2. Religious switching
Millions of Americans have switched religions over the course of their lives, and most say their religiousness or spirituality has generally shifted too. Religious Landscape Study by Pew Research Center.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Millions of Americans have switched religions over the course of their lives, and most say their religiousness or spirituality has generally shifted too. Religious Landscape Study by Pew Research Center.
Read about where Christianity has had the largest net losses, and how those who’ve left Christianity now identify religiously.
Find out what percentage of adults have joined or left Buddhism, or remained Buddhist since childhood, in six countries.
Find out what percentage of adults have joined or left Islam, or remained Muslim since childhood, in 13 countries.
Find out what percentage of adults have joined or left Hinduism, or remained Hindu since childhood, in four countries.
Find out what percentage of adults have joined or left Judaism, or remained Jewish since childhood, in the U.S. and Israel.
Read how demographic factors – age composition, life expectancy and fertility rates – and religious switching changed the global religious landscape.
The share of people who retain their childhood religious identity in adulthood varies across religious categories.
Read about where religiously unaffiliated populations have had the largest net gains, and how those who’ve joined the “nones” identified previously.
35% of U.S. adults no longer identify with the religion in which they were raised – that’s about 90 million people who have changed their religious identities.
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