religion and social trends religion and social trends / http://backend.userland.com/rss Â鶹´«Ã½ WebTeam How Americans Perceive Treatment of Racial, Ethnic Groups Less than half of Americans are satisfied with the way immigrants and Black, Hispanic, Jewish and Arab people are treated in the U.S. /poll/693641/americans-perceive-treatment-racial-ethnic-groups.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/693641/americans-perceive-treatment-racial-ethnic-groups.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Mon, 18 Aug 2025 03:00:00 GMT More Americans See Religion Increasing Its Influence in U.S. Thirty-four percent of Americans say religion is increasing its influence on American life, up from 20% a year ago. /poll/691424/americans-religion-increasing-influence.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/691424/americans-religion-increasing-influence.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Wed, 11 Jun 2025 03:00:00 GMT Religious Preferences Largely Stable in U.S. Since 2020 More than one in five U.S. adults have no religious preference, while close to seven in 10 are Christian, primarily Protestant (45%) or Catholic (21%). /poll/659339/religious-preferences-largely-stable-2020.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/659339/religious-preferences-largely-stable-2020.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 17 Apr 2025 03:00:00 GMT What Percentage of Americans Celebrate Christmas? Ninety percent of Americans in December 2024 report celebrating Christmas, with 58% saying it's a strongly or somewhat religious holiday for them. /poll/272357/percentage-americans-celebrate-christmas.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/272357/percentage-americans-celebrate-christmas.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Fri, 20 Dec 2024 03:00:00 GMT Majority Still Credits God for Humankind, but Not Creationism A majority of Americans believe God played at least some role in humans' origin, but a majority also believe humans evolved from less advanced forms of life. /poll/647594/majority-credits-god-humankind-not-creationism.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/647594/majority-credits-god-humankind-not-creationism.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Mon, 22 Jul 2024 03:00:00 GMT How Religious Are Americans? Most Americans have a religious preference -- predominantly a Christian one -- but less than half say religion is "very important" to them. /poll/358364/religious-americans.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/358364/religious-americans.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Fri, 29 Mar 2024 03:00:00 GMT Measuring Trends in Americans' Personal Values Trends measuring Americans' values need to be analyzed in the context of differences in question wording and changes in methodology. /opinion/polling-matters/544508/measuring-trends-americans-personal-values.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /opinion/polling-matters/544508/measuring-trends-americans-personal-values.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Mon, 20 Nov 2023 12:30:00 GMT In U.S., 47% Identify as Religious, 33% as Spiritual Slightly less than half of U.S. adults describe themselves as religious, while 33% say they are spiritual but not religious and 18% are neither. /poll/511133/identify-religious-spiritual.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/511133/identify-religious-spiritual.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Fri, 22 Sep 2023 03:00:00 GMT The Politics of Religion Recent Â鶹´«Ã½ 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 13:30:00 GMT Belief in Five Spiritual Entities Edges Down to New Lows Americans' belief in five religious entities -- God, angels, heaven, hell and the devil -- have all edged down since 2016, continuing a longer-term trend. /poll/508886/belief-five-spiritual-entities-edges-down-new-lows.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/508886/belief-five-spiritual-entities-edges-down-new-lows.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 20 Jul 2023 03:00:00 GMT