Based on interviews with more than 35,000 Americans ages 18 and older, this extensive survey by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life details the religious affiliation, religious beliefs and practices as well as social and political attitudes of the American public. Explore the full report and interactive tools »
Report II – June 23, 2008
Press Coverage
June 23 – The Online NewsHour New Survey Maps Shifts in the U.S. Religious Landscape
June 23 – ABC World News Tonight Pew Survey Finds Surprising Flexibility in American Religious Tolerance
June 23 – CBS Evening News Eye To Eye: Religion Survey
June 23, 2008 – The New York Times Survey Shows U.S. Religious Tolerance
June 23, 2008 – The Associated Press Religious Americans: My Faith Isn’t the Only Way
June 23, 2008 – The Washington Post More Than 90 Percent of Americans Believe in God, Study Finds
June 23, 2008 – USA Today Survey: More Americans Dropping Dogma for Spirituality
June 23, 2008 – Religion News Service Think You Know What Americans Believe About Religion?
June 23, 2008 – Reuters Evangelicals Not Locked in Partisan Embrace: Pew
June 23, 2008 – Politico Pew Survey Finds Believers Flexible
June 23, 2008 – Newsweek Believers in the Pews – And the Polling Booth
June 23, 2008 – TIme Christians: No One Path to Salvation
June 23, 2008 – Dallas Morning News Study: Most Americans Say Many Religions Can Lead to Eternal Life
June 23, 2008 – Los Angeles Times 92% of Americans Believe in God or a Universal Spirit
June 23, 2008 – The Boston Globe Massive Study Finds Most Americans Devout, Tolerant
Resources for Reporters
U.S. Religious Landscape Survey Report II June 23, 2008 Transcript of the telephone press conference announcing the release of second report on the Religious Landscape Survey. Audio transcript also available.
Reporting on the U.S. Religious Landscape Survey, Part II June 23, 2008 A resource compiled by ReligionLink.org for reporters covering the second release of the Religious Landscape Survey.
New Report from the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life Finds Religion in U.S. is Non-Dogmatic, Diverse and Politically Relevant June 23, 2008 Part II of U.S. Religious Landscape Survey details Americans’ religious beliefs and behaviors as well as their social and political attitudes.
Report I – Feb. 25, 2008
Press Coverage
Feb. 28, 2008 – The Economist Brand Disloyalty
Feb. 27, 2008 – The NewsHour Survey: American Religious Affiliations Fluid
Feb. 26, 2008 – NPR Morning Edition Religion Survey Finds Many Americans Swap Faiths
Feb. 26, 2008 – NBC Nightly News America’s Leap of Faith
Feb. 26, 2008 – CBS News The U.S. Religious Marketplace
Feb. 26, 2008 – CNN Situation Room Religion and Politics
Feb. 26, 2008 – The Chicago Tribune Many U.S. Catholics, Protestants Leave Their Church
Feb. 26, 2008 – The Wall Street Journal The Changing Faiths of America
Feb. 25, 2008 – The New York Times Americans Change Faiths at Rising Rate, Report Finds
Feb. 25, 2008 – USA Today Survey: Americans Freely Change, or Drop, Their Religions
Feb. 25, 2008 – The Washington Post Survey: Many Americans Switch Faith Identity
Feb. 25, 2008 – Los Angeles Times Religious? Yes; Faithful? Well…
Feb. 25, 2008 – Reuters Many Americans Religiously Unaffiliated: Survey
Feb. 25, 2008 – The Associated Press Survey: US Religious Landscape in Flux
Feb. 25, 2008 – TIME America’s Unfaithful Faithful
Feb. 25, 2008 – Agence France-Presse Protestants on Verge of Becoming Minority in US: Study
Feb. 25, 2008 – Religion News Service Study Finds Americans Fluid in Their Religious Affiliation Protestants Close to Losing Majority Status Catholics Lose More Faithful Than Any Other Group Hindus Thrive as Buddhists Struggle to Pass on the Faith ‘Unaffiliated’ Show Biggest Change Among U.S. Faith Groups Study Shows Racial Diversity Across U.S. Faiths
Resources for Reporters
First Report on the U.S. Religious Landscape Survey Feb. 25, 2008 Transcript of the press conference call announcing the release of the U.S. Religious Landscape Survey.
Reporting on the U.S. Religious Landscape Survey Feb. 25, 2008 A resource compiled by ReligionLink.org for reporters covering the Religious Landscape Survey.
Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life Releases Results from a Landmark Survey on Religion in the U.S. Feb. 25, 2008 Study shows most detailed estimates to date of the size and demographic characteristics of religious groups in the U.S. and finds that religious affiliation is both very diverse and extremely fluid.
