Religion

U.S. Jews Lead Other Religious Groups in Support of Obama

Dip in approval among Jews similar to that among general public

October 2, 2009
Gallup Daily tracking for the month of September found 64% of U.S. Jews approving of the job Barack Obama is doing as president, significantly higher than the 52% national average in September, and higher than was seen last month among Catholics, Protestants, and Mormons.More ...

Religious Attendance Relates to Generosity Worldwide

Religious and the secular more charitable if they attend services

September 4, 2009
Gallup data collected worldwide and across all the major world religions reveal that religious attendance is associated with more generous behavior, even for those unaffiliated with a particular religion. The importance of religion in one’s life has much less of an effect on charitable behavior.More ...
Rhode Island Most Catholic, New York Most Jewish

Rhode Island Most Catholic, New York Most Jewish

August 7, 2009
Gallup Poll Editor in Chief Frank Newport reveals the most Catholic, most Mormon, most Jewish, and most non-religious states in the union.

Religion, Secularism Working in Tandem in Bangladesh

Secular governance not reducing importance citizens place on religion

July 29, 2009
Despite a landslide victory by the secular Awami League in the December 2008 election, Bangladeshis remain strongly religious in their personal lives, showing a movement toward separation of religion and politics.More ...

U.S., Canada Show More Interfaith Cohesion Than Europe

European Muslims embrace their nations, but the latter do not embrace them

May 7, 2009
A new report from Gallup and the Coexist Foundation reveals that residents of the U.S. and Canada are more likely than Europeans surveyed to be classified as “integrated.” It also reveals that European Muslims and the general publics have different perceptions of European Muslims’ loyalty to their nations.More ...

Obama Approval High Among Muslims, Jews, and Catholics

Catholics give Obama higher approval score than Protestants

May 1, 2009
Despite the flare-up over the University of Notre Dame’s outreach to President Barack Obama, 67% of rank-and-file Catholics approve of Obama’s job performance, higher than the 58% found among Protestants. Among religious groups, Muslims and Jews give Obama his highest job scores.More ...
Christianity’s Slow Decline in the U.S.

Christianity’s Slow Decline in the U.S.

April 10, 2009
Three in four Americans (77%) say Christianity is their religious preference -- down from 91% in 1948.

This Easter, Smaller Percentage of Americans Are Christian

Americans more likely now than in previous decades to say they have no religious identity

April 10, 2009
The percentage of Americans who identify with some form of a Christian religion has been dropping in recent decades, and now stands at 77%. In 1948, when Gallup began tracking religious identification, the percentage who were Christian was 91%.More ...

Church-Going Among U.S. Catholics Slides to Tie Protestants

However, long-term decline may have leveled off in past decade

April 9, 2009
Weekly church attendance among Catholics dropped from 75% to 46% between the 1950s and 1990s, but has seemed to stabilize in the past decade. Church attendance among Protestants has been fairly steady over the past six decades, averaging 42% in 1955 versus 45% in recent years.More ...

More Religious Countries, More Perceived Ethnic Intolerance

Picture is more complex for more religious versus less religious people

April 7, 2009
Worldwide, people in more religious countries are more likely than people in more secular countries to perceive intolerance of ethnic and racial minorities in their communities. However, for individual religions and people, the association between religiosity and ethnic intolerance is much more complex.More ...
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