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INSIDE THIS UPDATE A Religious Portrait of African-Americans Graphic: Income Distribution Within U.S. Religious Groups Pew Forum in the News Top Religion Headlines QUICK LINKS >> Bioethics Death Penalty Gay Marriage Religion & Politics Religion & Public Schools Religion & Social Welfare Religion & the Law Religion & World Affairs U.S. Religious Landscape Survey	A Religious Portrait of African-Americans In advance of Black History Month, a new analysis by the Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion & Public Life finds that African-Americans are markedly more religious on a variety of measures than the U.S. population as a whole. Read the analysis » See also: Graphic: African-Americans and Religion Graphic: Income Distribution Within U.S. Religious Groups In his inaugural address, President Barack Obama said, "The success of our economy has always depended not just on the size of our gross domestic product, but on the reach of our prosperity." Surveys by the Pew Forum find that income varies greatly within and across American religious groups. View the graphic » Pew Forum in the News Jan. 26 - Newsweek The Quest for a Spiritual Home Eleanor Clift of Newsweek cites Pew Forum data showing that 44 percent of Americans are no longer associated with the religion in which they were raised. Read more Pew Forum in the News articles » Top Religion Headlines Jan. 28 - The New York Times Leaders Say Obama Has Tapped Pastor for Outreach Office Jan. 28 - Religion News Service Workplace Discrimination Claims on the Rise Jan. 28 - Los Angeles Times Russian Orthodox Church Elects 16th Patriarch Jan. 28 - San Francisco Chronicle Court Says Private School Can Expel Lesbians Jan. 27 - The Associated Press Outreach to Muslims Starts New Path in Mideast Jan. 26 - McClatchy Newspapers Evolution War Still Rages 200 Years After Darwin's Birth Jan. 26 - The Times of London Beijing Holds Secret Talks With Banned Churches as 100 Million Defy Party Rules Jan. 23 - The New York Times Obama Reverses Rules on U.S. Abortion Aid Jan. 23 - Religion News Service Polygamy Case May Test Limits of Canadian Same-Sex Marriage Jan. 23 - The Wall Street Journal First Embryonic Stem-Cell Trial Gets Approval From the FDA Read more Religion News » Photo credits: Church service: AP Money: Corbis

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