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    The Religious Typology

    A new analysis looks at beliefs and behaviors that cut across many religious denominations – important traits that unite people of different faiths, or that divide those of the same religious affiliation.

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    5 facts about religion in India

    India is home to 1.4 billion people – almost one-sixth of the world’s population – who belong to a variety of ethnicities and religions. While 94% of the world’s Hindus live in India, there also are substantial populations of Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains and adherents of folk religions. Here are five facts about religion in India.

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    5. The demographic characteristics of religious typology groups

    Although demographic indicators – including race and ethnicity, age, gender, and education – were not used as factors to create the typology groups, there are clear patterns across the seven groups. The religious typology groups roughly move from oldest to youngest when going from the most to least religious. Sunday Stalwarts and God-and-Country Believers tend […]

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    Q&A: The challenges of creating a religious typology

    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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    Acknowledgments

    This report was produced by Pew Research Center as part of the Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures project, which analyzes religious change and its impact on societies around the world. Funding for the Global Religious Futures project comes from The Pew Charitable Trusts and the John Templeton Foundation. This report is a collaborative effort based on […]

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    The world’s most committed Christians live in Africa, Latin America – and the U.S.

    Christians in Africa and Latin America tend to pray more frequently, attend religious services more regularly and consider religion more important in their lives than Christians elsewhere in the world, according to a recent Pew Research Center study. At the same time, Christians in the United States also have comparatively high levels of commitment to their faith.

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    Gli europei orientali e occidentali hanno punti di vista diversi sull’importanza della religione, sulle minoranze e sui grandi temi sociali

    WASHINGTON, D.C. (29 ottobre 2018) – La Cortina di ferro che divideva l’Europa sarà anche caduta da tempo, ma ancora oggi il continente è attraversato da nette differenze di opinione verso religione, minoranze e temi sociali come il matrimonio tra persone dello stesso sesso e l’aborto legale. Rispetto ai cittadini dell’Europa occidentale, un numero minore […]

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    Why America’s ‘nones’ don’t identify with a religion

    Six-in-ten religious “nones” in the U.S. say the questioning of religious teachings is a very important reason for their lack of affiliation. The second-most-common reason is opposition to the positions taken by churches on social and political issues.

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    4. Politics and policy

    Sunday Stalwarts and God-and-Country Believers tend to be Republicans, while Religion Resisters, the Solidly Secular and the Spiritually Awake are generally Democrats. The other two groups are somewhat more mixed in their partisanship. These patterns also are reflected in differences among the typology groups on a variety of political and social issues. When it comes […]

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    Les Européens de l’Ouest et de l’Est perçoivent différemment l’importance de la religion, les minorités et les questions sociales clés

    WASHINGTON (29 octobre 2018) – Certes, le rideau de fer qui divisait autrefois l’Europe est un lointain souvenir, mais le continent est aujourd’hui divisé par des différences marquées dans les attitudes du public envers la religion, les minorités et les questions sociales comme le mariage entre personnes de même sexe et l’avortement légal. Par rapport […]