Religious Landscape Study | Pew Research Center The Religious Landscape Study (RLS) – conducted in 2007, 2014 and 2023-24 – surveys more than 35,000 Americans in all 50 states about their religious affiliations, beliefs and practices along with their social and political views and demographic characteristics About this study Find religious
Spiritual and Religious Beliefs and Practices Around the World | Pew . . . There is an active debate among scholars over how to define religion and spirituality Some survey questions that traditionally have been used to measure religiousness (such as rates of daily prayer and attendance at religious services) are more appropriate for Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam) than they are for other faith traditions
Global views of religions impact on society | Pew Research Center Large shares of adults in most of the 36 countries we surveyed say religion helps society rather than harms it 2 Most also say religion encourages tolerance, not intolerance But people are slightly more divided about whether religion encourages superstitious thinking Religion is generally seen
22. Religion’s role in public life - Pew Research Center On balance, U S adults are more likely to view religion as helpful than as harmful: 44% say religion does more good than harm, while 19% say it does more harm than good About one-third think it does equal amounts of good and harm 80 What, specifically, do Americans think are some of the helpful
Religious Nationalism Around the World | Pew Research Center National and royal flags fly outside religious sites in Thailand, Turkey, the U S and Israel (Clockwise from top left: Vera Tikhonova, Westend61, Samuel Corum and Paul Souders, all via Getty Images) How we did this Pew Research Center conducted this survey to examine the role of religion in public
Measuring Religion in China | Pew Research Center Local residents burn paper offerings as a ritual for deceased ancestors during the Zhongyuan Festival in Rongan, China (STR AFP via Getty Images) How we did this This report aims to explain the challenges of measuring religion and religious trends in China These challenges include the shortcomings
The Changing Global Religious Landscape | Pew Research Center The demographic challenges of the religiously unaffiliated Although current patterns of religious switching favor the growth of the religiously unaffiliated population – particularly in Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand – religious “nones” are projected to decline as a share of the world’s population in the coming decades due to a combination of low fertility and an
1. Population growth and religious composition - Pew Research Center The geographic distribution of religious groups also has remained relatively stable since Partition The largest numbers of Christians are still concentrated in the Southern states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu, and their largest population shares are in the smaller Northeastern states that border China, Bhutan, Myanmar (also called Burma) and Bangladesh