Source: Huffington Post By Phil Zuckerman Professor of Sociology and Secular Studies, Pitzer College in Claremont, CA. An ongoing spate of recent studies – looking at various countries around the world – all show the same thing: religion is in decline. From Scandinavia to South America, and from Vancouver to Seoul, […]
Source: Pew Research Center BY MICHAEL LIPKA How much does politics factor into Americans’ perceptions of Muslims and Islam? A survey conducted by the Pew Research Center in 2014 shows that people who identify as Republicans or say they lean toward the Republican Party have more negative views of Muslims […]
Source: Huffington Post BY Kent E. Allison Partner and National Leader of Employee Financial Education and Wellbeing, PricewaterhouseCoopers It’s a tough time to be a Millennial. In the face of economic […]
Source: The New York Times By LIAM STACK A new poll of British Muslims revealed attitudes on homosexuality and terrorism sharply out of step with broader public opinion, but also […]
Source: Time By David Johnson Fifty years after TIME posed the question Is God Dead? on the cover of the magazine, Americans’ belief in a supreme deity appears to be declining. The article, which focused on a group of Christian theologians grappling with the idea of a world without an active […]
Source: Daily News BY DAVID MASCI, BESHEER MOHAMED Mohamed is a senior researcher and Masci is a senior editor and senior researcher at Pew Research Center. The recent attacks in […]
Source: Pew Research Center BY JACOB POUSHTER A senior researcher focusing on global attitudes at Pew Research Center. The bombing that took place on Easter Sunday in Lahore, Pakistan, was a devastating reminder that the scourge of terrorism is not confined to the recent headlines from the Middle East and […]
Source: BBC A trial has begun in London of an immunotherapy treatment aimed at halting the progression of type 1 diabetes. Twenty-four volunteers are being recruited for the study in […]
Source: Pew Research Centre Most Americans say religion doesn’t cause violence, but rather that violent people use religion to justify their actions Half of Americans say the next president should be careful not to criticize Islam as a whole when speaking about Islamic extremists, while four-in-ten want the next president […]
Source: Prospect A survey carried out in 2014 found that most people in Britain think that religion does more harm than good. Only a quarter think the opposite. But is […]
Source: Pew Research Center Most Americans say religion doesn’t cause violence, but rather that violent people use religion to justify their actions Half of Americans say the next president should be careful not to criticize Islam as a whole when speaking about Islamic extremists, while four-in-ten want the next president […]
Source: Christian Today Republican U.S. presidential candidates Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, and Rick Santorum pray at the Presidential Family Forum in Des Moines, Iowa November 20, 2015. A growing number […]
Source: Pew Research Center As Obama enters his final year, mixed views of his legacy As Barack Obama begins his final year in office, the goal of reducing the budget deficit, which the public once ranked among the most pressing objectives for his administration, has continued its recent decline in […]
Source: Pew Research Center God is frequently invoked in American public life. Indeed, there is no shortage of instances of official acknowledgement of the divine, from the appearance of “In God We Trust” on our currency to the phrase “one nation under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance. To be sure, […]
Source: Pew Research Center Younger generations tend to have more-positive views than their elders of a number of institutions that play a big part in American society. But for some […]
Source: Pew Research Center When Pew Research Center started the Fact Tank data blog back in 2013, our goal was to present data that would help people better understand the news of the day. But in looking at our top blog posts of 2015, we realized that the pieces we published often made news, too. […]
Source: The Daily Beast By Jay Michaelson Why try to understand complicated things like demographics for the decline of your faith when you can blame gays and liberals for waging a […]
Source: The Guardian A fraction of referrals to a key government anti-terror scheme are being made from within the Muslim community, leading to widespread distrust and threats of a national […]
Source: Pew Research Center Every year, we look back at our research to select the most memorable facts that illustrate important trends shaping our world. At Pew Research Center, the topics we analyze range from the specific subjects of video gaming and family caregivers to broader areas like political attitudes, global climate […]
Source: Pew Research Center More than half of Americans (53%) now say religion is very important in their lives, according to a recent Pew Research Center report. While this figure […]