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Half of Southerners believe the US was founded as ‘explicitly Christian,’ new poll finds

Half of residents in 11 Southern states believe that America was founded as an explicitly Christian nation, a recent Winthrop University poll found. The view is a crux of Christian Nationalism, said poll director Scott Huffman. Those who espouse Christian Nationalist beliefs support the idea that the United States should be governed as an explicitly […]

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Dec 31 2018

Pew Research Center’s Religious Typography

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In August of 2018, the Pew Research Center released a study on American religious attitudes, dividing all Americans into seven categories. Here are the results of the study that pertain to the nonreligious community. 29% of Americans are nonreligious. From here, Pew sorts them into two groups: The “Solidly Secular” make up 17% of all Americans.

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Aug 29 2018

Poll suggests religious freedom push is having an effect

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Standing beneath the cast aluminum statue of Lady Justice in the Department of Justice’s Great Hall, Attorney General Jeff Sessions made a bold statement last week: “Many Americans have felt that their freedom to practice their faith has been under attack.” He spoke of Catholic nuns being forced to buy contraceptives. (Actually, the Affordable Care Act required

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Aug 7 2018

In Survey of Which Groups Need More TV Representation, Atheists Are Dead Last

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The Roseanne reboot is set to premiere tonight on ABC, and one of the more unusual aspects about the show is that the main character will be a supporter of Donald Trump. As far as sitcoms which take place in the modern day go, that’s not typical. Even fictional characters on TV seem to be anti-Trump these days.

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Mar 28 2018

Atheism Doubles Among Generation Z

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It may come as no surprise that the influence of Christianity in the United States is waning. Rates of church attendance, religious affiliation, belief in God, prayer and Bible-reading have been dropping for decades. Americans’ beliefs are becoming more post-Christian and, concurrently, religious identity is changing. Enter Generation Z: Born between 1999 and 2015, they

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Jan 28 2018

Are White Evangelicals Sacrificing The Future In Search Of The Past?

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White evangelicals have consistently told pollsters that life in the U.S. has gotten worse since the 1950s. But in longing for an American past, white evangelical Protestants may be neglecting their future. As a group, they’re drifting further away — politically and culturally — from the American mainstream. There are growing signs that white evangelical Protestantism is no longer immune

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Jan 25 2018

A growing share of Americans say it’s not necessary to believe in God to be moral

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According to new data from the Pew Research Center, a majority of U.S. adults now say it is not necessary to believe in God to be moral and have good values (56%), up from about half (49%) who expressed this view in 2011. This is the first time a majority of poll respondents have ever affirmed

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Oct 16 2017

Poll finds most Americans oppose religiously-based discrimination

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A new poll by the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) finds that, on a wide range of issues, a majority of Americans oppose religiously-based discrimination against LGBTQ persons. Some findings from the new survey include: A majority (53%) of Americans oppose allowing businesses that provide wedding services, such as catering, flowers, and wedding cakes, to

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Sep 14 2017

Half of Southerners believe the US was founded as ‘explicitly Christian,’ new poll finds

Pew Research Center’s Religious Typography

Poll suggests religious freedom push is having an effect

In Survey of Which Groups Need More TV Representation, Atheists Are Dead Last

Atheism Doubles Among Generation Z

Are White Evangelicals Sacrificing The Future In Search Of The Past?

A growing share of Americans say it’s not necessary to believe in God to be moral

Poll finds most Americans oppose religiously-based discrimination

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