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The states of the union differ remarkably in terms of their residents' religions. Non-Catholic Christians dominate in the South, while Catholics are more prevalent in the Middle Atlantic and New England, those with no religion in the Northeast ...

Last June marked the 40th anniversary of what has become one of the most divisive constitutional issues of our time, the U.S. Supreme Court in Engel v. Vitale (1962) declared that New York's state-sponsored and required prayer in its public ...

Some of the sharpest criticism of the "road map to peace" has come from conservative Christians in the United States -- the Rev. Pat Robertson and others who believe that Israel was promised to the Jewish people by God, and that in order for the ...

Certainly, America can be described as a predominantly Christian nation, and religious compared to other Western societies. Of the approximately 1,500 Americans interviewed for this survey, 80% identified themselves as Christians. But though 38% ...

A recent CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll finds three-quarters of Americans have thought at least a moderate amount about the origin of human beings, and two-thirds say it matters to them which theory about how human beings came to exist is correct. ...

From the early stand-up comedy of Bill Cosby, to the best-selling book, "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus," Americans have been fascinated with exploring the differences between men and women. In more than 45 years of polling, Gallup has ...

Many Americans today reject the theory of evolution as an explanation for human origins. This appears to be substantially based on a belief in the creation story as outlined in the Bible. Because highly religious Americans are more likely to be ...

Different ways of estimating Americans' participation in worship ritual behavior provide different benefits to the social researcher. Tens of thousands of interviews conducted with random samples of Americans provide reliable estimates of how ...

Only about a third of Americans believe that Charles Darwin's theory of evolution is a scientific theory that has been well supported by the evidence, while just as many say that it is just one of many theories and has not been supported by the ...

Since 1952, Gallup has asked Americans how important religion is in their lives. The most recent survey shows 55% say religion is "very important" to them and another 28% say "fairly important." Sixteen percent of Americans say religion is "not ...