This report was produced by Pew Research Center as part of the Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures project, which analyzes religious change and its impact on societies around the world. Funding for the Global Religious Futures project comes from The Pew Charitable Trusts and the John Templeton Foundation.
This report is a collaborative effort based on the input and analysis of the following individuals. Find related reports online at pewresearch.org/religion.
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Dennis Quinn, Computational Social Scientist
Research Team
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Patrick van Kessel, Senior Data Scientist
Aaron Smith, Director of Data Labs
Alan Cooperman, Director of Religion Research
Claudia Deane, Vice President for Research
Andrew Mercer, Senior Research Methodologist
Adam Hughes, Associate Director of Research
Regina Widjaya, Computational Social Scientist
Sono Shah, Computational Social Scientist
Claire Gecewicz, Research Associate
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Others at Pew Research Center also gave valuable feedback on this report, including Kiana Cox, Ruth Igielnik, Bradley Jones, Alycia Kantor, Hannah Klein, Rebecca Schmitt, Elizabeth Podrebarac Sciupac and Galen Stocking. Former Pew Research Center Data Labs Director Solomon Messing also contributed to this report. Outside guidance was provided by Mark Chaves, Professor of Sociology, Duke University.
