Religion & Politics

Early indications are that candidate preferences by religion will be familiar in November – and closely linked to each group’s party leanings.

There are differences by religious tradition in how satisfied churchgoers are with what they hear from the pulpit.

Most U.S. adults know what the Holocaust was and approximately when it happened, but fewer than half can correctly answer multiple-choice questions about the number of Jews who were murdered or the way Adolf Hitler came to power, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.

Among U.S. adults who attend services a few times a year or more, 45% say they’re not sure whether their clergy are Democrats or Republicans.

Globally, women are younger than their male partners. They also are more likely to age alone and to live in single-parent households.

In Brazil – home to the world’s largest Catholic population – a majority of Catholics are in favor of allowing priests to marry.

Among the changes: Smartphones and social media became the norm, church attendance fell, and same-sex marriage and legalizing marijuana gained support.

This Pew Research Center analysis harnesses computational techniques to identify, collect and analyze the sermons that U.S. churches livestream or share on their websites each week.

Household size and composition often vary by religious affiliation, data from 130 countries and territories reveals. Muslims and Hindus have larger households than Christians and religious “nones,” influenced in part by regional norms.

Catholics have less confidence in their clergy's advice than Protestants – and are less likely to claim a close relationship with clergy.