md2-lede_largeThis 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.

This report is part of the Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures project, which is jointly and generously funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts and the John Templeton Foundation. The project analyzes religious change and its impact on societies around the world.

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Primary Researchers
Brian J. Grim, Senior Researcher and Director of Cross-National Data, Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life
Mehtab S. Karim, Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life
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Luis Lugo, Director

Research
Alan Cooperman, Associate Director, Research
Conrad Hackett, Demographer
Phillip Connor, Research Associate
Sahar Chaudhry, Research Analyst
Mira Hidajat, Demography Consultant
Becky Hsu, Project Consultant
Andrew J. Gully, Noble Kuriakose, Elizabeth A. Lawton and Elizabeth Podrebarac, Research Assistants

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Anne Farris Rosen, Contributing Editor
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Tracy Miller, Editor
Hilary Ramp, Assistant Editor

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