religion and ethics / http://backend.userland.com/rss 优蜜传媒WebTeam Recent 优蜜传媒data confirm a significant and growing relationship between religiosity and partisan identity in the U.S. /opinion/polling-matters/510464/politics-religion.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /opinion/polling-matters/510464/politics-religion.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Fri, 01 Sep 2023 18:30:00 GMT Survey researchers face the difficult challenge of meaningfully defining and measuring evangelicals in the U.S. today. /opinion/polling-matters/507062/thorny-challenge-defining-evangelicals.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /opinion/polling-matters/507062/thorny-challenge-defining-evangelicals.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Fri, 09 Jun 2023 17:30:00 GMT Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has been identified as an evangelical for most of his public career, but defining exactly what that means today faces a number of challenges. /opinion/polling-matters/472772/jimmy-carter-challenge-identifying-evangelicals.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /opinion/polling-matters/472772/jimmy-carter-challenge-identifying-evangelicals.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Fri, 24 Mar 2023 17:30:00 GMT The percentage of Americans with no formal religious identity has increased dramatically since the 1950s, but that increase appears to have leveled off in Gallup's recent data. /opinion/polling-matters/406544/slowdown-rise-religious-nones.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /opinion/polling-matters/406544/slowdown-rise-religious-nones.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Fri, 09 Dec 2022 18:30:00 GMT While Pope Francis' comments supporting same sex civil unions were a drastic shift in Catholic church guidance, U.S. Catholics have supported gay marriage for about a decade. /poll/322805/catholics-backed-sex-marriage-2011.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/322805/catholics-backed-sex-marriage-2011.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Fri, 23 Oct 2020 20:45:00 GMT About half of Americans identify as Protestants, while 23% are Catholics and 21% have no religious identity. Thirty-seven percent are highly religious, 33% not religious at all. /poll/224642/2017-update-americans-religion.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/224642/2017-update-americans-religion.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Fri, 22 Dec 2017 20:15:00 GMT A slim majority of Americans, 55%, still believe religion can answer all or most problems, near the lowest point since 1957. /poll/211679/majority-say-religion-answer-problems.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/211679/majority-say-religion-answer-problems.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Fri, 02 Jun 2017 18:15:00 GMT Fewer than one in four Americans (24%) say the Bible is the literal word of God. This is down slightly from 28% in 2014 and is the lowest in Gallup's four-decade trend. /poll/210704/record-few-americans-believe-bible-literal-word-god.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/210704/record-few-americans-believe-bible-literal-word-god.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Mon, 15 May 2017 18:30:00 GMT Mississippi remains the most religious state in the U.S., as it has been for each of the past nine years. Vermont residents are the least religious. /poll/203747/mississippi-retains-standing-religious-state.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/203747/mississippi-retains-standing-religious-state.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Wed, 08 Feb 2017 19:30:00 GMT