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2009-04-27
Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life;
Analyzes survey results on how often Americans change religious affiliations; at what age; from what former faith or lack thereof; and why, with a focus on former and new Catholics and Protestants.
2010-09-28
Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life;
Compares survey results on knowledge about world religions and U.S. laws on religion by religious and political affiliation, race/ethnicity, and other demographics. Analyzes contributing factors, including education, belief in God, and family structure.
2008-06-23
Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life;
Presents findings on Americans' religious beliefs, practices, and experiences, such as varying conceptions of God and degrees of dogmatism. Looks at attitudes toward morality, modernity, and tradition, as well as political and economic ideology, by faith.
2017-04-26
Pew Research Center;
The idea that highly educated people are less religious, on average, than those with less education has been a part of the public discourse for decades, but some scholars of religion have called this notion into question. And a new analysis of Pew Research Center surveys shows that the relationship between religion and education in the United States is not so simple.
2015-11-03
Pew Research Center;
Is the American public becoming less religious? Yes, at least by some key measures of what it means to be a religious person. An extensive new survey of more than 35,000 U.S. adults finds that the percentages who say they believe in God, pray daily and regularly go to church or other religious services all have declined modestly in recent years.
But the Pew Research Center study also finds a great deal of stability in the U.S. religious landscape. The recent decrease in religious beliefs and behaviors is largely attributable to the "nones" -- the growing minority of Americans, particularly in the Millennial generation, who say they do not belong to any organized faith. Among the roughly three-quarters of U.S. adults who do claim a religion, there has been no discernible drop in most measures of religious commitment. Indeed, by some conventional measures, religiously affiliated Americans are, on average, even more devout than they were a few years ago.
The 2014 Religious Landscape Study is a follow-up to an equally extensive survey on religion in America, conducted in 2007. An initial report on the findings from the 2014 study, released in May 2015, described the changing size and demographic characteristics of the nation's major religious groups. This report focuses on Americans' religious beliefs and practices and assesses how they have changed in recent years.
2017-07-26
Pew Research Center;
The early days of Donald Trump's presidency have been an anxious time for many Muslim Americans, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. Overall, Muslims in the United States perceive a lot of discrimination against their religious group, are leery of Trump and think their fellow Americans do not see Islam as part of mainstream U.S. society. At the same time, however, Muslim Americans express a persistent streak of optimism and positive feelings. Overwhelmingly, they say they are proud to be Americans, believe that hard work generally brings success in this country and are satisfied with the way things are going in their own lives – even if they are not satisfied with the direction of the country as a whole.
2002-10-01
Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life;
Provides an overview and brief history of human cloning research, proposed cloning legislation, and various religious views on the ethics of cloning from Roman Catholic, Protestant, Islamic, and Jewish groups.
2002-07-01
Center on Faith in Communities;
This publication reports on the findings from a mail survey conducted from November 2001 to April 2002 of faith-based intermediary organizations. The information gathered provides what is probably the most comprehensive examination currently available of what these groups do, how they do it, under what philosophy they operate, with whom they work, and what their contributions have been among faith-based poverty fighters.
2009-01-30
Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life;
Based on the 2007 U.S. Religious Landscape Survey, highlights African Americans' level of religious affiliation, attendance at services, frequency of prayer, religion's importance in life, and views on religion in politics compared to other groups.
2003-09-03
Public/Private Ventures;
Funded by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Faith in Action gives small grants to programs that provide informal care for those with chronic physical or mental disabilities. Program services are provided by volunteers, and programs are supported by coalitions involving diverse religious congregations and community-based agencies. This report presents findings from a national survey of 787 Faith in Action programs funded during the 1990s; it highlights their organizational practices, successes and challenges. It also outlines the practices linked with program survival, which include hiring directors with experience in key areas, implementing volunteer training and at least quarterly supervision, involving collaborators in fundraising and volunteer recruitment, and providing diverse services.
2009-08-06
Interfaith Worker Justice;
Quotes from multiple faiths demonstrating wide-ranging and common support for health justice.
2008-10-29
Interfaith Worker Justice;
A compilation of mainstream American faith positions on the dignity of labor and the right to organize.
