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    1. What impact do people around the world think religion has on their society?

    Large shares of adults in most of the 36 countries we surveyed say religion helps society rather than harms it.[2. numoffset=”2″ In the U.S., we previously asked very similar questions about the impact of religion on society using a slightly different scale. For more, read the 2023 report “Spirituality Among Americans.”] Most also say religion […]

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    Kirsten Lesage

    Kirsten Lesage is a Research Associate on Pew Research Center’s Religion and Public Life team, specializing in international survey research. Her research explores religious identities, beliefs and practices around the world. She has worked on surveys examining ‘religious switching’ in 36 countries, religion and spirituality in East Asian societies, and religious tolerance. Kirsten holds a doctorate in developmental psychology from the […]

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    3. Beliefs

    Belief in unseen beings and natural spirits are widespread in the region.

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    Acknowledgments

    Pew Research Center is a subsidiary of The Pew Charitable Trusts, its primary funder. This report and related research on religion and spirituality in the United States was funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts with support from the Lilly Endowment Inc., Templeton Religion Trust, The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations and the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust. […]

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    Measuring Religion in China

    Only one-in-ten Chinese adults formally identify with a religion, but surveys indicate that religion plays a much bigger role in China when the definition is widened to include questions on spirituality, customs and traditional beliefs.