There is a feeling that religion can influence political agendas and election results. Religion contributes significantly to the formation of laws. Religion is the basic element of legal processes.

We asked people in 35 countries about the influence of specific religious texts on their national laws. The texts in question varied by country: For example, adults in predominantly Christian ...

Americans have positive views about religion’s role in society but want it out of politics, according to a 2019 survey by the Pew Research Center, a Washington, D.C.-based nonpartisan fact tank. There ...

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A new study finds white evangelicals are most eager to see their faith reflected more in the government, but very few say they support Christian nationalism. In a country where 80 percent of adults ...

Most Americans say religion’s influence in society is declining, and for many people, this is a lamentable development. Americans are much more likely to express positive than negative views of ...

The NSFG included two important questions about religion: first, the respondent’s current religious affiliation, and second, what religion they were raised in. Current religious affiliation is not a ...

After years of decline, a growing number of Americans believe religion is on its way back, a new study from Pew Research Center suggests. The report, published Monday, found that about a third of ...

In a new survey released by the Pew Research Center, 80 percent of respondents said religion’s role in public life is shrinking in America. That’s the highest proportion in two decades of asking the ...

President Joe Biden departs St. Joseph on the Brandywine Catholic Church after attending a Mass in Wilmington, Del., April 23, 2022. (CNS photo/Tasos Katopodis, Reuters) Pew Research Center reports ...

In a new survey released by the Pew Research Center, 80 percent of respondents said religion’s role in public life is shrinking in America. That’s the highest proportion in two decades of asking the ...