Religiously Unaffiliated

Nearly two-thirds of Hindus (64%) in India say it is very important to be Hindu to be truly Indian, our survey found.

Indians see religious tolerance as a central part of who they are as a nation. Across the major religious groups, most people say it is very important to respect all religions to be “truly Indian.”

The American Jewish population, like other religious groups, is in flux. Still, 88% of U.S. adults who were raised Jewish are still Jewish.

Jews ages 18 to 29 are just as likely as those 65 and older to say they attend religious services at least monthly (22% each).

What does it mean to be Jewish in America? A new Pew Research Center survey looks into this diverse group.

Today, most Black adults say they rely on prayer to help make major decisions, and view opposing racism as essential to their religious faith.

Since the establishment of the ATP, the Center has gradually migrated away from telephone polling and toward online survey administration, and since early 2019, the Center has conducted most of its U.S. polling on the ATP. This shift has major implications for the way the Center measures trends in American religion – including those from the Center’s flagship Religious Landscape Studies, which were conducted by phone in 2007 and 2014.

In most of the 18 countries analyzed, religiously unaffiliated adults were more likely to say homosexuality should be accepted by society.

Christians are more likely than religiously unaffiliated Americans to see the Supreme Court favorably (69% vs. 51%).

Atheists and agnostics know more about religion than most other religious groups, while those with no particular religion are among the least knowledgeable.