Pew Research Center
‘Humanists for Biden-Harris’ to mobilize nonreligious vote
By Jack Jenkins — September 28, 2020
(RNS) — The group hopes to reach atheists, agnostics and other religiously unaffiliated voters who make up the largest belief group in the Democratic Party.
To cope with pandemic, Americans choose binge-watching TV over the Bible
By Emily McFarlan Miller — August 7, 2020
(RNS) — A Pew Research Center survey released Friday (Aug. 7) found that TV, exercise and friends are more popular ways of coping with the pandemic than prayer or the Bible.
COVID-19 costs President Trump support among Catholics
By Thomas Reese — June 16, 2020
(RNS) — Though their influence has been waning in recent cycles, keep an eye on Catholic voters if you want to know what will happen in November.
Is Trump killing his supporters?
By Thomas Reese — April 2, 2020
(RNS) — Data from the Pew Research Center indicates that Republicans may have risked their lives because they trusted the president’s views on the pandemic.
Four Catholic solutions to toxic politics
By Thomas Reese — January 9, 2020
(RNS) — As the largest church with an equal number of Republicans and Democrats, Catholics have a special obligation to try something before it is too late.
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.
Mormons still heavily committed to GOP despite Trump effect, according to Pew study
By Jana Riess — October 29, 2019
(RNS) — Seven in 10 U.S. Mormons still support the Republican Party, despite church members' much lower approval of the president.
At services this Rosh Hashana, a familiar social justice refrain
By Yonat Shimron — September 30, 2019
(RNS) — Over the past year, American Jews have called for shutting down Immigration and Customs Enforcement camps, addressing white nationalism, protecting abortion rights and scores of other liberal agenda items.
With new gun rule, Mormons take a step away from Republican right wing
By Jana Riess — August 27, 2019
(RNS) — This marks the latest small step the church has taken away from the GOP, either by tweaking its policies or upholding its usual position to the right of center, while Republicans swing ever further to the right.
Understanding US Catholics’ belief in the Eucharist
By Gregory A. Smith — August 19, 2019
(RNS) — Pew Research Center's understanding is that the belief that the Eucharist is really the body and blood of Christ is central to the Catholic faith. As such, we sought to measure what American Catholics believe on the subject.
The Eucharist is about more than Christ becoming present
By Thomas Reese — August 15, 2019
(RNS) — Using Aristotelian concepts to explain Catholic mysteries in the 21st century is a fool’s errand. When was the last time you met an Aristotelian outside a Catholic seminary?
Gilroy, El Paso, Dayton, and the normalization of violence
By Thomas Reese — August 4, 2019
(RNS) — Others may soon respond to mass shootings by ignoring it. No matter how horrible something is, if it is repeated time and time again, we get accustomed to it.
Most Americans can define atheists, Easter; don’t know US share of Muslims, Jews
By Adelle M. Banks — July 23, 2019
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Jews, atheists and agnostics scored highest — with each getting answers correct more than half of the time. Evangelical Protestants also had high scores compared with other groups.
The hollowing out of American religion
By Mark Silk — April 22, 2019
(RNS) — The traditional pattern of young adults joining churches after they get married and have children has not been holding true.
Catholics are evangelizing on campus, trying to bring back the ‘nones’
By Katherine Dugan — April 8, 2019
(The Conversation) — Some 36 percent of those without religious affiliation report having grown up Catholic.
