A New U.S. Religious Landscape

This session explores the results of the Pew Research Center’s new religious landscape survey of the United States. Survey data drawn from over 37,000 nationwide respondents shows that the waning of religiosity among Americans has leveled off—ending a two-decade decline. How do religious leanings differ between liberal and conservative voters? Why are younger generations less religious than their forebears? What convictions do the 29 percent of religiously unaffiliated Americans hold? Director of Religion Research at Pew Research Center Alan Cooperman will discuss the findings alongside Sarah Pulliam Bailey, who spent eight years as the Washington Post religion reporter. This conversation will go behind Pew’s new religion survey to look carefully at the emerging future of religious engagement in American society.