About the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life

This report was produced by the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life. The Pew Forum delivers timely, impartial information on issues at the intersection of religion and public affairs. The Pew Forum is a nonpartisan, nonadvocacy organization and does not take positions on policy debates. Based in Washington, D.C., the Pew Forum is a project of the Pew Research Center, which is funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts.

The report was funded by a generous grant from The Pew Charitable Trusts and the John Templeton Foundation as part of the Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, which aims to increase people’s knowledge of religion around the world.

The report is a collaborative effort based on the input and analysis of the following individuals:

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Luis Lugo, Director

Survey Research
Alan Cooperman, Associate Director, Research
Gregory Smith, Senior Researcher
Allison Pond and Neha Sahgal, Research Associates
Scott Clement, Research Analyst

Demographic and Other Research
Brian J. Grim, Senior Researcher
Conrad Hackett, Demographer
Jacqueline Wenger, Research Associate
Sahar Chaudhry, Research Analyst
Elizabeth Podrebarac, Research Assistant

Editorial
Sandra Stencel, Associate Director, Editorial
Diana Yoo, Graphic Designer
Tracy Miller, Editor
Hilary Ramp, Assistant Editor

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Erin O’Connell, Associate Director, Communications
Kathleen Flynn, Planning and Operations Manager
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Brian Bailey, Online Project Manager
Mary Schultz, Communications Manager
Robert Mills, Communications Associate
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Andrew Kohut, President
Paul Taylor, Executive Vice President
Scott Keeter, Director of Survey Research
Elizabeth Mueller Gross, Vice President
Michael Piccorossi, Director of Operations
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Richard Wike, Associate Director, Pew Global Attitudes Project
Erin Carriere-Kretschmer and Juliana Menasce Horowitz, Senior Researchers, Pew Global Attitudes Project
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