The coronavirus pandemic has had less effect on Americans’ personal religiosity than on their belief that religion has a greater influence on American life. U.S. adults’ views of the importance of religion in their lives and their religious identification were unchanged in 2020, while their attendance at religious services and membership in a church, synagogue or mosque declined slightly.
Yet, there has been an uptick in the percentage of Americans who think religion as a whole is increasing, rather than losing, its influence on American life, a pattern seen at other times of national crisis. CONTINUED
Megan Brenan, Gallup