http://www.pewforum.org/Prayer is a common practice in many religious traditions, making it a logical point of comparison for gauging levels of religious commitment across and within religious traditions. 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/Thu, 23 May 2013 09:46:06 GMTThu, 23 May 2013 09:46:06 GMTTue, 05 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMTWhen Benedict XVI was elected pope in 2005, religious observance among Europeans had been in decline for decades, and he set out to stem the tide of secularization. How successful was he? Pew Research polls indicate that during his papacy, religious observance among Catholics in France, Germany, Spain and Italy remained low but fairly stable.http://www.pewforum.org/Christian/Catholic/During-Benedicts-Papacy-Religious-Observance-Among-Catholics-in-Europe-Remained-Low-but-Stable.aspxThu, 19 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMTWhen it comes to religion, the Asian-American community is a study in contrasts, encompassing groups that run the gamut from highly religious to highly secular. A new survey report examines the Asian-American population from the angle of religious affiliation, highlighting the beliefs, practices and views of Christians, Buddhists, Hindus, the religiously unaffiliated and other faiths. http://www.pewforum.org/Asian-Americans-A-Mosaic-of-Faiths.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.aspxWed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMTBy some key measures, Americans ages 18 to 29 are considerably less religious than older Americans. Yet in other ways, Millennials remain fairly traditional in their religious beliefs and practices. http://www.pewforum.org/Age/Religion-Among-the-Millennials.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-.aspxWed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMTA recent Pew Forum analysis finds that people who have switched faiths (or joined a faith after being raised unaffiliated with a religion) are indeed slightly more religious than those who have remained in their childhood faith.http://www.pewforum.org/The-Zeal-of-the-Convert-Is-It-the-Real-Deal.aspxFri, 24 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMTThis report, based on data from the U.S. Religious Landscape Survey, explores Mormons' unique place in the American religious landscape and is divided into three parts: demographic characteristics, religious beliefs and practices, and social and political views.http://www.pewforum.org/Christian/Mormon/A-Portrait-of-Mormons-in-the-US.aspxThu, 11 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMTThe Pew Forum's U.S. Religious Landscape Survey finds that Hispanic evangelicals, like other evangelicals, are more likely to pray every day than the population overall. Hispanic evangelicals are also more likely to pray daily than Hispanics who belong to other major religious groups.http://www.pewforum.org/Frequency-of-Prayer/Most-Latino-Evangelicals-Pray-Every-Day.aspxFri, 30 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMTA new analysis by the Pew Forum finds that African-Americans are markedly more religious on a variety of measures than the U.S. population as a whole.http://www.pewforum.org/African-Americans-and-Religion.aspxFri, 30 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMTWhile the U.S. is generally considered a highly religious nation, African-Americans are markedly more religious on a variety of measures than the U.S. population as a whole, including level of affiliation with a religion, attendance at religious services, frequency of prayer and religion's importance in life.http://www.pewforum.org/A-Religious-Portrait-of-African-Americans.aspx