Tag: Survey
U.S. Religious Knowledge Survey
September 28, 2010.
Print: The Pew Research Center
A Pew survey finds that atheists and agnostics in America are more knowledgeable about religions than religious people.
Just half of Britons call themselves Christian after ‘sharp decline’ in faith over past 25 years
By Martin Beckford December 15, 2009.
Print: Telegraph
Only half of Britons now consider themselves Christian after a sharp decline in religious belief over the past quarter of a century, according to a new academic study. The proportion of Britons who say they have “no religion” has increased from 31 per cent to 43 per cent.
Many Americans Mix Multiple Faiths
Pew Forum December 10, 2009.
Print: The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life
A new Pew survey finds that large numbers of Americans engage in multiple religious practices, for example blending Christianity with Eastern or New Age beliefs such as reincarnation, astrology and the presence of spiritual energy in physical objects. And sizeable minorities of all major U.S. religious groups say they have experienced supernatural phenomena, such as being in touch with the dead or with ghosts.
Number of Americans with “no religion” still rising – research
by the National Secular Society September 24, 2009.
Print: National Secular Society
A new survey of American religion released this week shows that the number of those identifying as “no religion” has risen to 15%.
