Key findings about the religious composition of India
Religious pluralism has long been a core value in India. A new report shows that India’s religious composition has been fairly stable since 1951.
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Religious pluralism has long been a core value in India. A new report shows that India’s religious composition has been fairly stable since 1951.
Indians nearly universally say it is important for women to have the same rights as men, including eight-in-ten who say this is very important.
58% of U.S. adults say they do not believe “we are living in the end times” – the destruction of the world as we know it.
Our new survey of 29,999 Indian adults takes a closer look at religious identity, nationalism and tolerance in Indian society.
Highly religious Americans are much more likely to see society in those terms, while nonreligious people tend to see more ambiguity.
Indians overall know very little about Jainism and its practices. Here are six facts about Jains in India, from a June 2021 Center report.
We’ve distilled key findings from our data into four email mini-lessons to help people develop a better understanding of Muslims and Islam.
Globally, Muslims live in the biggest households, followed by Hindus, Christians, Buddhists, Jews and the religiously unaffiliated.
Almost all New Zealanders said in a 2011-2012 survey that they would accept a neighbor of a different religion.
Buddhists made up roughly 7% of the world’s population in 2015. Half of the world’s Buddhists live in China.
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