Robert Jones
The top religion and spirituality books of 2023
By RNS staff — December 22, 2023
(RNS) — These stories of tenacity from people of several faiths and no faith offer guidance for surviving tough times.
Robert Jones’ new book roots white supremacy in 500-year-old papal decree
By Yonat Shimron — August 22, 2023
(RNS) — The Doctrine of Discovery shaped the way America’s white, European Christian settlers saw themselves and their mission and gave rise to uncontrollable outbursts of violence.
Americans’ support for LGBTQ rights higher than ever, even as white evangelicals lag
By Emily McFarlan Miller — March 17, 2022
(RNS) — While Republicans and white evangelical Protestants are among the least likely to support three key policies regarding LGBTQ rights, their support still has increased overall in the past seven years.
Exit polls show few changes in the religious vote
By Yonat Shimron — November 5, 2020
(RNS) — Support for President Donald Trump among white evangelicals remained constant. Catholics split their vote. And non-Christians voted overwhelmingly for Joe Biden.
White Christian America built a faith-based safety net. What happens when it’s gone?
By Bob Smietana — October 26, 2020
(RNS) — Faith groups are quick to lend a hand when disaster strikes. But with organized religion fading, who will pick up the slack?
Most US faith groups say country is on the wrong track
By Yonat Shimron — July 19, 2018
(RNS) – Unlike other religious groups, they believe the country is headed in the right direction.
‘Christian America’ dwindling, including white evangelicals, study shows
By Kimberly Winston — September 6, 2017
(RNS) — American evangelicals are losing numbers and losing them quickly. Meanwhile, the religiously unaffiliated now form the largest single group in 20 U.S. states.
Why most people leave religion? They just ‘stop believing’
By Kimberly Winston — September 22, 2016
(RNS) In a gloomy forecast for organized religion, only seven percent of the 'nones' say they are looking for a religion.
Americans fret about Islam, immigrants, the future — and each other
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — November 17, 2015
(RNS) Anxiety looms on all fronts and Americans are split -- 49 percent to 49 percent -- on whether “America’s best days are ahead of us or behind us.”
Do polls reveal the God’s honest truth about American religion? No, but they still count
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — August 6, 2015
(RNS) The image of U.S. religion created by pollsters is too often inaccurate, shallow and misleading, writes a leading sociologist of religion.
Millennials are the ‘don’t judge generation’ on sexual morality: Survey
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — March 27, 2015
(RNS) Most young adults hold views on moral issues that are a long way from what some major religions preach on issues such as abortion and contraception.
What’s God got to do with football devotion? Plenty
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — January 22, 2015
(RNS) Millions of Americans interweave sports and spirituality. And many think God has a hand in the outcome. But NFL devotees are slow to forgive a player convicted of domestic violence.
Embattled evangelicals: ‘War on religion’ is aimed at us
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — September 23, 2014
WASHINGTON (RNS) White evangelicals, more than any other religious group, worry that the government will interfere with their religious liberty.
Survey: Americans turn sharply favorable on gay issues
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — February 26, 2014
WASHINGTON (RNS) A new survey finds the rapid shift toward favoring LGBT rights in the past decade has a wide impact on American religious and political life.
Survey: Libertarian numbers are small but their social, political clout is growing
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — October 29, 2013
WASHINGTON (RNS) There is a notable exception to libertarians' generally socially liberal views: On legalizing same-sex marriage, 59 percent oppose it.
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