http://www.pewforum.org/Explore Pew Forum analyses—including public opinion poll reports, demographic reports, research studies, legal reports and graphics—on an array of topics and issues at the intersection of religion and public life. en-usCopyright: (C) Copyright 2009 The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. All rights reserved.info@pewforum.org (PewForum Info)info@pewforum.org (PewForum Info)60http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rsshttp://www.pewforum.org/uploadedImages/_content/defaultPublicationThumb(1).gifhttp://www.pewforum.org/Mon, 20 May 2013 01:08:54 GMTMon, 20 May 2013 01:08:54 GMTFri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 GMTA Pew Research Center report looks at how the religious makeup of legal immigrants to the U.S. has changed over the past 20 years. While Christians continue to make up a majority of new legal permanent residents, a growing share belong to other faiths.   http://www.pewforum.org/Geography/The-Religious-Affiliation-of-US-Immigrants.aspxThu, 25 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMTOn April 24, Rhode Island took a step toward becoming the 10th U.S. state to legalize same-sex marriage when its Senate approved a measure that would grant gays and lesbians the right to wed. Our analysis also discusses four other states that are considering proposals related to same-sex marriage.http://www.pewforum.org/Gay-Marriage-and-Homosexuality/Rhode-Island-on-Verge-of-Becoming-10th-State-to-Legalize-Same-Sex-Marriage.aspxTue, 23 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMTA new Pew Research Center survey finds high levels of concern about religious extremism among Muslims living in the North Caucasus area of Russia and the neighboring Central Asian countries of Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan. It also finds that most Muslims in the region reject violence against civilians.http://www.pewforum.org/Muslim/Most-Muslims-in-Region-Reject-Violence-Against-Civilians.aspxWed, 13 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMTThe Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life has a variety of resources on Catholicism and Pope Benedict XVI, including public opinion polls, research studies, event transcripts and interviews. http://www.pewforum.org/Christian/Catholic/Pew-Forum-Resources-on-Catholicism-and-the-Pope.aspxFri, 08 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMTUpdated April 11, 2013. A fact sheet provides an overview of the situation in the nations where same-sex marriage is legal nationwide as well as countries that allow it in certain jurisdictions.http://www.pewforum.org/Gay-Marriage-and-Homosexuality/Gay-Marriage-Around-the-World-2013.aspxTue, 18 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT A country-by-country analysis of data from more than 2,500 censuses, surveys and population registers finds that 84% of adults and children around the globe are religiously affiliated. The study also finds that the median age of two major groups – Muslims (23 years) and Hindus (26) – is younger than the world’s overall population (28), while Jews have the highest median age (36). http://www.pewforum.org/global-religious-landscape.aspxThu, 20 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMTBetween mid-2009 and mid-2010, religious restrictions rose not only in countries that began the year with high or very high restrictions, such as Indonesia and Nigeria, but also in many countries that began with low or moderate restrictions, such as Switzerland and the United States. The report looks at restrictions due to government actions as well as acts of violence and intimidation by private individuals, organizations and social groups.  http://www.pewforum.org/Government/Rising-Tide-of-Restrictions-on-Religion.aspxThu, 08 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMTThis study focuses on the religious affiliation of international migrants, examining patterns of migration among seven major groups: Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Jews, adherents of other religions and the religiously unaffiliated.http://www.pewforum.org/faith-on-the-move.aspxTue, 09 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMTRestrictions on religious beliefs and practices rose in 23 of the world’s 198 countries (12%), decreased in 12 countries (6%) and remained essentially unchanged in 163 countries (82%) between mid-2006 and mid-2009, a new Pew Forum report shows. More than 2.2 billion people – nearly a third of the world’s population – live in the 23 countries with increasing government restrictions or social hostilities involving religion.  http://www.pewforum.org/Government/Rising-Restrictions-on-Religion.aspxWed, 07 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMTA comprehensive demographic study of more than 200 countries finds that there are 1.57 billion Muslims of all ages living in the world today, representing 23% of an estimated 2009 world population of 6.8 billion.http://www.pewforum.org/Muslim/Mapping-the-Global-Muslim-Population.aspx