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Coinciding with a general decline in religiosity in the U.S., a record-low 20% of Americans now say they believe the Bible is literally true.

Americans' personal religiosity is significantly related to their abortion attitudes, even after controlling for religious and political identity and other demographic variables.

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.

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.

Dr. Frank Newport rejoins the podcast to opine on Gallup's decadeslong trends on faith and religion in the U.S.

Three in four Americans consider the Bible to be God's word, with 28% saying it should be taken literally and 47% saying it is open to interpretation. Long-term biblical literalism has declined some, while a secular take on the Bible has become ...

Highly religious Americans are less likely than others to drink alcohol and are more likely to view drinking as morally unacceptable.

Protestants and highly religious Americans, traditionally Israel's most sympathetic supporters, are shrinking in size.

Support for legal same-sex marriage is strongly related to religion and partisanship. Black Americans, who tend to be Democratic and highly religious, are particularly cross-pressured on this issue.

The Democratic National Convention emphasized Biden's personal faith, while Republicans continued to focus on activating their core evangelical base.