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May 25, 2013 - The Economist
Economist: Change of faith
AT FIRST glance, the religion of legal American immigrants over the past 20 years appears unremarkable: the vast majority are Christian.
August 31, 2012 - Deseret News
Deseret News: Religious differences push need for better understanding of Eastern religions
To explain the difference between his Hindu faith and the Christian tradition in which he was raised, Lynn Napper tells the story of a Hindu holy man who visited a grade school in India during Great Britain’s occupation.
August 05, 2012 - The Vancouver Sun
Vancouver Sun: Asians in North America: 42 percent Christian, 26 percent no religion
Metro Vancouver has been called “the most Asian city outside Asia.”
July 25, 2012 - Deseret News
Deseret News: White evangelical Christians tend to be more Republican than Asian Christians, Pew study finds
Asian-American evangelicals are mostly Republican and more likely to be Republican than other Asian-Americans, but less likely than white evangelicals to be Republican, according to a new report by Pew Research Center.
July 20, 2012 - NPR
NPR: The mosaic of Asian-American worship
Asian-Americans are a rapidly growing population in the United States, and a new report finds the majority are not Christian.
July 19, 2012 - National Journal
National Journal: Report wades through complexity of religion among Asians
In June, the Pew Research Center released a 225-page report on Asian-Americans. What it found was a complex portrait that, many advocates would argue, still barely scratched the surface of what it really means to be an Asian in the U.S.
June 12, 2012 - Mother Jones
Mother Jones: Chart of the day: God is dead—to Millennials, anyway
Evangelical Christians have long been the foot soldiers of the Republican Party. In 2010, they made up about 36 percent of Republican voters.
April 03, 2012 - Central Asia Online
Central Asia Online: Pakistan, Kazakhstan 10th, 11th biggest source of emigrants
Kazakhstan was the 11th largest source of emigrants by number as of 2010, the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life found in a study released in March.
March 13, 2012 - The Christian Post
Christian Post: Christians make up half of world's immigrants, study finds
A new study by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life has revealed that Christians make up almost half of all the world's immigrants, while Jewish people are by far the biggest migrants in terms of proportion.
March 11, 2012 - Eurasia Review
Eurasia Review: US 2nd Leading Destination For Hindu Migrants
The United States is the world’s second-leading destination for Hindu migrants, after India; according to a new study by The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.
March 10, 2012 - The Economist
Economist: Holy rollers
Christians comprise a third of the world's people but half its migrants, according to a report from the Pew Research Centre.
March 09, 2012 - India Times
India Times: After Mexico, India second largest source of migrants: Report
India is the second largest source of global migrants after Mexico and is the ninth top destination for all migrants, a new report said today.
March 09, 2012 - The Charlotte Observer
Charlotte Observer: Religion on the move
The spirit is moving people. Or maybe it's the other way around.
March 08, 2012 - The Wall Street Journal
WSJ: U.S. top destination for Christian, Buddhist immigrants, study says
The U.S. is the top destination for the world's migrating Christians and Buddhists, as well as those with no particular religious affiliation, including atheists and agnostics, a new study showed.
March 08, 2012 - Reuters
Reuters: Far more Christian than Muslim migrants worldwide
Christians far outnumber Muslims as migrants around the world, including in the European Union where debates about immigration usually focus on new Muslim arrivals, according to a new study issued on Thursday.
March 08, 2012 - United Press International
UPI: Christian migrants flock to U.S.
Nearly half of the world's migrants are Christian and they're more likely to immigrate to the United States than anywhere else in the world, a study suggests.
March 08, 2012 - Religion News Service
RNS: Jews are the world’s most migratory religious group
Ever since their mad dash out of Egypt bound for the Promised Land, Jews have been on the move — and they continue to be, far more than any other religious group, according to a new study.
March 08, 2012 - Newsday
Newsday: Study sees changing face of religion in U.S.
Decades of immigration to the United States have sharply reduced the nation's Protestant majority -- from two-thirds of the population in the 1960s to about half today, according to a study released Thursday.
February 23, 2012 - Religion News Service
RNS: For atheists of color, 'coming out' can be painful
As a child, Alix Jules saw people in church speak in tongues, tremble, fall and have what appeared to be very genuine connections with God.
January 13, 2012 - CNN
CNN: As number of Latino evangelicals grows, it's not politics as usual
It’s a greeting that always makes Mark Jobe smile: “I really loved today’s Mass, Father Mark.”
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