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Wednesday, September 6, 2017

Americans say they’re spiritual but not religious


After 500 years, Reformation-era divisions have lost much of their potency

As Protestants prepare to mark the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, new Pew Research Center surveys show that in both Western Europe and the United States, the theological differences that split Western Christianity in the 1500s have diminished to a degree that might have shocked Christians in past centuries. Across Europe and the U.S., the prevailing view is that Protestants and Catholics today are more similar religiously than they are different. And while the Reformation led to more than a century of devastating wars and persecution in Europe, both Protestants and Catholics across the continent now overwhelmingly express willingness to accept each other as neighbors and even as family members.
Related: U.S. survey
Related: Western Europe survey

More Americans now say they’re spiritual but not religious

Some people may see the term “spiritual but not religious” as indecisive and devoid of substance. Others embrace it as an accurate way to describe themselves. What is beyond dispute, however, is that the label applies to a growing share of Americans. About a quarter of U.S. adults (27%) now say they think of themselves as spiritual but not religious, up 8 percentage points in five years, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted between April 25 and June 4 of this year.

Strong religious beliefs are only one part of Muslim American identity

Nearly all Muslim Americans (97%) say they take pride in being a member of the Islamic faith. But their devotion to core religious beliefs and practices is only part of a religious identity that also includes concerns about social justice and the environment, according to a Pew Research Center survey of 1,001 U.S. Muslims conducted between January and May of this year.

MEDIA MENTIONS

Survey finds that American Protestants believe more like Catholics, 500 years after Luther

Sept. 2 - Star Tribune *

After 500 years, Europe’s Reformation scars have all but healed, study finds

Aug. 31 - The Guardian

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