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Americans trust both religious and nonreligious people, but most rarely discuss religion with family or friends. (Eamon Queeney/The Washington Post/Getty Images) A large majority of Americans feel that religion is losing influence in public life, according to a 2019 Pew Research Center survey. While some say this is a good thing, many more view ...
Highly religious Americans are happier and more involved with family but are no more likely to exercise, recycle or make socially conscious consumer choices. A new Pew Research Center study of the ways religion influences the daily lives of Americans finds that people who are highly religious are more engaged with their extended families, more ...
March 15, 2024. 8 in 10 Americans Say Religion Is Losing Influence in Public Life. 1. Religion’s role in public life. Views of Biden, Trump and their religious engagement. Views on trying to control religious values in the government and schools. Christianity’s place in politics, and Christian nationalism. 2.
Many Catholics in the U.S. and Latin America Want the Church to Allow Birth Control and to Let Women Become Priests. Views vary on other ideas, such as recognizing same-sex marriages. Most see Pope Francis as a change in the church’s direction, and he’s broadly popular. reportAug 19, 2024.
Importance of Religion. Three-quarters of U.S. adults say religion is at least “somewhat” important in their lives, with more than half (53%) saying it is “very” important. Approximately one-in-five say religion is “not too” (11%) or “not at all” important in their lives (11%). Although religion remains important to many ...
Religious Landscape Study. The RLS, conducted in 2007 and 2014, surveys more than 35,000 Americans from all 50 states about their religious affiliations, beliefs and practices, and social and political views.
Overall, 49% of U.S. adults say both that religion is losing influence and that this is a bad thing. An additional 8% of U.S. adults think religion’s influence is growing and that this is a good thing. Together, a combined 57% of U.S adults – a clear majority – express a positive view of religion’s influence on American life.
In the U.S., 59% of Muslims say there generally is not a conflict between science and religion, compared with a median of 54% globally among Muslims. However, American Muslims are somewhat less likely to believe in evolution than are Muslims in other parts of the world (45% vs. global median of 53%).
In the next two decades, the share of “nones” crept up slowly, reaching 9% in 1993. But then disaffiliation started speeding up – in 1996, the share of unaffiliated Americans jumped to 12%, and two years later it was 14%. This growth has continued, and 29% of Americans now tell the GSS they have “no religion.” 7.
Congress is both more heavily Protestant than the U.S. population overall (55% vs. 40%) and more heavily Catholic (30% vs. 21%). The Constitution guarantees that religion can never be a requirement for holding public office, but most Americans don’t know this, according to a 2019 Pew Research Center survey.