http://www.pewforum.org/Examination of religious beliefs and practices provides insight into religion’s influence on individuals and communities worldwide. Explore Pew Forum publications—including public opinion polls, demographic reports, research studies, event transcripts and interviews—about religious beliefs and practices.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/Tue, 22 May 2012 22:52:37 GMTTue, 22 May 2012 22:52:37 GMTThu, 15 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT With a Mormon candidate in the race for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination, there has been intense media, academic and public interest in Mormons and their religion. The Pew Forum recently held a roundtable discussion with journalists, scholars and policy experts on some of the latest research on Mormons and their place in American society and public life. http://www.pewforum.org/Christian/Mormon/Mormons-and-Civic-Life.aspxTue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMTAmericans who have heard about the federal rule that would require employers to provide birth control as part of their health care benefits are closely divided over whether religiously affiliated institutions should be given an exemption. Sharp divisions of opinion exist on the issue by religious affiliation, party and ideology.http://www.pewforum.org/Government/Public-Divided-Over-Birth-Control-Insurance-Mandate.aspxThu, 28 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMTA federal appeals court recently overturned a lower court ruling that had declared the National Day of Prayer to be unconstitutional. The day of prayer, established by Congress in 1952, occurs annually on the first Thursday in May, which this year falls on May 5.http://www.pewforum.org/Prayer-in-America.aspxThu, 17 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMTTolerance and Tension: Islam and Christianity in Sub-Saharan Africa, a 19-country survey by the Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion & Public Life, reveals that the vast majority of people in many sub-Saharan African nations are deeply committed to Christianity or Islam, and yet many continue to practice elements of traditional African religions.http://www.pewforum.org/Resources-on-Islam-and-Christianity-in-Sub-Saharan-Africa.aspxThu, 16 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMTThe Pew Forum held a press luncheon with political science professors David Campbell and John Green on the topic of how religion both divides and unites Americans.http://www.pewforum.org/American-Grace--How-Religion-Divides-and-Unites-Us.aspxTue, 12 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMTThe Pew Forum invited brothers Christopher and Peter Hitchens to address the question of whether civilization needs God.http://www.pewforum.org/Belief-in-God/Can-Civilization-Survive-Without-God-.aspxTue, 28 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMTThe Pew Forum’s religious knowledge survey included 32 questions about various aspects of religion: the Bible, Christianity, Judaism, Mormonism, world religions, religion in public life, and atheism and agnosticism. The average respondent answered 16 of the 32 religious knowledge questions correctly.http://www.pewforum.org/U-S-Religious-Knowledge-Survey.aspxMon, 21 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMTWhich of the 50 states has the most religious population? Since there are many ways to define "religious," there is no single answer to this question. But to give a sense of how the states stack up, the Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion & Public Life used polling data to rank them on four measures. http://www.pewforum.org/How-Religious-Is-Your-State-.aspxMon, 14 May 2007 00:00:00 GMTRichard Bushman, an emeritus professor at Columbia University and author of several books about Mormon history, discussed the relationship between The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and American politics over the past two centuries. http://www.pewforum.org/Politics-and-Elections/Mormonism-and-Politics-Are-They-Compatible.aspxMon, 20 Sep 2010 12:26:33 GMTIn This Report1Executive SummaryDecimalDecimalDecimalDecimalDecimalhttp://www.pewforum.org/TOC-U-S-Religious-Knowledge-Survey.aspx