Pew Research Center
Poll: Muslims most discriminated group in US, but Jews not far behind
By Yonat Shimron — April 2, 2024
(RNS) — The poll, taken in February, reflects changing attitudes toward U.S. Jews in the wake of the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel and the fierce, now 6-month-old war in Gaza.
African spiritualities are attracting Black Americans as a source of pride and identity
By Fiona André — March 21, 2024
(RNS) — Ancestral veneration, Haitian Vodou, Brazilian Candomblé, Cuban Santería and Ifá have gained attention among Black adults, who see it as an occasion to reconnect with their heritage and celebrate their Blackness.
Poll: Most Americans say religion’s influence is waning, and half think that’s bad
By Jack Jenkins — March 15, 2024
(RNS) — There is also growing concern among an array of religious Americans that their beliefs are in conflict with mainstream American culture.
Can American congregations learn to embrace the uncoupled?
By Elizabeth E. Evans — February 15, 2024
(RNS) — Many American congregations tend to focus on traditional families, recollecting a mid-20th-century model for church growth or else simply as a model of what a Christian life should be.
The Catholic Church needs to play a positive role in this year’s election
By Thomas Reese — January 30, 2024
(RNS) — The Catholic partisan divide provides an opportunity for the church to model proper civic behavior.
Who are the ‘nones’? New Pew study debunks myths about America’s nonreligious.
By Kathryn Post — January 24, 2024
(RNS) — 'Today, the ‘nones’ kind of look like everybody else,' said sociologist Ryan Cragun. 'At some level, we're saying, hey, actually, this is just your neighbor.'
Religious but not spiritual? Meet the skeptics favoring ritual over the supernatural
By Kathryn Post — January 23, 2024
(RNS) — Ten percent of Americans can be categorized as religious but not spiritual, according to a December 2023 study from Pew Research Center.
Americans are becoming less spiritual as well as less religious
By Mark Silk — December 11, 2023
(RNS) — But you'd never know it from the latest Pew survey.
Survey: A third of Asian Americans say religion is very important in their lives
By Richa Karmarkar — October 11, 2023
(RNS) — Around 40% of all Asian Americans said they feel close to a religion for reasons aside from religion, such as family or culture.
Secular Coalition for America confronts Trump’s attacks against atheists
By Fiona André — July 12, 2023
(RNS) — ‘He has used nonreligious people as a punching bag, as he has with many other groups for many years,’ said the director of the coalition.
This just in: Catholic churches have the worst preaching and music in the US
By Thomas Reese — June 20, 2023
(RNS) — Are Catholic services simply too boring?
Virtual worshippers often satisfied, but more Americans choose in-person services
By Adelle M. Banks — June 2, 2023
(RNS) — ‘Broadly speaking, the survey finds that most Americans who watch religious services on screens are happy with them,’ Pew researchers found.
COVID-19 and the decline of religion in America
By Mark Silk — May 17, 2023
(RNS) — Evidence that in the United States, pandemics depress faith.
Fewer evangelicals support public school childhood vaccine requirements, survey shows
By Adelle M. Banks — May 16, 2023
(RNS) — Significant majorities across religious groups say the benefits of childhood vaccines outweigh the risks from getting them.
When it comes to religion, ‘Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret’ was decades ahead of its time
By Jana Riess — April 26, 2023
(RNS) — For me, the story’s attraction wasn’t just that it made me feel ‘seen’ in my anxieties about boys or periods or bras. It was also that someone finally understood my family’s complicated absence from religion.
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