Study: Most Americans are spiritual but a growing number say they are not religious
United StatesRNS Americans have been abandoning organised religion in droves and while some have walked away from religion altogether, a distinct group of Americans now call themselves “spiritual but not religious”. A new Pew Research study puts their numbers at 22 per cent of Americans and attempts to describe them in greater detail. PICTURE: Marek Piwnicki/Unsplash The […]
Christians a minority in England; non-religious grow – census
London, UKAP Fewer than half the people in England and Wales consider themselves Christian, according to the most recent census – the first time a minority of the population has followed the country’s official religion. Britain has become less religious – and less white – in the decade since the last census, figures from the 2021 census […]
Essay: Northern Ireland census shows more Catholics than Protestants – a political scientist on what this really means
LAURENCE COOLEY, of University of Birmingham, explores – in an article first published on The Conversation, what the latest statistics on religious affiliation in Northern Ireland mean…
Fewer than half of Americans may be Christian by 2070, according to new projections
United StatesRNS America has long prided itself on being a country where people can choose whatever religion they like. The majority has long chosen Christianity. By 2070, that may no longer be the case. If current trends continue, Christians could make up less than half of the population – and as little as a third […]
Essay: Are Democrats ‘spiritual’ and Republicans ‘religious’? It’s not that simple.
In an article first published on Religion News Service, RYAN BURGE, an assistant professor of political science at Eastern Illinois University, looks at at what a recent survey reveals about the differences between how Democrats and Republicans identify when it comes to issues like religion…
Older US Christians being quickly replaced by young “nones” – Pew report
RNS The United States is steadily becoming less Christian and the number of people with no religion is rising. Those are the twin headlines from the latest Pew Research report released Thursday, which shows a dramatic decline in American religious habits over the course of a decade. The report, an aggregation of yearly political surveys […]
A quarter of religiously affiliated US teens pray regularly before eating lunch at school – survey
A quarter of US teenagers who identify with a religion and attend public school say they pray regularly before eating lunch at school, according to the results of a Pew Research Center survey. But the survey of 1,811 US adolescents aged 13 to 17 found that the figure rose to 39 per cent among evangelical […]
CROSSING GENERATIONAL BOUNDARIES: ‘NUNS & NONES’ HELPS MILLENNIALS FIND SURPRISE SOULMATES IN CATHOLIC SISTERS
EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER, of Religion News Service, reports from Grand Rapids, Michigan…
ESSAY: YES, RETAILERS EXPLOIT CHRISTMAS, BUT THEIR DECORATIONS STILL EVOKE RELIGIOUS SPIRIT
JOSHUA NEWTON, of Deakin University in Australia, looks at the findings of research showing that despite commercialism, the “true spirit” of Christmas remains…
Black men more religious than whites in US, research shows
RNS Historically, women tend to be the stalwarts when it comes to religion, while men attend religious services less often and are less likely to say their faith is very important to them. But a new analysis shows that black men defy this trend. A study by the Pew Research Center released Wednesday has found that while black men […]