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    Chapter 1: Importance of Religion and Religious Beliefs

    While religion remains important in the lives of most Americans, the 2014 Religious Landscape Study finds that Americans as a whole have become somewhat less religious in recent years by certain traditional measures of religious commitment. For instance, fewer U.S. adults now say religion is very important in their lives than did so seven years […]

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    5. Wealth gap between middle-income and upper-income families reaches record high

    The gaps in the wealth (assets minus debts) of lower-, middle- and upper-income families are much wider than the gaps in income.[46. numoffset=”46″ Data on wealth are collected for families, as opposed to households. Technically, they are slightly different. As per the Census Bureau, a family consists of all related people living in the same […]

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    Religion and Science

    A majority of the public says science and religion often conflict, but people’s sense that they do seems to have less to do with their own religious beliefs than their perception of others’ beliefs.