How younger U.S. Jews are similar to – and different from – older U.S. Jews
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).
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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).
Black Southerners diverge from other Black Americans – especially Northeasterners and Westerners – in other ways when it comes to religion.
Nearly all Black Americans believe in God or a higher power. But what type of God do they have in mind?
Among those who are religiously unaffiliated, meanwhile, the vast majority (84%) say casual sex is sometimes or always acceptable.
Roughly nine-in-ten or more U.S. adults say it is either somewhat or very important to have a president who lives a moral, ethical life.
When it comes to abortion, members of Congress are starkly divided by party. Yet the partisan divide among Americans themselves is less stark.
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.
Black adults in the U.S. are more likely than most other Americans to read scripture regularly and to view it as the word of God.
Two-thirds of Muslims in the United States say the country needs to continue making changes to give blacks equal rights with whites.
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