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adults saying religion is “very important” in their lives compared with previous telephone polls. And the 2021 NPORS finds that 41% of U.S. adults now say religion is “very important” in their lives, 4 points lower than the 2020 NPORS and substantially lower than all of the Center’s earlier RDD readings on this question.
For centuries, Orthodox Christianity was the dominant religion in Russia. This began to change in the early 20th century, following the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution and the imposition of state-sponsored atheism as part of communist ideology. During the Soviet period, many priests were
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Knowledge of Christianity 32 Knowledge of Judaism 34 Knowledge of Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism and Sikhism 35 The religious composition of Thailand, Indonesia and Ethiopia 37 The size of U.S. religious minorities 38 Knowledge about atheism and agnosticism 39 Knowledge about religion in the U.S. Constitution 41 2.
PEW RESEARCH CENTER’S FORUM ON RELIGION & PUBLIC LIFE www.pewforum.org Christianity: A Report on the Size and Distribution of the World’s Christian Population ” (December 2011) and “ The Future of the Global Muslim Population: Pro jections for 2010-2030” (January 2011). With the release of this report, we also are launching a
other estimates based on data from the World Religion Database. Growth of Islam & Christianity in Sub-Saharan Africa Since 1900 Source: World Religion Database. Historical data draw on government records, historical atlases and reports of religious organizations at the time. Later figures draw on U.N. population estimates, surveys and censuses.
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By way of comparison, 71% of adults in the United States, arguably the most religious country in the industrialized world, say they are absolutely convinced of God’s existence. The only sub-Saharan African nations where fewer than eight-in-ten believe in God with absolute certainty are Botswana (74%), Chad, Mozambique and Uganda (77% in each).
Increasing Racial and Ethnic Diversity Within Christianity Source: 2014 Religious Landscape Study, conducted June 4-Sept. 30, 2014. Whites include only those who are not Hispanic; the non-white category includes African Americans, Asian Americans, those of other races, those of mixed race and Hispanics. Results recalculated to exclude nonresponse.
RELIGMOD_W60 What is your present religion, if any? 1 Protestant (for example, Baptist, Methodist, Nondenominational, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Pentecostal, Episcopalian, Reformed, Church of Christ, etc.) 2 Roman Catholic 3 Mormon (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints or LDS) 4 Jehovah’s Witness 5 Jewish 6 Muslim 7 Buddhist