General Social Survey
Where do Southern Baptists go when they leave? The answer in one chart
By Tobin Grant — June 28, 2016
Only 62 percent of Southern Baptist youth are in a Southern Baptist church today.
Forget the numbers. The big story is that religion has lost social influence. (ANALYSIS)
By Arthur E. Farnsley II — May 26, 2015
(RNS) Behind the story of Christian decline and the rise of “nones” is a long-standing debate about what religion theorists call “secularization,” the broad process by which religion gradually loses its social influence.
ANALYSIS: 7.5 million Americans lost their religion since 2012
By Tobin Grant — March 12, 2015
(RNS) From religious identity to going to church, new data show that more Americans are less religious than they were three years ago.
Gay marriage gains rapid support with US public, including conservatives
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — March 6, 2015
WASHINGTON (RNS) A solid 56 percent of Americans support same-sex marriage, up from just 11 percent in 1988.
Survey finds record 19 percent of religiously unaffiliated Americans
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — July 20, 2012
(RNS) Unbelief is on the uptick. People who check "None" for their religious affiliation are now nearly one in five Americans (19 percent), the highest ever documented, according to the Pew Center for the People and the Press. By Cathy Lynn Grossman.
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