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2012-02-23
Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life;
Presents findings about coverage of religion in mainstream media outlets, blogs, and Twitter in 2011, including top stories and themes, the focus on Islam, the role of religion in the presidential election campaign, and share in social media coverage.
2008-08-21
Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life;
Presents survey findings on views on religious involvement in politics, parties' relationships to religion, and the importance of religion and social issues in elections. Examines trends by religion, ideology, party affiliation, and education.
2010-02-17
Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life;
Presents survey findings on the religious affiliations, beliefs, and practices of 18- to 29-year-olds, compared with those of other generations at the same age. Explores views on social and political issues such as homosexuality and religion in school.
2004-01-01
Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life;
Takes a close look at how religion is currently treated in the U.S. public school curriculum and explores how and where study about religion should take place in the curriculum.
1992-11-01
National Council on Crime and Delinquency;
Research conducted by the National Council on Crime and Delinquency has uncovered an abundant variety of religious responses to incarceration. First, religious participation can help an inmate overcome the depression, guilt, and self-contempt that so often accompanies the prison sentence. Second, inmates may seek a way to avoid the constant threats faced in prison. In many ways, the prisoner's desire for religion is not very different from that of the free-world citizen in that he or she seeks religion to make life more livable.
2009-09-10
Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life;
Presents survey findings on discrimination against religious minorities, similarities and differences between religions, views of Islam, and how familiarity with the religion affects those views. Analyzes trends by religion, race/ethnicity, and education.
1998-11-25
International Interfaith Centre;
African Indigenous Religions and Inter-Religious RelationshipThis paper is in three parts. The first part deals with short introductory remarks on inter-faith relations. The second, the longest part, focuses on the fundamental features of Akan indigenous religion and the forms of inter-religious relationship that have emerged from the religious heritage. The third part is a sort of conclusion of my arguments.
2000-07-01
Center for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies;
Characterizes the relationship between religion and the arts in the Philadelphia area between 1965 and 1997. Prepared for inclusion in "Crossroads of the Spirit: Religion and Art in American Life" (New York: The New Press).
2001-01-01
Public Agenda;
Explores the American view of religion, its current role in the U.S., and how it intersects with public life. Includes religion in politics, public schools, and social settings, and the role of faith-based charities participating in government programs.
2014-11-07
The Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy;
This report examines the intersection of religiosity, gender, and age and finds a significant change in patterns of giving by women. One key finding is that younger single women who are religiously unaffiliated give roughly two times larger amounts to charitable organizations than women who are affiliated but who infrequently attend religious services.
2017-04-26
Pew Research Center;
The idea that highly educated people are less religious, on average, than those with less education has been a part of the public discourse for decades, but some scholars of religion have called this notion into question. And a new analysis of Pew Research Center surveys shows that the relationship between religion and education in the United States is not so simple.
2009-10-09
Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life;
Analyzes survey results on civil unions, same sex marriage, homosexuality, and related issues by gender, race/ethnicity, age, education, political affiliation, religion, and region. Examines gay marriage advocates' views on effective strategies.
