European countries that have mandatory church taxes are about as religious as their neighbors that don’t
In general, Western European countries that have a mandatory church tax aren’t any less religious than those that don’t have such a tax.
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 Alan Cooperman, Director of Religion Research Gregory A. Smith, Associate Director of Research Cary Funk, Director of Science and Society Research Besheer Mohamed, Senior Researcher Philip Schwadel, Senior Researcher Becka A. […]
Dalia Fahmy is a senior writer/editor at Pew Research Center, focusing on race, ethnicity and migration in the United States. Previously, she was on the Center’s religion team and worked on publications including Buddhism’s Recent Decline in East Asia and How the Global Religious Landscape Changed From 2010 to 2020. Before joining the Center, Fahmy […]
The study, funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts and the John Templeton Foundation, is part of a larger effort by Pew Research Center to understand religious change and its impact on societies around the world. The Center previously has conducted religion-focused surveys across sub-Saharan Africa; the Middle East-North Africa region and many other countries with […]
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 […]