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Jonathan Evans

Senior Researcher

Expertise:Religion and Public Life

Jonathan Evans is a senior researcher at Pew Research Center, where he contributes to international polling projects focused on religion and national identity. Jonathan received his master’s degree from Georgetown University and holds a bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University. He is an author of studies on “How Indians View Gender Roles in Families and Society,” “Religion in India: Tolerance and Segregation,” “Being Christian in Western Europe” and “Religious Belief and National Belonging in Central and Eastern Europe.”

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short readsDec 20, 2019

Many Catholics in Latin America – including a majority in Brazil – support allowing priests to marry

In Brazil – home to the world’s largest Catholic population – a majority of Catholics are in favor of allowing priests to marry.
reportMar 6, 2019

On a scale from 1 to 10, how much do the numbers used in survey scales really matter?

Understanding how the numeric labels on scales might influence survey responses is an area of ongoing investigation for researchers.
short readsFeb 19, 2019

British attitudes on national identity and religious minorities not unique in EU

On issues including national identity and religious minorities, views among UK adults align very closely to general opinion across the EU.
short readsFeb 12, 2019

Once a majority, Protestants now account for fewer than a third of Germans

Germany has seen a dramatic shift away from Protestantism – one that has greatly outpaced a decline in the share of Germans who are Catholic.
short readsDec 5, 2018

How do European countries differ in religious commitment? Use our interactive map to find out

Within Europe, there are sometimes sizable differences in levels of religious commitment. A new interactive lets you explore these differences.
short readsSep 21, 2018

Pope Francis to visit the three Baltic countries – only one of which is majority Catholic

Pope Francis begins a four-day trip this weekend to the Baltic states, the first papal visit to these countries in 25 years. While the Baltic countries have a substantial Christian population, only Lithuania and Latvia have large numbers of Catholics.
short readsSep 5, 2018

U.S. adults are more religious than Western Europeans

American adults – both Christian and unaffiliated – are considerably more religious than their European counterparts by a variety of measures. For instance, about two-thirds of U.S. Christians pray daily, compared with a median of just 18% of Christians across 15 European countries.
short readsJul 24, 2018

In Western Europe, familiarity with Muslims is linked to positive views of Muslims and Islam

Across Western Europe, people who say they personally know a Muslim are generally more likely than others to have positive opinions of Muslims and their religion. However, knowing something about Islam – as opposed to personally knowing a Muslim – is less associated with positive feelings of Muslims and Islam.
short readsJun 19, 2017

Unlike their Central and Eastern European neighbors, most Czechs don’t believe in God

The vast majority of adults in Central and Eastern Europe identify with a religious group and believe in God. But one country is an exception to this pattern: the Czech Republic.
short readsMay 22, 2017

Most in former Yugoslavia favor multicultural society, although some tensions remain

Most people in Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia seem willing to share their societies with ethnic and religious groups different from their own.