One-in-Five U.S. Adults Were Raised in Interfaith Homes
Roughly one-in-five U.S. adults were raised with a mixed religious background, according to a new Pew Research Center study.
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Roughly one-in-five U.S. adults were raised with a mixed religious background, according to a new Pew Research Center study.
This report, which is part of Pew Research Center’s U.S. Religious Landscape Study, was made possible by The Pew Charitable Trusts, which received support for the project from Lilly Endowment Inc. The study is a collaborative effort based on the input and analysis of the following individuals. Primary Researchers Gregory A. Smith, Associate Director, Research […]
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 […]
This study was made possible by The Pew Charitable Trusts, which received support for the survey from the Neubauer Family Foundation. This report is a collaborative effort based on the input and analysis of the following individuals: Primary Researchers Neha Sahgal, Senior ResearcherAlan Cooperman, Director of Religion Research Research Team Angelina E. Theodorou, Research AnalystKatie […]
Worldwide, both government restrictions on religion and social hostilities involving religion decreased modestly from 2013 to 2014 despite a rise in religion-related terrorism, according to Pew Research Center’s latest annual study on global restrictions on religion.[1. This is the fourth time Pew Research Center has analyzed restrictions on religion in a calendar year. Earlier reports […]
The analysis in this report is based on telephone interviews conducted Jan. 7-14, 2016 among a national sample of 2,009 adults, 18 years of age or older, living in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia (504 respondents were interviewed on a landline telephone and 1,505 were interviewed on a cellphone, including 867 […]
The analysis in this report is based on telephone interviews conducted Jan. 7-14, 2016 among a national sample of 2,009 adults, 18 years of age or older, living in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia (504 respondents were interviewed on a landline telephone, and 1,505 were interviewed on a cellphone, including 867 […]
Most self-identified Christians in the U.S. say believing in God and praying regularly are “essential” to what being Christian means to them. Similarly, majorities of U.S. Christians say honesty, forgiveness and gratitude are vital parts of their Christian identity. About half of Christians say working to help the needy and committing to spend time with […]
Many countries have laws that ban or limit women from wearing religious attire in public places. By comparison, far fewer countries require women to wear particular types of attire for religious reasons.
A new Pew Research Center study of the ways religion influences the daily lives of Americans finds that people who are highly religious are more engaged with their extended families, more likely to volunteer, more involved in their communities and generally happier with the way things are going in their lives.