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More in U.S. jump to new faiths, poll finds | The nation's long-held Protestant majority has slipped to 51%. Evangelicals make up the nation's single-largest tradition, followed by Catholics (Los Angeles Times)

In Major Poll, U.S. Religious Identity Appears Very Slippery (The Washington Post)

Survey: Americans freely change, or drop, their religions (USA Today)

The Changing Faiths of America | Study Shows Big Declines Among Major Denominations; A Boon for Evangelicals (The Wall Street Journal)

Religion Survey Finds Many Americans Swap Faiths (Morning Edition, NPR)

Study shows more Americans changing faiths beyond the one they grew up with | Nearly half change religious traditions, many to 'unaffiliated' (The Dallas Morning News)

Hispanics strengthen Catholic Church | Study: Immigrants buoy attendance while other denominations decline (The Orlando Sentinel)

Survey: US religious landscape in flux | The study released Monday by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life is unusual for it sheer scope (Associated Press)

Study Shows Racial Diversity Across U.S. Faiths | At least partial evidence that evangelical churches that were historically all white seem to be growing more diverse (Religion News Service)

'Unaffiliated' Show Biggest Change Among U.S. Faith Groups | But the "unaffiliated" aren't necessarily living out a strictly secular life (Religion News Service)

Catholics Lose More Faithful Than Any Other Group | Survey found that 31 percent of Americans were raised Catholic, but only 24 percent still identify as Catholic (Religion News Service)

Hindus Thrive as Buddhists Struggle to Pass on the Faith (Religion News Service)

Why Do Hindus Have the Highest Religious Retention Rate in the U.S? | Immigration issues seem to be an important part of the answer (Andrea Useem, ReligionWriter.com)

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