Empty nests and empty pews: Church affiliation declines after high school
Step into any church on Sunday morning and you’ll most likely find a congregation split into two distinct groups: parents with their children and cotton-topped […]
religious demographics
IN FOCUS: Religion, gender, and age
Recent polls conducted by the Gallup Organization (2006) as well as the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life “U.S. Religious Landscape Survey” (2008; hereafter […]
Religious profile of the US is changing
The religious profile of the United States is changing as Protestants and Catholics shrink in proportion to non-Christian religions and the religiously unaffiliated. Yet people […]
Pew study finds most Americans devout, tolerant
You couldn’t tell from the polarized screaming matches between America’s religious liberals and religious conservatives. A Pew study involving phone interviews of 35,000 randomly selected […]