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Selected news stories that cite the Pew Forum and its data.

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.
Vancouver Sun: Asians in North America: 42 percent Christian, 26 percent no religion
Metro Vancouver has been called “the most Asian city outside Asia.”
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.
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.
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.
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.