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 ...

Christians, the world's largest religious group, have one of the lowest global retention rates among major religions, a new report has found. A Pew Research Center report published last Thursday found ...

Global study finds Christian decline, especially in high-income countries. Around the world, millions of people have traded the religious traditions of their upbringing for no religion at all. In ...

There are many religious groups around the world that are not presented separately in this report due to their relatively small size and the limitations of national censuses and other data sources.

The United States’ founders set out to create a country where citizens would be free to practice whatever religion they chose. Does all that freedom fuel religious switching? Yes, but not as much as ...

People who study the societies of the world have never found one without a religion. Individuals may not believe in God, but in the long history of humanity, people in societies have almost always ...

Apart from Muslims, the only other group that grew as a percentage of the global population were those who identify as having no religion, known as 'nones.' The report covered 201 countries, focusing ...

The requirement makes it difficult for religious minorities to get jobs, justice, and opportunities. Advocates are pushing for change. On a September afternoon in an Egyptian city, cars and donkey ...

How should we interact with "other" religions and denominations? It is generally suggested that we should approach such interaction with active listening, building bridges, building on commonly held ...