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The secularizing shifts evident in American society so far in the 21st century show no signs of slowing. The latest Pew Research Center survey of the religious composition of the United States finds the religiously unaffiliated share of the public is 6 percentage points higher than it was five years ago and 10 points higher than a decade ago.
African Independent Churches Christian churches in sub-Saharan Africa that developed and function outside the control of Western missions or churches. Some AICs (also called African Initiated, Indigenous or Instituted Churches) incorporate aspects of traditional African religions, including revelatory dreams and visions, healing practices and belief in a spirit world.
When it comes to questions about strength of religious belief, the wide variation in responses across countries may reflect differences in the way people in different countries view the role of religion in their private and public lives. European countries experienced rapid secularization starting in the 19th century, and today,
s there so much suffering and evil in the world? From the biblical Book of Job to the 18th-century satirist Voltaire, the 20th-century Christian writer C.S. Lewis and the 1981 bestseller “When Bad Things Happen to Good People,” both great literature and popular culture re
Christian spouse or Christians who married an unaffiliated spouse. By contrast, just 5% of people who got married before 1960 fit this profile. While many U.S. religious groups are aging, the unaffiliated are comparatively young – and getting younger, on average, over time. As a rising cohort of highly unaffiliated Millennials reaches
NUMBERS, FACTS AND TRENDS SHAPING THE WORLD. FEBRUARY 10, 2014. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS REPORT: Alan Cooperman, Director of Religion Research Phillip Connor, Research Associate Erin O’Connell, Associate Director, Communications, Religion & Public Life Project. 202.419.4562.
Preface In little more than a century, the religious landscape of sub-Saharan Africa has changed dramatically. As of 1900, both Muslims and Christians were relatively small minorities in the region. The vast majority of people practiced traditional African religions, while adherents of Christianity and Islam combined made up less than a quarter of the population, according to historical ...
Pew Research Center, Oct. 29, 2018, “Eastern and Western Europeans Differ on Importance of Religion, Views of Minorities, and Key Social Issues”
Christianity: A Report on the Size and Distribution of the World’s Christian Population ” (December 2011) and “ The Future of the Global Muslim Population: Pro jections for 2010-2030” (January 2011). With the release of this report, we also are launching a . new website for the Pew-Templeton
The relationship between religion and health has occupied researchers for over a century. In 1897, the sociologist Émile Durkheim argued that a nation’s suicide rate was largely dependent on the religious practices of its population and posited that Protestants, for example, suffered greater emotional health problems than Catholics because ...