January 17, 2008
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Religion and Politics in Nevada and South Carolina
New Demographic Analysis Corrects Misconceptions About Pentecostals
Resources on the Abortion Debate
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Religion & Politics '08

Religion and Politics in Nevada and South Carolina

With no clear front-runners emerging from the recent Democratic and Republican primaries, upcoming contests in Nevada and South Carolina will be critical to candidates in both parties. Religion & Politics '08 offers religious profiles of both states, along with discussions of religion's role in state politics, links to the websites of politically active religious groups and more.

Go to the Nevada caucus page
Go to the South Carolina primary page

Pentecostals

New Demographic Analysis Corrects Misconceptions About Pentecostals

A new analysis finds little evidence to support some widespread perceptions about the income level, educational attainment and gender composition of pentecostals. The analysis was done as a supplement to the Pew Forum's 2006 survey of 10 countries with sizeable pentecostal populations.

Read the new analysis
Go the executive summary of the 2006 report

Note to scholars and academic researchers: We have made the raw data from the survey available on the dataset download page of our website.
Abortion protest

Resources on the Abortion Debate

Jan. 22 marks the 35th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. The Pew Forum has assembled a variety of resources on the abortion debate in the U.S., including transcripts of recent Forum events, survey findings and an overview of landmark abortion cases decided by the Supreme Court.

Read the overview of key cases
Go to the resource page

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Pew Forum in the News
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Jan. 13 - The New York Times
Huckabee Splits Young Evangelicals and Old Guard
Senior Research Fellow John Green discusses how evangelical leaders have reacted to the Huckabee campaign.

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Top Religion Headlines
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Jan. 16 - Detroit Free Press
Ex-Mich. Congressman Indicted in Terrorist Fund-Raising Conspiracy

Jan. 16 - The New York Times
9 Jewish Leaders Say E-Mail Spread Lies About Obama

Jan. 16 - The Christian Science Monitor
U.S. Religious Freedom is Being Eroded, Advocates Say

Jan. 15 - The New York Times
In Heart of Islamic World, Bush Puts Forth His Faith

Jan. 15 - The Washington Post
Ginsburg Is Latest Justice to Reflect on Faith

Jan. 15 - Stateline.org
States Vie for Stem-Cell Scientists

Jan. 14 - The Baltimore Sun
McCain in Michigan: We Are a 'Judeo-Christian' Nation

Jan. 13 - The Associated Press
Giuliani Turns to Prayer in Florida

Jan. 13 - Chicago Tribune
Evangelicals in S.C. Not Just Voting on Faith

Jan. 11 - Religion News Service
Evangelical Leaders Say Democratic/GOP Polling Skewed

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Pentecostal worship: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images
Abortion debate: Alex Wong/Getty Images
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