Essay: Americans support a high bar for religious exemptions to vaccines
In an essay first published on Religion News Service, ROBERT P JONES, CEO of Public Religion Research Institute, and EBOO PATEL, founder of Interfaith Youth Core, look at the result of a recent poll addressing US attitudes towards the vexed issue of religious exemptions…
Americans concerned too many are seeking religious exemptions to vaccines – survey
Washington DC, US RNS A new poll reveals most Americans are in favour of offering religious exemptions for the COVID-19 vaccines, yet express concern that too many people are seeking such exemptions. In the same survey, more than half of those who refuse to get vaccinated say getting the shot goes against their personal faith. […]
Most white US evangelicals don’t want to live in a religiously diverse country – study
RNS Should America be a nation made up of people from a wide variety of religions? A growing number of religious and non-religious Americans say yes, according to a new study from Public Religion Research Institute. But there’s one religious group that stands out: White evangelical Christians; 57 per cent indicate they’d prefer the US be a […]
‘Great replacement’ belief correlates with Christian nationalist views in US – survey
RNS An often repeated element of Christian nationalism – an ideology with a range of expressions and increasingly vocal supporters – is a belief in America’s divine origins. The United States, proponents insist, is meant to be a “city on a hill” which God intends as a blessing and example for the world. A new […]
Mission in the age of COVID: Access, travel rules influence missionary vaccine policies
HOLLY MEYER, of Associated Press, reports on how US missionary agencies are grappling with the idea of COVID-19 vaccine mandates…
Survey: Who Americans blame for insurrection depends on their faith
RNS A new survey finds white evangelicals are far more likely than most other religious groups to blame left-wing activists for the 6th January insurrection at the US Capitol. Other white Christian groups are split on the question, which allowed for multiple answers, while Black Protestants are more likely to point to white supremacists and […]
Essay: Abortion just isn’t the motivating issue for evangelicals it once was
RYAN BURGE, a pastor, author and assistant professor of political science at Eastern Illinois University, writes – in an article first published on Religion News Service, at changing attitudes toward abortion among US evangelicals…
Vaccine hesitancy declines among faith groups in the US, spurred partly by religious appeals – survey
RNS A new survey finds vaccine hesitancy has fallen among Americans overall and among all religious subgroups in just three months, with many who once balked saying they embraced inoculation against COVID-19 at the urging of faith leaders. Many stalwart subsets of “vaccine refusers”, however, have barely budged, raising concerns as to whether they will […]
In the US, white mainline Protestants outnumber white evangelicals, while ‘nones’ shrink – survey finds
RNS White Christian decline has slowed. Mainline Protestants now outnumber white evangelicals. New York is home to several of the most religiously diverse counties in the US. These shifts and findings are among some of the notable revelations documented in a sweeping and exhaustive survey of the US religious landscape by the Public Religion Research Institute. The […]
Survey: White evangelicals, Hispanic Protestants, Mormons most likely to believe in QAnon
RNS A new survey reports white evangelicals, Hispanic Protestants and members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are the most likely to believe in the QAnon conspiracy theory, a trend researchers suggest correlates with the kind of media they consume. The survey, released Thursday by the Public Religion Research Institute, focused on the […]