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    Measuring Religion in Pew Research Center’s American Trends Panel

    Since the establishment of the ATP, the Center has gradually migrated away from telephone polling and toward online survey administration, and since early 2019, the Center has conducted most of its U.S. polling on the ATP. This shift has major implications for the way the Center measures trends in American religion – including those from the Center’s flagship Religious Landscape Studies, which were conducted by phone in 2007 and 2014.

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    12. Beliefs about God

    Nearly all Indians believe in God, with most saying they are absolutely certain in this belief. But the nature of the deities Indians believe in varies. While the majority of Hindus (61%) and Jains (54%) say there is “only one God with many manifestations,” most Muslims (66%), Christians (68%) and Sikhs (57%) say there is […]

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    3. Discrimination in society

    About eight-in-ten Americans say there is a lot or some discrimination against Muslims in their society, and two-thirds or more in the UK, Germany and France agree. In every country but Germany, significantly more say there is discrimination against Muslims than say the same of Jews. In Germany, 64% say Jews are discriminated against – […]

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    भारत में धर्म: सहिष्णुता और अलगाव

    वाशिंगटन, डी.सी. (29 जून, 2021) – Pew रिसर्च सेंटर के एक नए सर्वेक्षण के अनुसार भारत के औपनिवेशिक शासन से आज़ाद होने के 70 वर्षों से अधिक समय के बाद, भारतीयों को आम तौर पर लगता है कि उनके देश ने स्वतंत्रता के बाद के अपने आदर्शों में से एक का पूरा पालन किया है: […]

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    2. Religious affiliation and congregations

    Most Black Americans identify as Protestant. And unlike Black Americans in other faith traditions, the majority of Black Protestant churchgoers attend religious services at a house of worship where both the leadership and most other congregants are Black. Defining Black congregations To help analyze survey data, this report splits Black Protestants’ places of worship into […]

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    3. Religious demography of Indian states and territories

    As is the case in most countries, population density varies widely across India. The most populous state, Uttar Pradesh, recorded close to 200 million (20 crore) inhabitants in the 2011 census, while the southern archipelago of Lakshadweep had fewer than 100,000 (1,00,000 in India’s number system). Adherents of religious groups also are not evenly distributed […]

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    Acknowledgments

    This report is a collaborative effort based on the input and analysis of the following individuals. Find related reports online at pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/religion. Research Team Gregory A. Smith, Associate Director of Research Alan Cooperman, Director of Religion ResearchBecka A. Alper, Senior ResearcherBesheer Mohamed, Senior ResearcherElizabeth Podrebarac Sciupac, Senior ResearcherKiana Cox, Research AssociateClaire Gecewicz, Research AssociateJustin Nortey, […]