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reportApr 30, 2019

What happens when a survey estimate doesn’t match a known benchmark

From time to time, data collected through surveys doesn’t match sources that are widely acknowledged as accurate.
short readsOct 11, 2018

Recent Chinese dealings with faith groups reflect a pattern of government restrictions on religion

While the Chinese government asserts that it protects religious freedom, a series of annual Pew Research Center reports on religious restrictions around the globe have detailed government efforts aimed at maintaining strict control over religious beliefs and practices in the country. Two recent events have brought this into focus: China’s agreement with the Vatican on […]
reportJan 3, 2019

Faith on the Hill

The new, 116th Congress includes the first two Muslim women ever to serve in the House of Representatives, and is, overall, slightly more religiously diverse than the prior Congress.
reportSep 19, 2018

Stephanie Kramer

Stephanie Kramer is a senior researcher at Pew Research Center specializing in religion. She is an expert in global religious demography and the psychology of religion. Kramer is an author of Pew Research Center reports such as The Changing Global Religious Landscape, Religion and Living Arrangements Around the World, Europe’s Growing Muslim Population, and The Age […]
reportAug 29, 2018

2. Attitudes toward organized religion

The highly religious typology groups – Sunday Stalwarts, God-and-Country Believers and the Diversely Devout – tend to have positive views of churches and other religious institutions. Majorities in each of these groups say that religious organizations strengthen morality, bring people together and do more good than harm. By contrast, the nonreligious groups – the Solidly […]
short readsOct 29, 2018

In EU, there’s an East-West divide over religious minorities, gay marriage, national identity

In the EU, Central and Eastern Europeans differ from Western Europeans in their views on certain issues, including religious minorities and gay marriage.
short readsOct 1, 2018

‘New Age’ beliefs common among both religious and nonreligious Americans

Many U.S. Christians – as well as the religiously unaffiliated – hold “New Age” beliefs, which include belief in reincarnation and astrology.
reportFeb 6, 2019

The Evolution of Pew Research Center’s Survey Questions About the Origins and Development of Life on Earth

Measuring public opinion on evolution has never been an easy task for survey researchers.
short readsSep 26, 2018

Black men are less religious than black women, but more religious than white women and men

Research has shown that men in the United States are generally less religious than women. And while this pattern holds true among black Americans, black men are still a highly religious group.
short readsAug 29, 2018

From the Solidly Secular to Sunday Stalwarts, a look at our new religious typology

Most American adults identify with a religion, describing themselves as Protestants, Catholics or Jews, to name just a few examples. But a new Pew Research Center analysis looks at beliefs and behaviors that cut across many religious identities, producing a new and revealing classification, or typology, of religion in America that sorts U.S. adults into seven cohesive groups.

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What happens when a survey estimate doesn’t match a known benchmark

Recent Chinese dealings with faith groups reflect a pattern of government restrictions on religion

Faith on the Hill

Stephanie Kramer

2. Attitudes toward organized religion

In EU, there’s an East-West divide over religious minorities, gay marriage, national identity

‘New Age’ beliefs common among both religious and nonreligious Americans

The Evolution of Pew Research Center’s Survey Questions About the Origins and Development of Life on Earth

Black men are less religious than black women, but more religious than white women and men

From the Solidly Secular to Sunday Stalwarts, a look at our new religious typology