones” are people who describe themselves as atheist, agnostic or “nothing in particular” when asked about their religious affiliation in our surveys. To measure religious affiliation in the United States, we asked: “What is your present religion, if any?” followed by a list of options: Respondents who choose atheist, agnostic or “nothing in particular” […]
Long-term analysis of 198 countries and territories shows government restrictions on religion and social hostilities toward religious groups go hand in hand.
Read about where religiously unaffiliated populations have had the largest net gains, and how those who’ve joined the “nones” identified previously.
Find out what percentage of adults have joined or left Buddhism, or remained Buddhist since childhood, in six countries.
Two-thirds of Asian American adults say they have volunteered or made a donation through a charitable organization in the United States, their Asian ancestral homeland or both places in the 12 months before the survey, which was conducted July 2022 through January 2023.[2.numoffset=”2″ While the survey captured whether Asian Americans adults have volunteered or made […]
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