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reportSep 26, 2024

Many Catholics in the U.S. and Latin America Want the Church to Allow Birth Control and to Let Women Become Priests

Views vary on other ideas, such as recognizing same-sex marriages. Most see Pope Francis as a change in the church’s direction, and he’s broadly popular.
reportNov 17, 2022

4. Religious groups’ views on climate change

Most Americans say the Earth is getting warmer, including a narrow majority (53%) who say it is mostly because of human activity, such as burning fossil fuels. Most also view global climate change as an extremely or very serious problem. Assessing potential consequences, 62% foresee rising numbers of extreme weather events, and 58% think an […]
reportDec 7, 2023

4. Spiritual experiences

Large majorities of Americans say they feel a deep sense of wonder about the universe (71%) or a deep sense of spiritual peace and well-being (66%) several times a year or more often. Other types of spiritual experience are less common, yet still experienced by many Americans. Almost half of U.S. adults (45%) report ever […]
short readsOct 27, 2022

A closer look at Americans who believe the U.S. should be a Christian nation

More than eight-in-ten people who say the U.S. should be a Christian nation (86%) are themselves Christian.
reportSep 13, 2022

Appendix B: Supplemental analyses

Pew Research Center conducted analyses not detailed elsewhere in this report to make decisions that shaped projections. This appendix contains an overview of some of these analyses. Trends in other sources of religious composition data This report considers how the rapid and continuous rise of religious “nones” in the United States might continue or change […]
short readsDec 7, 2022

Younger evangelicals in the U.S. are more concerned than their elders about climate change

Evangelical Protestant adults under 40 are more likely than older evangelicals to say climate change is an extremely or very serious problem.
short readsJul 7, 2022

Attitudes about transgender issues vary widely among Christians, religious ‘nones’ in U.S.

Americans increasingly say gender is determined by one’s sex assigned at birth, but they differ by religion on this and other transgender issues.
reportSep 13, 2022

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 (grant 61640). This report is a collaborative effort […]
reportDec 10, 2024

Methodology

The American Trends Panel survey methodology Overview Data in this report comes from Wave 157 of the American Trends Panel (ATP), Pew Research Center’s nationally representative panel of randomly selected U.S. adults. The survey was conducted from Oct. 7 to Oct. 13, 2024, among a sample of ATP members who indicated that they currently work […]
short readsDec 8, 2022

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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Many Catholics in the U.S. and Latin America Want the Church to Allow Birth Control and to Let Women Become Priests

4. Spiritual experiences

A closer look at Americans who believe the U.S. should be a Christian nation

Appendix B: Supplemental analyses

Younger evangelicals in the U.S. are more concerned than their elders about climate change

Attitudes about transgender issues vary widely among Christians, religious ‘nones’ in U.S.

Acknowledgments

About four-in-ten U.S. adults believe humanity is ‘living in the end times’

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