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Mormon church to ask its missionaries: How safe do you feel?
By Yonat Shimron — June 5, 2017
SALT LAKE CITY — The survey contains questions about whether missionaries have experienced or observed physical harm, such as being punched, kicked, choked, restrained, bitten by a dog or in any other way injured.
The Bible – helpful, but not read much
By Adelle M. Banks — April 25, 2017
(RNS) Just over half (53 percent) have read relatively little of it, and 1 in 10 haven’t read it at all.
New study shows number of American atheists underreported
By Kimberly Winston — April 17, 2017
(RNS) Could the actual number be as high as 26 percent?
Majorities of Americans concerned about violence against Jews, Muslims
By Adelle M. Banks — April 6, 2017
(RNS) While 72 percent of Muslims said they don’t believe they need to hide their faith, 66 percent said they feel less safe since President Trump’s election.
Some Protestant pastors preach on race but most leave it to others
By Adelle M. Banks — March 30, 2017
(RNS) A new LifeWay Research survey also finds that most pastors have not addressed economic inequities in their communities or joined a public lament about racial injustice.
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.
On God and heaven, Americans are all over the map
By Emily McFarlan Miller — September 28, 2016
(RNS) A new study suggests Americans as a whole hold seemingly incompatible beliefs on the nature of God and heaven.
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 view pastors’ political endorsements as ‘inappropriate’
By Emily McFarlan Miller — September 8, 2016
(RNS) About 8 in 10 Americans say it is inappropriate for pastors to endorse a political candidate during a church service, according to a survey by LifeWay Research.
Pastors rarely asked to wed same-sex couples
By Adelle M. Banks — August 18, 2016
(RNS) Researchers also found that fewer than half of Protestant senior pastors say their churches permit LGBT people to serve, even in limited ways.
White evangelicals overwhelmingly back Trump, survey says
By Lauren Markoe — July 13, 2016
(RNS) He's not their dream candidate, but they prefer him to Hillary Clinton.
Americans see immigrants more favorably than do Trump, Cruz
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — March 29, 2016
(RNS) Most Americans say immigrants strengthen U.S. society rather than threaten it. But race and ethnicity divide opinion within and among religious groups.
Israel fractures by faith on politics and society
By Lauren Markoe — March 8, 2016
(RNS) A new survey finds Israelis wrestling with the nation's identity. Most Jews there say it can be both Jewish and democratic. Most Israeli Muslims and Christians disagree.
Pornography: A Christian crisis or exaggerated issue? (COMMENTARY)
By Jonathan Merritt — January 21, 2016
(RNS) Considering pornography is more prominent a problem -- as many religious people believe -- the statistics should be of concern. But how alarming are they? It may depend on the type of Christian you are.
Like it or not, most expect gay marriage will sweep the US
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — June 11, 2015
(RNS) Although the Supreme Court decision on gay marriage looms, public attention already is shifting toward new, contentious issues over LGBT rights, a new survey finds.
