The following is adapted from remarks delivered at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland, on May 1, 2023. The future of Christianity? It’s an enormous topic. There are more than one billion ...

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For our latest survey data about views of religion’s role in public life, read our 2026 report, “How Americans Feel About Religion’s Influence in Government and Public Life.” Most Americans express ...

There are two forms of Christianity pulling American politics in opposite directions. Oddly enough, the moment that might define the faith’s political future happened not in a church but in a football ...

Throughout this report, religious switching refers to a change between the religious group in which a person says they were raised (during their childhood) and their religious identity now (in ...