Religion - Research and data from Pew Research Center https://www.pewresearch.org/topic/religion/ Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World Mon, 23 Jun 2025 17:38:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/images/symbol-alt.svg Religion - Research and data from Pew Research Center https://www.pewresearch.org/topic/religion/ 32 32 222456345 Support for Christian prayer in U.S. public schools varies widely by state https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/06/23/support-for-christian-prayer-in-us-public-schools-varies-widely-by-state/ Mon, 23 Jun 2025 13:53:24 +0000 https://www.pewresearch.org/?post_type=short-read&p=262999 Just over half of U.S. adults (52%) say they favor allowing public school teachers to lead their classes in prayers that refer to Jesus.

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]]> 262999 How U.S. Muslims compare with other Americans religiously and demographically https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/06/18/how-us-muslims-compare-with-other-americans-religiously-and-demographically/ Wed, 18 Jun 2025 15:19:18 +0000 https://www.pewresearch.org/?post_type=short-read&p=262792 U.S. Muslims tend to be younger and more highly educated than other Americans. But they're similar to Christians on many religiousness measures.

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]]> 262792 Public Opinion on Abortion https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/fact-sheet/public-opinion-on-abortion/ Thu, 12 Jun 2025 17:53:08 +0000 Abortion has long been a contentious issue in the United States, and it is one that sharply divides Americans along partisan, ideological and religious lines.

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]]> 6499 Video: How much ‘religious switching’ is there in the U.S.? https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2025/06/10/video-how-much-religious-switching-is-there-in-the-us/ Tue, 10 Jun 2025 19:39:13 +0000 https://www.pewresearch.org/?p=261815 35% of U.S. adults no longer identify with the religion in which they were raised – that's about 90 million people who have changed their religious identities.

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]]> 261815 Islam was the world’s fastest-growing religion from 2010 to 2020 https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/06/10/islam-was-the-worlds-fastest-growing-religion-from-2010-to-2020/ Tue, 10 Jun 2025 14:00:36 +0000 https://www.pewresearch.org/?post_type=short-read&p=261727 From 2010 to 2020, the number of Muslims increased by 347 million people to 2.0 billion people.

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]]> 261727 Religious Composition by Country, 2010-2020 https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/feature/religious-composition-by-country-2010-2020/ Mon, 09 Jun 2025 17:46:26 +0000 https://www.pewresearch.org/?p=6531 Find how many people identify with each religious group and what percent each made up in 201 countries and territories, and by region, in 2010 and 2020.

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]]> 6531 Video: How religious are young Americans today? https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2025/05/28/video-how-religious-are-young-americans-today/ Wed, 28 May 2025 21:39:05 +0000 https://www.pewresearch.org/?p=239522 Young adults today are less religious than older adults by traditional measures. But when it comes to spirituality, the differences are smaller.

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]]> 239522 How Much Discrimination Do Americans Say Groups Face in the U.S.? https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2025/05/20/how-much-discrimination-do-americans-say-groups-face-in-the-u-s/ Tue, 20 May 2025 17:57:22 +0000 https://www.pewresearch.org/?p=239215 Republicans are less likely than in 2024 to say there is discrimination against Black, Hispanic, Asian and White people.

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]]> 239215 Video: How common are spiritual beliefs in the U.S.? https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2025/05/13/video-how-common-are-spiritual-beliefs-in-the-us/ Tue, 13 May 2025 21:51:49 +0000 https://www.pewresearch.org/?p=238804 In this video, we dive into the impact spirituality has on Americans and how it overlaps with and differs from religiousness.

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]]> 238804 Americans’ Trust in One Another https://www.pewresearch.org/2025/05/08/americans-trust-in-one-another/ Thu, 08 May 2025 13:48:15 +0000 https://www.pewresearch.org/?p=230988 Americans trust each other less than they did a few decades ago. We explore why this is, and why some are more trusting than others.

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