Religion & Politics

While there has been a decades-long decline in the Christian share of U.S. adults, 88% of the voting members in the new 118th Congress identify as Christian. That is only a few points lower than their share in the late 1970s.

There has been a jump in the share of U.S. adults who see the Supreme Court as “friendly” toward religion.

But they hold differing opinions about what that phrase means, and two-thirds of U.S. adults say churches should keep out of politics.

How do Republicans who support legal abortion and Democrats who oppose it differ from their fellow partisans? One difference involves religion.

About three-quarters of U.S. Catholics (76%) say abortion should be illegal in some cases but legal in others.

A majority of Americans say abortion should be legal in all or most cases, but many are open to restrictions; many opponents of legal abortion say it should be legal in some circumstances.

While Biden’s rating is still low among White Christians, positive ratings also fell among Black Protestants and the religiously unaffiliated.

Highly religious Americans are much more likely to see society in those terms, while nonreligious people tend to see more ambiguity.

A majority of Republicans along with a smaller but substantial majority of Democrats believe in heaven, hell or some other form of afterlife.

Here are some recent survey findings about Joe Biden, the pope, the debate over whether the president should receive Communion, and more.