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society so far in the 21st century show no signs of slowing. The latest Pew Research Center survey of the religious composition of the United States finds the religiously unaffiliated share of the public is 6 percentage points higher than it was five years ago and 10 points higher than a decade ago. Christians continue to make up a majority of
A religious movement that emerged in India in the late 19th century around Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835-1908). Many of his followers believe he was a mujaddid (reformer) who showed the way to revive and restore Islam. But mainstream Muslims do not accept some Ahmadi teachings, and the Ahmadi community has faced governmental and societal persecution in
Roughly a quarter of a century after the fall of the Iron Curtain and subsequent collapse of the Soviet Union, a major new Pew Research Center survey finds that religion has reasserted itself as an important part of individual and national identity in many of the Central and Eastern European countries where communist
FOR RELEASE JAN. 31, 2019 FOR MEDIA OR OTHER INQUIRIES: Conrad Hackett, Associate Director of Research and Senior Demographer
Christian to be truly French or truly British. To be sure, not every country in Europe neatly falls into this pattern. For example, in the Baltic states of Latvia and Estonia, the vast majority of people say being Christian (specifically Lutheran) is not important to their national identity. Still, relatively few express willingness to accept
In little more than a century, the religious landscape of sub-Saharan Africa has changed dramatically. As of 1900, both Muslims and Christians were relatively small minorities in the region. The vast majority of people practiced traditional African religions, while adherents of
“The Secularization of the European Mind in the 19th Century.” The state of the pandemic during the summer 2020 survey period Pew Research Center’s survey was conducted June 10 to Aug. 3, 2020, when all of the
3 Non-Christian faiths 6 21 Unaffiliated 27 <1 No answer <1 ASK IF NOT MUSLIM: RELCONSIDERd ASIDE from religion, do you consider yourself to be Muslim in any way (for example ethnically, culturally or because of your family’s background)?1 Black Americans [N=7,401] Nov. 19, 2019- June 3, 2020 1 Yes, consider myself Muslim
opposition to sexism (75%) and believing in God (73%) are essential to what being Christian means to them, while much smaller shares say attending religious services regularly (26%), opposing abortion (22%) and avoiding sex before marriage (16%) are essential to their Christian faith.
A lexis de Tocqueville, the well-known, early 19th-century French chronicler of democracy in America, recognized the vital role religion plays in shaping American life. “This civilization is the result … of two quite distinct ingredients, which anywhere else have often ended in war but