This report, which is part of Pew Research Center’s U.S. Religious Landscape Study, was made possible by The Pew Charitable Trusts, which received support for the project from Lilly Endowment Inc. The study is a collaborative effort based on the input and analysis of the following individuals.
Primary Researchers
Gregory A. Smith, Associate Director, Research
Besheer Mohamed, Senior Researcher
Elizabeth Podrebarac Sciupac, Research Associate
Research Team
Alan Cooperman, Director of Religion Research
Jessica Hamar Martínez, Senior Researcher
Becka A. Alper, Research Associate
Claire Gecewicz, Research Assistant
Editorial and Graphic Design
Sandra Stencel, Associate Director, Editorial
Michael Lipka, Editor
Michael Keegan, Information Graphics Designer
Aleksandra Sandstrom, Copy Editor
Communications and Web Publishing
Anna Schiller, Communications Manager
Travis Mitchell, Digital Producer
Stefan S. Cornibert, Communications Associate
Survey Methods Team
Courtney Kennedy, Director of Survey Research
Andrew Mercer, Research Methodologist
Kyley McGeeney, Research Methodologist
Others at Pew Research Center who contributed to this report include President Michael Dimock and Vice President of Research Claudia Deane.
John C. Green, director of the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics at the University of Akron, served as a senior adviser on the U.S. Religious Landscape Studies, providing valuable advice on the survey questionnaires, categorization of respondents and drafts of the reports. In addition, Nancy T. Ammerman, Professor of Sociology of Religion at Boston University, provided valuable feedback on the draft of this report.