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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:

 

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ANALYSIS December 7, 2005
40th Anniversary of Vatican Declaration on Religious Freedom, Dignitatis Humanae
Dec. 7, 2005, marked the 40th anniversary of Dignitatis Humanae, the Second Vatican Council's declaration on religious freedom, which asserted the fundamental right of all individuals, religious communities and families to freedom of religious participation and expression. It also affirmed the duty of civil authorities to protect this right.
EVENT TRANSCRIPT December 6, 2005
Spirit Wars: American Religion in Progressive Politics
Some of the nation's leading journalists gathered in Key West, Florida, in December 2005 for the Pew Forum's biannual Faith Angle conference on religion, politics and public life. Conference speaker Leigh Eric Schmidt, a professor of religion at P...
LEGAL REPORT December 5, 2005
Believing Without Belonging: Just How Secular Is Europe?
Some of the nation's leading journalists gathered in Key West, Florida, in December 2005 for the Pew Forum's biannual Faith Angle Conference on religion, politics and public life. Conference speaker Grace Davie, who has a chair in the Sociology of...
LEGAL REPORT December 1, 2005
Judicial Faith? Ideology, Religion and the Rule of Law: A Conversation with Noah Feldman
Just weeks before the Senate confirmation hearings of Judge Samuel A. Alito, President Bush's nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, the Forum held a discussion for journalists and other policy leaders on the role of religion in the judicial confirma...
EVENT TRANSCRIPT September 22, 2005
From Scopes to Dover : Should the Courts Permit Public Schools to Teach Intelligent Design?
In late September 2005, Kitzmiller et al. v. Dover Area School District et al. went to trial in federal district court in Pennsylvania. Shortly before the trial, the Pew Forum held an event to discuss the current state of the law and panelists' predictions for a ruling.
LEGAL REPORT September 22, 2005
From Darwin to Dover: An Overview of Important Cases in the Evolution Debate
Download the Legal Backgrounder (533K .pdf) Almost 150 years after Charles Darwin published his groundbreaking theory on the origins of life, Americans are still fighting over evolution. If anything, the controversy is growing in both size and int...
POLL August 30, 2005
Public Divided on Origins of Life
Religion A Strength And Weakness For Both Parties August 30, 2005 Download the complete report Navigate this Report Executive Summary Contrasting Party Images: The Political Parties and Religion Evolution & Creationism Religion & Politics ...
EVENT TRANSCRIPT May 23, 2005
Myths of the Modern Megachurch
Some of the nation's leading journalists gathered in Key West, Florida, in May 2005 for the Pew Forum's biannual Faith Angle conference on religion, politics and public life. Conference speaker Rick Warren, pastor of the largest church in America,...
LEGAL REPORT April 21, 2005
Secular Europe and Religious America: Implications for Transatlantic Relations
The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life and the Council on Foreign Relations co-hosted a luncheon roundtable entitled "Secular Europe and Religious America: Implications for Transatlantic Relations" on April 21, 2005 at the Pew Resea...
POLL April 15, 2005
American Evangelicals and Israel
Download this Fact Sheet (388K .pdf) Recent surveys by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life demonstrate that American evangelical Protestants have distinctive — and highly positive — attitudes towards the state of Israel. This g...
POLL January 26, 2005
Religion & Public Life: A Faith-Based Partisan Divide
religion and politics report: religion and presidential elections
ANALYSIS November 1, 2004
Liberty and Power: A Dialogue on Religion and U.S. Foreign Policy in an Unjust World
Bryan Hehir, Michael Walzer, Charles Krauthammer, Louise Richardson, and Shibley Telhami Pew Forum Dialogues on Religion & Public Life E.J. Dionne Jr., Jean Bethke Elshtain, Kayla Drogosz, Series Editors Executive Summary (.pdf) Order the book...
ANALYSIS July 1, 2004
One Electorate Under God? A Dialogue on Religion and American Politics
Pew Forum Dialogues on Religion & Public Life E.J. Dionne Jr., Jean Bethke Elshtain, Kayla Drogosz, Series Editors Executive Summary (.pdf) Read about the Pew Forum Dialogues Series Order the book Save 20% with discount flyer The United States...
LEGAL REPORT March 19, 2004
One Nation Under God? Pledge of Allegiance Case
Download full backgrounder The Forum's Pledge of Allegiance Issue Backgrounder, written by legal scholars and published in March 2004, details the history of the Pledge and offers analysis of the legal questions raised in Elk Grove Unified School ...
POLL November 18, 2003
Religious Beliefs Underpin Opposition to Homosexuality
November 18, 2003 Download the complete report Navigate this Report Part 1: Opinion of Homosexuals Part 2: Gay Marriage About this Survey Questionnaire Opposition to gay marriage has increased since the summer and a narrow majority of Americans al...
POLL July 24, 2003
Religion and Politics: Contention and Consensus
Religion is a critical factor these days in the public's thinking about contentious policy issues and political matters.
POLL March 19, 2003
Survey: Americans Hearing about Iraq From the Pulpit, But Religious Faith Not Defining Opinions
March 19, 2003 Full survey report Most American churchgoers are hearing about the issue of war with Iraq at their places of worship. But most say their ministers are not taking a position for or against the war, and relatively few people say their...
EVENT TRANSCRIPT March 20, 2002
Pew Forum and Pew Research Center Release Second Annual Poll
Data presented by: Andrew Kohut, Director, Pew Research Center for the People and the Press Respondents include: Karlyn H. Bowman, Resident Fellow, the American Enterprise Institute William A. Galston, Professor, School of Public Affairs and Direc...
EVENT TRANSCRIPT June 12, 2001
Moral Freedom: The Search for Virtue in a World of Choice
Panelists include: Alan Wolfe, author, Professor of political science and Director, Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life, Boston College Wendy Kaminer, Affiliated Scholar, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University ...
EVENT TRANSCRIPT September 20, 2000
God Fearing Voters, God Fearing Candidates: Does Religion Really Matter in the 2000 Elections?
Panel E.J. Dionne, The Brookings Institution Andrew Kohut, Pew Research Center for the People & the Press Michael Cromartie, The Evangelical Community in American Civic Life project, and the Ethics and Public Policy Center David Devlin-Foltz, ...
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