January 03, 2013
- BBC
BBC: Spiritual, but not religious
Spirituality is a common term these days, used by Prince Charles, and by the Archbishop of York as a way of stepping beyond religious divides.
December 18, 2012
- The New York Times
NYT: Study finds one in 6 follows no religion
A global study of religious adherence released on Tuesday by the Pew Research Center found that about one of every six people worldwide has no religious affiliation.
December 18, 2012
- The Economist
Economist: Faiths and the faithless
RELIABLE data on the age and whereabouts of the religious and irreligious are hard to come by, which makes a new report on the topic from the Pew Research Centre welcome.
December 17, 2012
- The Associated Press
AP: Survey: Perceptions of Mormons mostly unchanged
The perception of Mormons in the U.S. changed very little even though the religion received unprecedented attention this year with Republican Mitt Romney running for president.
October 09, 2012
- The New York Times
NYT: Number of Protestant Americans is in steep decline, study finds
For the first time since researchers began tracking the religious identity of Americans, fewer than half said they were Protestants, a steep decline from 40 years ago when Protestant churches claimed the loyalty of more than two-thirds of the population.
October 09, 2012
- The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Who are the ‘Nones’?
More than 13 million atheists and agnostics and nearly 33 million claim no particular affiliation.
October 09, 2012
- United Press International
UPI: Pew: Religiously unaffiliated on rise
The number of Americans who don't identify with a religion has grown, with a fifth of adults saying they're religiously unaffiliated, a Pew survey indicated.
October 09, 2012
- CNN
CNN: Survey: Protestants are no longer majority in U.S.
Following a string of recent developments that suggest waning Protestant power – like the first Supreme Court with no Protestant justices, and a Protestant-free Republican presidential ticket – a new Pew survey finds that Protestants are no longer the majority in the United States.