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The Global Religious Landscape
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).

 

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EVENT TRANSCRIPT 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...
EVENT TRANSCRIPT March 15, 2005
Religious Fault Lines in West Africa
The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life and the Council on Foreign Relations co-hosted a luncheon roundtable entitled Religious Fault Lines in West Africa on March 15, 2005 at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington. In recent history, ...
EVENT TRANSCRIPT March 2, 2005
Faith and Conflict: The Global Rise of Christianity
The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life and the Council on Foreign Relations co-hosted a luncheon roundtable entitled Faith and Conflict: The Global Rise of Christianity on March 2, 2005 at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. With mo...
EVENT TRANSCRIPT February 24, 2005
A Monumental Decision: High Court Considers Constitutionality of Ten Commandments Displays on Public Property
Download legal backgrounder on Ten Commandments cases (154K .pdf) On March 2, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in two cases that concern the placement of Ten Commandments displays on public property. The commandments controversy came to ...
EVENT TRANSCRIPT January 13, 2005
Does "Muslim" Turkey Belong in "Christian" Europe?
Speakers: Jonathan Davidson, Senior Advisor for Political and Academic Affairs, European Commission Delegation to the U.S. Corrado Pirzio-Biroli, Head of the Cabinet of former EU Commissioner Franz Fischler Omer Taspinar, Director, Turkey Program,...
EVENT TRANSCRIPT November 17, 2004
How the Faithful Voted: Political Alignments & the Religious Divide in Election 2004
Speakers: Michael Barone, Senior Writer, U.S. News & World Report; Co-Author, The Almanac of American Politics E.J. Dionne, Jr., Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution; Syndicated Columnist, The Washington Post Andrew Kohut, President, Pew R...
EVENT TRANSCRIPT November 10, 2004
Religion and Security: The New Nexus in International Relations
Speakers: Ambassador Robert A. Seiple (Ret.), Founder and Chairman of the Board, Institute for Global Engagement; co-editor, Religion & Security Colonel Charles P. Borchini, USA (Ret.), Research Fellow, Center for Emerging Threats and Opportun...
EVENT TRANSCRIPT October 19, 2004
Anglicanism and Global Affairs: The Windsor Report and Beyond
Speakers: The Rt. Rev. Dr. Josiah Idowu-Fearon, Archbishop, Anglican Church of Nigeria The Most Rev. Frank T. Griswold, Presiding Bishop, Episcopal Church USA Dr. David Martin, Professor of Sociology, London School of Economics (Emeritus) Moderato...
EVENT TRANSCRIPT October 19, 2004
American Jews and the Current Challenges of Church-State Separation
10:00am-11:30am Washington, D.C. MR. BOB WEINBERG: Friends, we are about to begin the program while you continue to enjoy this delicious luncheon. And the speakers, I'm sure, will be up to the challenge of competing with the clacking of the...
EVENT TRANSCRIPT June 23, 2004
The Body Politic and the Body of Christ: Candidates, Communion and the Catholic Church
Speakers include: Thomas J. Reese, S.J., Editor-in-Chief, America: The National Catholic Weekly George Weigel, Senior Fellow, Ethics and Public Policy Center Moderator: Luis Lugo, Director, the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life
EVENT TRANSCRIPT April 19, 2004
The Veil Controversy: International Perspectives on Religion in Public Life
Speakers: E.J. Dionne, Co-Chair, the Pew Forum, and Senior Fellow, the Brookings Institution Raja Elhabti, Director of Research, Karamah: Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights Husain Haqqani, Visiting Scholar, Carnegie Endowment for International ...
EVENT TRANSCRIPT September 17, 2003
Muslim Politics and U.S. Policies: Prospects for Pluralism and Democracy in the Muslim World
Muslim Politics and U.S. Policies: Prospects for Pluralism and Democracy in the Muslim World 2003-09-17 9:00 a.m.-2:15 p.m. Washington, D.C. Welcome & Project Overview Scaling Up Pluralism and Democracy Download transcript Political Transitions and Contests Download transcript
EVENT TRANSCRIPT June 4, 2003
Ministering to Those in Need: The Rights and Wrongs of Missions and Humanitarian Assistance in Iraq
Speakers Dr. Michael Lawrence, Associate Pastor, Capitol Hill Baptist Church Kate Moynihan, Deputy Regional Director for Middle East and North Africa, Catholic Relief Services Dr. Abdulaziz Sachedina, Professor of Religious Studies, University of ...
EVENT TRANSCRIPT March 28, 2003
Separation of Church and States: An Examination of State Constitutional Limits on Government Funding for Religious Institutions
Separation of Church and States: An Examination of State Constitutional Limits on Government Funding for Religious Institutions 2003-03-28 9:00 am-5:00 pm Chapel Hill, NC Due to technical difficulties, we are unable to provide the transcript from the Q&A of these panels. Session 1 : History o
EVENT TRANSCRIPT January 27, 2003
Sources of Basic Human Rights Ideas: A Christian Perspective
Dr. Max Stackhouse is director of the Kuyper Center for Public Theology and Stephen Colwell Professor of Christian Ethics at Princeton Theological Seminary. He is the author and editor of numerous books on a wide variety of topics including most r...
EVENT TRANSCRIPT May 21, 2002
Reconciling Obligations: Accommodating Religious Practice on the Job
9:15 - 9:30 Registration and Continental Breakfast 9:30 - 10:50 History of Relevant Law, Legislation and Enforcement Efforts Roberto Corrada, University of Denver Law School Richard Foltin, American Jewish Committee David Frank, Equal Employment O...
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 February 27, 2002
Moral Status of the Human Embryo
A discussion including: Ronald Cole-Turner, H. Parker Sharp Professor of Theology and Ethics, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary Kevin FitzGerald, Dr. David Lauler Chair in Catholic Health Care Ethics at the Center for Clinical Bioethics and Research...
EVENT TRANSCRIPT January 25, 2002
A Call for Reckoning: Religion and the Death Penalty
At a time of heightened controversy surrounding the death penalty, most discourse relies upon the political, philosophical, and legal dimensions of the practice, and its racial and social implications. Quite often in this debate, religious traditions and theological perspectives are not fully explored beyond an occasional reference to "an eye for an eye" or calls for mercy and forgiveness. Religious voices, however, provide unique standpoints and important reflective dimensions that illuminate these political and other accounts of capital punishment.
EVENT TRANSCRIPT October 5, 2001
Just War Tradition and the New War on Terrorism
A discussion with: Jean Bethke Elshtain, Professor, University of Chicago and Co-chair, Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life Professor Elshtain is a political philosopher whose task has been to show the connections between our political and our e...
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