Pew Research Center
Most adults in US, 16 other nations say belief in God, morality not always linked
By Adelle M. Banks — April 20, 2023
(RNS) — Pew Research Center released the findings — that also hold true among most of those affiliated with a religion — from its Global Attitudes Survey.
Survey: US-born Latinos now more likely to be ‘nones’ than Catholic
By Alejandra Molina — April 13, 2023
(RNS) — Among the 65% who said they were raised Catholic, 23% said they no longer identified as such.
How much do Americans know about the faiths around them?
By Ryan Burge — February 15, 2023
(RNS) — And what helps us most to understand our neighbors’ faiths?
Young evangelicals listen to their pastors. Do pastors listen to them?
By Ken Chitwood — January 11, 2023
(RNS) — ‘The nice thing is they still want to talk and want to know what I think,’ said one pastor. ‘The question is what I can do with these conversations.’
Congress’ new class has much higher percentage of Christians than American public
By Adelle M. Banks — January 3, 2023
(RNS) — Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, an independent from Arizona, remains the only member of the new Congress who uses the description of religiously unaffiliated.
Poll: Nearly half of Americans think the US should be a Christian nation
By Jack Jenkins — October 27, 2022
(RNS) — But those who say that tend to avoid hard-line positions and have different views about what a Christian nation should look like.
When preachers get political, do they change minds?
By Ryan Burge — August 3, 2022
(RNS) — Preachers tend to risk political speech only when they know it will receive a warm reception.
Religious beliefs give strength to the anti-abortion movement – but not all religions agree
By Steven K. Green — May 11, 2022
(The Conversation) — A scholar of constitutional law and American religious history explains how the abortion issue has been historically rooted in religious beliefs, giving a moral certainty that law cannot provide.
Survey: White evangelicals oppose abortion; all other religious groups support it
By Yonat Shimron — May 6, 2022
(RNS) — US religions have wide-ranging opinions on legality of abortion. But most support legal abortion.
Study: Atheists who are women, Republicans or Southerners more likely to hide beliefs
By Alejandra Molina — March 10, 2022
(RNS) — In groups that statistically have the fewest number of atheists, the atheists among them are less vocal.
New academic journal will challenge notion that religions hate queer and trans people
By Alejandra Molina — February 11, 2022
(RNS) — 'When we say a particular religion hates queer people, we’re erasing the queer people in that religion,' said Melissa M. Wilcox, a religious studies professor at the University of California at Riverside.
Someone is killing Republicans and Trump voters
By Thomas Reese — December 8, 2021
(RNS) — It is up to conservative leaders to save their own.
Survey: Americans think bad things just happen; God is not responsible
By Yonat Shimron — November 23, 2021
(RNS) — The vast majority of U.S. adults ascribe suffering at least partly to random chance, a new Pew Research survey found.
Amid Black exodus, young Catholics are pushing the church to address racism
By Alejandra Molina — November 15, 2021
(RNS) — For many Black Catholics, there's a fundamental belief that you cannot be a Christian and a racist. 'We have a duty to preach the gospel to our white brothers and sisters,' said Byron Wratee.
Study: Social hostility to religion declines, but government restrictions rise
By Yonat Shimron — September 30, 2021
(RNS) — Governments in more than 80% of the represented countries harassed religious groups in some way, though use of force was less common, a new Pew study found.
