Christianity

A new Pew Research Center global demographic study shows differences in educational attainment among the world’s major religious groups.

A new Pew Research Center study, analyzing data from 151 countries, looks at education levels of Jews, Christians, Buddhists, Hindus, Muslims and religiously unaffiliated adults ages 25 and older. Here are five key takeaways from the report.

There are important differences in educational attainment among religious groups living in the same region -- or even the same country.

Jews are more highly educated than any other major religious group around the world, while Muslims and Hindus tend to have the fewest years of formal schooling. But all religious groups are making gains, particularly among women.

Imagining the U.S. as a town of 100 people can help illuminate the nation's religious diversity.

The 2016 presidential exit polling reveals little change in the political alignments of U.S. religious groups.

Roughly one-in-five U.S. adults were raised with a mixed religious background, according to a new Pew Research Center study.

A total of 38,901 Muslim refugees entered the U.S. in fiscal year 2016, making up almost half (46%) of the nearly 85,000 refugees who entered the country in that period.

Mormons place a very high value on good parenting and a successful marriage, and they are among the most involved in their congregations of any Christian faith.

Nearly four-in-ten white evangelical voters who support Trump mention that they do so at least in part because he is not Clinton.