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Survey: Most Americans aren’t comfortable going back to religious services
By Yonat Shimron — June 23, 2020
(RNS) — The only religious group comfortable with church reopenings was white evangelicals — strong partisan supporters of the Republican Party and President Donald Trump.
Poll: The ‘Trump bump’ is over, especially among white Christians
By Yonat Shimron — May 1, 2020
(RNS) — Among white evangelicals, Trump’s favorability ratings fell to 66% from a high of 77% in March when the coronavirus first began spreading across the country.
Survey: Half of American Jews have experienced or witnessed anti-Semitism
By Yonat Shimron — April 21, 2020
(RNS) — The survey, conducted in January before the coronavirus outbreak, found that nearly two-thirds of Jews (63%) reported that they feel less safe than they did a decade ago.
For first time, survey finds majority of pastors says global warming is real, man-made
By Adelle M. Banks — April 21, 2020
(RNS) — In previous studies, researchers found pastors were more skeptical of human-caused climate change.
Survey numbers chart evangelical defiance against the states
By Paul A. Djupe — April 17, 2020
(RNS) — It appears that only through viral infection do holdout congregants finally get the public health message.
Study: Trump’s support among GOP, white evangelicals ‘remarkably stable’
By Yonat Shimron — February 26, 2020
(RNS) — Among the groups that viewed the president unfavorably were African Americans, Hispanics, non-Christian religious Americans and religiously unaffiliated Americans.
Study: Christians, Jews have smaller families, solo living and parenting styles
By Yonat Shimron — December 12, 2019
(RNS) — The Pew Research Center study found that Muslims across the globe live in the biggest households. Christians fall in the middle. One in 10 Jews worldwide live alone.
Pew report: Older US Christians being quickly replaced by young ‘nones’
By Yonat Shimron — October 17, 2019
(RNS) — The latest survey shows Christians have declined by 12 percentage points over the past decade.
Survey: Less than 25% in any US state approves total ban on abortion
By Adelle M. Banks — August 13, 2019
(RNS) — The survey's state-by-state findings come at a time when overall national views on the legality of abortion have remained stable. In 2018, 15% of those surveyed said it should be illegal in all cases, compared to 16% in 2014.
Slavery history still affects blacks, half of practicing Christians say in survey
By Adelle M. Banks — June 26, 2019
(RNS) — Slightly more than a quarter of both practicing Christians and the general population (28%) say our society has moved past the history of slavery.
Survey: Most Americans continue to oppose religious service refusals to LGBT people
By Yonat Shimron — March 26, 2019
(RNS) — Last year's Supreme Court decision granting some vendors the right to refuse service based on their beliefs has had no measurable effect on popular sentiment.
Fat and happy: the comforts of practicing a religion
By Yonat Shimron — January 31, 2019
(RNS) — In 35 countries, people who are active in religious congregations tend to be happier than those who attend infrequently or not at all. But active participation in religion is also associated with being fat.
For most Americans, new research says, family comes first
By Yonat Shimron — November 20, 2018
(RNS) — But among those who do find a great deal of meaning in their religious faith, more than half say it is the single most important source of meaning in their lives.
Survey: Summer camp may be key to fostering Reform Jewish values
By Yonat Shimron — October 2, 2018
(RNS) — The success of Jewish overnight camps is well-documented. A new survey attempts to measure whether camps also help shape adult Jewish values and social justice commitments.
Survey shows more pastors preach about abuse in #MeToo age
By Adelle M. Banks — September 18, 2018
COLUMBUS, Ohio (RNS) — The survey by LifeWay Research offers a detailed look at Protestant pastors’ attitudes and actions related to abuse and harassment.
