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New Efforts by Barna Group, NAE, Others Aim to Reach—and Understand—Hispanics

Evangelical leaders capitalize on post-election interest in U.S. Latinos.

Evangelical Support for Romney Tops Out

Winning mainline Protestants and Catholics now key for both presidential campaigns.

Dramatic Increase in Religiously Unaffiliated as Protestants Lose Majority Status

Why religious leaders aren't terribly troubled by the news.

The Spiritual Sex

Why are women better Christians than men?

Evangelicals Hold Pessimistic Views of the Economy

A recent poll suggests the dire outlook may be attributed to more than just religious views.

The Lasting Effects of Your School

A new survey found that Christian schooling makes a difference—and that different kinds of Christian education produce different results among their graduates.

Good Religion, Bad Religion

A new study reveals we're incurably religious. That's a problem.

Polling Evangelical Leaders

Both unanimity and diversity emerge in a recent poll of the Lausanne delegates.

Poll: Most Americans No Longer Want Government Promoting 'Traditional Values'

The recent recession and a movement favoring less government may contribute to recent poll numbers.

Polling Evangelicals: Not Pro-Union, but Split Over Unions Versus Government

A Pew Research Center survey suggests evangelicals have the lowest favorability toward government employee unions of any religious group.

Polling Evangelicals: Cut Aid to World's Poor, Unemployed

A Pew Research Center survey suggests evangelicals prefer the government spend on schools, the military, and police.

A Sinking Argument on Gender and Courage

Do secular feminists really want men to stop showing courtesy?

Cohabiting Couples on the Rise

The cultural trend isn't going away anytime soon. How should the church respond?

Declining Female Happiness

A new study reveals that feminism may be the source of our discontent.

Over the Fence

Poll: Republicans losing the Hispanic Protestant support won in 2004.

Do Evangelicals Really Prefer Hillary to Obama? No One Knows For Sure

Without exit-poll data for Democrats, reliable data is hard to come by.

The Problem with Counting Christians

Pew's new Religious Landscape Survey is helpful, but the maps are fuzzier than you might expect.

McCain Surges in Polls, But Many Evangelicals Wary

Observers say the candidate's policy stances and lack of "faith talk" has led some to look elsewhere, but Super Tuesday may change that.

Voting Values  Subscriber access only

New poll suggests that the Iraq war may trump abortion and gay marriage.

Short-Term Troubles

Lessons from the South Korean kidnappings in Afghanistan.

I Was a Stranger  Subscriber access only

How should we deal with 12 million illegal immigrants?

Support Strong for Danger Zone Missions

Despite kidnappings, active U.S. Christians still encourage mission trips to embattled nations.

Just As We Were

Is mass evangelism dead?

The Pulse: Iraq Reconsidered

In retrospect, was it a just invasion or not?

Poll Says Many Pentecostals Don't Speak in Tongues

Divine healing more prominent marker, 10-country survey finds.

Statistical Illusion

New study confirms that we go to church much less than we say.

To Be Happy in Jesus

Are evangelical Christians really happier than their neighbors?

Disappointed but Holding  Subscriber access only

While overall support for George W. Bush has plummeted, evangelicals remain surprisingly loyal.

The Great Stem Sell and Other Mistakes  Subscriber access only

What Americans really think about science: astonishing new polling data.

That Other Church  Subscriber access only

Let's face it: Secularism is a religion. Let's treat it as such.

Harder Numbers on 'Values Voters'  Subscriber access only

Plus: More Christians react to Arafat's death, abortion debates in Australia and Kenya, and other stories from online sources around the world.

Does the Gallup Poll Have an Evangelical Bias?  Subscriber access only

Plus: More on religion in the election, cleanup after Hurricane Jeanne, Anglicans offer chocolate to boost church attendance, human trafficking, and more articles from online sources around the world.

Survey Gets Specific on Evangelical Attitudes—and Finds We Like the Pope Better than Robertson or Falwell  Subscriber access only

Plus: An after-Easter deluge of religion articles, including coverage of attacks on an Indonesia church, Iraq hostages, the Shroud of Turin, and the hope of Easter.
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Seven things you don't know about interfaith marriage
Highlights from a nationally representative survey of 2,500 people, including an oversample of people in interfaith marriages. (Fox News)
Brad Wright: What, exactly, is Evangelical Christianity?
How do we measure Evangelical Christianity? That is, how do we know who is one and who isn’t one? (Black White and Grey)
U.S. Catholics Divided On Church’s Direction Under New Pope
Half of U.S. Catholics say the next pope should maintain the traditional teachings of the church, while about the same number say the next pope should move the church in new directions (Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life)

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