FACT

Features

The Values and Beliefs of the American Public

American Religion

Contemporary Trends

by Mark Chaves

FACTS on Growth

2010

By C. Kirk Hadaway

A Decade of Change in American Congregations 2000-2010

By David A. Roozen

U.S. Religious Landscape Survey

Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life

Crunching the numbers

Apr 02, 2012 by William McKinney

The Census Bureau avoids collecting data about religion. So most of what we know is based on what people reveal to independent researchers.

Features

Worship and renewal

Surveying congregational life
Jun 05, 2002 by David Roozen
Analysts of industrial nations often are perplexed by the continuing high level of religious activity in the United States. According to historians, this persistent vitality of congregational life is the result of overlapping waves of renewal rather than a steady growth from pioneer strengths.