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Benjamin Wormald

Senior Engineer

Benjamin Wormald is a senior engineer at Pew Research Center.

Publications

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    Religious Landscape Study: Database

    The Religious Landscape Study is a comprehensive survey of more than 35,000 Americans’ religious identities, beliefs and practices that’s been conducted in 2007, 2014 and 2023-24. Pew Research Center.

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    In their own words, how Americans explain why bad things happen

    Why is there so much suffering and evil in the world? This question can be particularly confounding for those who believe in a good and all-powerful God, as is often described in the Abrahamic religious traditions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. For centuries, philosophers and theologians have grappled with this “problem of evil.”

  • short reads
    How religious is your state?

    How religious is your state?

    Southern states are among the most highly religious states in the U.S., while those in New England are among the least devout.

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    Differences among Cable Channels (Iraq War Reportage)

    Our content analysis also shows measurable differences in what each of the cable networks puts on the air. This study made no attempt to identify bias, or whether one network tilted to the Democrats or Republicans. Some more basic distinctions, however, were evident. Fox was measurably more one-sided than the other networks, and Fox journalists […]

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    What Difference Does Faith Make?

    Americans Speak On The Intersection of Faith and Public Life At a time when the president-elect is convening meetings of faith leaders to discuss church-state partnerships and assembling the first ever White House office on faith-based action, Americans have mixed views about the proper relationship between religion and public affairs, according to a new study […]