Karl Marx once said religion is the opiate of the masses. His metaphor may have a whiff of literal truth, even if it was intended as a hostile attack on religion from an atheistic perspective. It may ...
The Wall Street Journal: A Key to Growth or an Opiate for the Masses?
Paul Metzger, associate professor of theology at Multnomah Biblical Seminary, and Susan Shaw, director of Women's Studies at Oregon State University, will debate the topic "Religion: Opiate of the ...
For more details on comparing religion measures in interviewer-administered and self-administered surveys, see the Center’s 2021 report, “Measuring Religion in Pew Research Center’s American Trends Panel.” Other key findings from the 2021 NPORS include:
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The primary researcher for “The World’s Muslims: Religion, Politics and Society” was James Bell, the director of international survey research for the Pew Research Center.
About the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life This report was produced by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. The Forum delivers timely, impartial information on issues at the intersection of religion and public affairs. The Forum is a nonpartisan organization and does not take positions on policy debates. Based in Washington, D.C., the Forum is a project of the Pew Research Center, which ...
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Religion and education within Christian traditions: Highly educated are generally at least as observant as those with less education The tendency for Christian college graduates to exhibit rates of religious observance that are at least on par with their less highly educated counterparts is evident across a variety of Christian traditions.