By neha sahgal, jonathan evans, ariana monique salazar, kelsey jo starr and manolo corichi for media or other inquiries: Study will be published in a series of reports over the coming year. This first report focuses on the changing religious composition of the u. s.

Overview several years ago, the pew research center produced estimates of the religious makeup of more than 200 countries and territories, which it published in the 2012 report “the global religious … In recent decades, much high-quality research has been done on the religious makeup of the united states and on the way religion relates to politics and public life. Nevertheless, there are still major …