Mississippi remained the most religious state in the union in 2012, with 58% of its residents classified as very religious. At the other end of the spectrum, Vermont remained the least religious state, with 19% of its residents classified as very religious. [cont.] Frank Newport, Gallup Read more »
The GOP’s Conservative Christian Conundrum
… Although in recent years conservative Christians have been outshone by the Tea Party, they remain a potent force in American politics as the bedrock of Republican Party’s electoral coalition. They are sometimes discussed as independent movements, but our recent surveys have found that the Tea Party and Christian conservatives […] Read more »
Video: Religious Minorities in America: Islam in Context
Robert P. Jones, of the Public Religion Research Institute, discuss attitudes toward Muslims in America today. Read more »
Why pro-life Catholics and evangelicals part ways on guns
… On one hand, the religiously unaffiliated (60 percent), minority Protestants such as African Americans (69 percent), and Catholics (62 percent) all favor stricter gun control laws. On the other hand, a majority of white mainline Protestants (53 percent) and more than 6-in-10 (61 percent) white evangelical Protestants oppose stricter […] Read more »
Once Upon a Time, There Was a Person Who Said, ‘Once Upon a Time’
… Last summer, President Obama conceded that he had failed to “tell a story to the American people that gives them a sense of unity and purpose and optimism.” … The underlying and more ominous question is whether the story of our species — the greater human narrative — has […] Read more »
Rise in Religious ‘Nones’ Slows in 2012
The percentage of American adults who have no explicit religious identification averaged 17.8% in 2012, up from 14.6% in 2008 — but only slightly higher than the 17.5% in 2011. The 2011 to 2012 uptick in religious “nones” is the smallest such year-to-year increase over the past five years of […] Read more »