Gallup
Is religion good for you? The answer is complicated, new global Gallup report finds.
By Bob Smietana — October 10, 2023
(RNS) — A review of 10 years of global polling looks at the complicated connection between spirituality and health.
Why America’s secularization is good for American democracy
By Phil Zuckerman — August 2, 2023
(RNS) — Belief has benefits for society. But American religion’s decline may nonetheless save the country.
As organized religion falters, the devil falls on hard times
By Bob Smietana — July 27, 2023
(RNS) — As faith in God fails, so does belief in the devil. And that may have consequences.
Erasing pro-life Christians of color
By Charles C. Camosy — August 30, 2022
(RNS) — A post-Dobbs narrative breezily associates all anti-abortion activism and policies with racism.
Poll: Americans’ belief in God is dropping
By Yonat Shimron — June 21, 2022
(RNS) — In the latest Gallup Poll, belief in God dipped to 81%, down 6 percentage points from 2017, and the lowest since Gallup first asked the question in 1944.
Record numbers of Americans identify as LGBTQ. What does that mean for Christianity?
By Jonathan S. Coley and R.G. Cravens — February 23, 2022
(RNS) — LGBTQ Americans are opting out of organized religion altogether partly because evangelical Christian denominations and the Roman Catholic Church oppose LGBTQ rights and same-sex marriage.
Study: More churches closing than opening
By Yonat Shimron — May 26, 2021
(RNS) — The study, which analyzed church data from 34 Protestant denominations and groups, found that 4,500 churches closed in 2019, while about 3,000 new congregations were started.
Gallup: Fewer than half of Americans belong to a church or other house of worship
By Bob Smietana — March 29, 2021
(RNS) — While Americans still believe in God, a growing number have dropped out of organized religion.
New poll shows growing view that clergy are irrelevant
By Yonat Shimron — July 16, 2019
(RNS) — Doctors, teachers, members of the military — even scientists — are viewed more positively than clergy. The less frequently people attend church, the more negative their views of clergy.
Gallup: Number of Americans who belong to a church or house of worship plummets
By Bob Smietana — April 18, 2019
(RNS) — A new Gallup study found that only half of Americans belong to a church or other house of worship, down from 69 percent two decades ago.
Survey: More than a third of US Catholics question loyalty in wake of scandals
By Jack Jenkins — March 13, 2019
(RNS) — More Catholics are questioning whether they should remain in the church today than did in 2002.
Billy Graham set a record on Gallup’s ‘Most Admired Man’ list
By Yogita Patel — February 26, 2018
(RNS) — In 2017, even though he had not appeared in public for years, he still ranked fourth.
Mississippi still rules the religiosity rankings
By Lauren Markoe — February 9, 2017
(RNS) And at the bottom for the ninth year in a row: Vermont.
Americans prefer ‘pro-choice’ label by biggest margin in seven years
By David Gibson — May 29, 2015
(RNS) The latest poll could signal an end to the seesaw battle that has characterized opinions on abortion over the past few years.
Jeopardy religion: Name a ‘small, historically prominent American Protestant denomination’
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — December 31, 2014
Answer: What is the Episcopal Church? And why do we need to put it in cultural context, like a rare bird?
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