Religion and Society

ReportJanuary 22, 2020

Most U.S. adults know what the Holocaust was and approximately when it happened, but fewer than half can correctly answer multiple-choice questions about the number of Jews who were murdered or the way Adolf Hitler came to power, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.

Fact TankJanuary 13, 2020

Among U.S. adults who attend services a few times a year or more, 45% say they’re not sure whether their clergy are Democrats or Republicans.

Fact TankJanuary 3, 2020

Globally, women are younger than their male partners. They also are more likely to age alone and to live in single-parent households.

Fact TankDecember 20, 2019

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

Fact TankDecember 20, 2019

Among the changes: Smartphones and social media became the norm, church attendance fell, and same-sex marriage and legalizing marijuana gained support.

ReportDecember 16, 2019

This Pew Research Center analysis harnesses computational techniques to identify, collect and analyze the sermons that U.S. churches livestream or share on their websites each week.

Fact TankDecember 13, 2019

Globally, Muslims live in the biggest households, followed by Hindus, Christians, Buddhists, Jews and the religiously unaffiliated.

ReportDecember 12, 2019

Household size and composition often vary by religious affiliation, data from 130 countries and territories reveals. Muslims and Hindus have larger households than Christians and religious “nones,” influenced in part by regional norms.

Fact TankDecember 10, 2019

Teens in the South express their religion in school more often than teens in other parts of the United States.

Fact TankDecember 3, 2019

Catholics have less confidence in their clergy's advice than Protestants – and are less likely to claim a close relationship with clergy.

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