More from the latest installment of #AheadOfTheTrend: The Growing Gap in Church Membership
What have we learned about membership in a local house of worship? Learn more in the following data visualizations and read the full article now at www.thearda.com/categories/a....
New #AheadOfTheTrend Article: The Growing Gap in Church Membership
@pewresearch.org’s newest Religious Landscape Study asks, “Are you a member of a church, synagogue, mosque, temple, or other house of worship?”
There is much to explore with this question and it's impact on religious attendance.
Analysis and Data Visualizations from #AheadOfTheTrend:
"Religious differences in Confederate flag views are largely driven by demographics, not religion itself. If an evangelical and an atheist have the same ideology, age, education, etc., their views of the flag would be much closer together."
New #AheadOfTheTrend | The Confederate Flag Divides America — But Not How You'd Think
A new dataset from @prri.org, called the Religion and Public Spaces Replication Survey, contains a series of questions about the symbology of the American Confederacy.
Read the full article now on the ARDA.
More from the latest #AheadOfTheTrend with analysis and data visualizations.
"The evidence points to a clear conclusion: not everyone is a Christian in the same way. For a sizable share of other Christians, faith does not play a central role in how they make moral decisions."
The Moral Reasoning Gap in American Christianity | #AheadOfTheTrend
The @pewresearch.org Religious Landscape Study asks respondents how they come to their understanding of right and wrong. Read the full analysis on how the entire sample responded in the new column by @ryanburge.bsky.social.
Here are the latest data visualizations from the #AheadOfTheTrend column, "Religion as a Cultural Identity (Part 2): The Surprising Reality of 'Cultural Judaism'”
The article highlights differences in data from three groups: Religious Jews, Secular Jews, and Cultural Jews.
Link in the comments!
Religion as a Cultural Identity: The Surprising Reality of “Cultural Judaism”
The latest #AheadOfTheTrend continues to analyze data from @pewresearch.org to dig more deeply into the idea of cultural Judaism and Catholicism. This article tests whether religious attendance varies in the groups.
Cultural Jews and Cultural Catholics?
The latest #AheadOfTheTrend column looks at data comparing religion as faith tradition versus cultural identity. In this piece, @ryanburge.bsky.social analyzes survey data from @pewresearch.org on cultural Jews and Catholics.
Read the full analysis of this and other #AheadOfTheTrend articles: www.thearda.com/categories/a....
Check out the data visualizations from the latest #AheadOfTheTrend, Do Americans Care Who Their Boss Is?
Head to the ARDA site for the full analysis and insights from the @pewresearch.org dataset. (Link in the comments!)
Do Americans Care Who Their Boss Is?
In the latest installment of #AheadOfTheTrend, we look to see if data shows whether workers prefer to have a boss of the same gender as themselves. Do the responses reflect views that are frequently shaped, at least in part, by religious teachings?
Are Never Attenders More Secular Today?
The latest installment of #AheadOfTheTrend utilizes data from the 2024 General Social Survey to better understand whether those who never attend services today are further removed from other measures of religiosity than in the past.
Is Christmas a Religious Holiday? In this special holiday edition of #AheadOfTheTrend, @ryanburge.bsky.social explores data from @prri.org on who celebrates Christmas. It may not surprise you that 87% of non-religious folks said they did.
Read the full article here and have a happy holiday!
This year, David Briggs received Religion News Association’s William A. Reed Lifetime Achievement Award. David launched the Ahead of the Trend column in 2009 and contributed more than 200 entries.
Read our full #AheadOfTheTrend article on David's award and career at www.thearda.com/categories/a....
There are a lot of insights from the latest article of #AheadOfTheTrend that show what the 2024 General Social Survey tells us about the state of American Religion. View the data visualizations and read the full article now on the ARDA.
The Slow Grind of Change: What the 2024 GSS Tells Us About American Religion
The newest #AheadOfTheTrend examines the changes in the religious composition of the General Social Survey before the pandemic and then in the 2024 data.
Read the analysis and explore the 2024 GSS data for free!
Each issue of #AheadOfTheTrend includes data visualizations to engage with survey responses, demographic information, measures of religiosity, and more.
View the latest visualizations for "How Religion Shapes the Fear of Death" and read the full analysis on the ARDA's website (link in comments).
#AheadOfTheTrend: Fire Insurance for the Afterlife? How Religion Shapes the Fear of Death
The Chapman University Survey of American Fears repeatedly asks: How afraid are you of dying? One thing that immediately jumps out is that a significant portion of Americans don’t fear death at all.
Fire Insurance for the Afterlife? How Religion Shapes the Fear of Death
Have modern Americans come to grips with the idea that they’re going to die someday? In the latest #AheadOfTheTrend, @ryanburge.bsky.social looks at responses to the question, "How afraid are you of dying?"
Which Religious Groups Are Most Likely to Get Tattoos?
In the latest #AheadOfTheTrend, we look to see if attitudes around tattoos (and the act of getting them) has changed significantly over the past 20 years. When looking at age and religious affiliation, who is most positive toward tattoos?
Jesus Prayers in Public Schools: Who's For and Who's Against?
In the latest #AheadOfTheTrend, Dr. Ryan Burge looks to data from @pewresearch.org to determine whether perceptions of prayer in public schools are dependent on how explicitly religious the prayers are.
Full analysis now on the ARDA.
View all of the data visualizations from the latest #AheadOfTheTrend "Pews vs. Passports: Who’s Leaving the Country—and Who Isn’t."
Look through the graphics and find the full analysis for each at www.thearda.com/categories/a....
Pews vs. Passports: Who’s Leaving the Country—and Who Isn’t
Are religious people more likely to stay in the U.S.? Probably not based on data by @pewresearch.org. Instead, it’s the never-attenders who are least likely to travel abroad.
Read the full analysis in this installment of #AheadOfTheTrend.
Rethinking Race and Religion in America — The Latest #AheadOfTheTrend
Most people who attend church semi-regularly worship alongside others of the same racial background, especially white churchgoers. Yet, 21% of respondents said that no single racial group made up a majority of their congregation.
Dive deeper into #AheadOfTheTrend with data visualizations from "Parenting Isn’t Easy—But Faith Might Help a Little." View the graphs and head to www.thearda.com/categories/a... for the full analysis.
New #AheadOfTheTrend on the ARDA: Parenting Isn’t Easy—But Faith Might Help a Little
A survey by @pewresearch.org asked parents a series of questions beginning, “How often do you find being a parent to be…” followed by adjectives, such as: enjoyable, stressful, and tiring.
Read the analysis below.
Ponder the visualizations from our latest installment of #AheadOfTheTrend: The Many Jobs of a Religious Leader
To what degree are American clergy bi-vocational? What factors determine additional roles: age, salary, role?
Make sure to read the full analysis at www.thearda.com/categories/a....
New #AheadOfTheTrend on the ARDA: The Many Jobs of a Religious Leader
The National Survey of Religious Leaders helps show how clergy entered ministry and how they manage the financial aspects of being a pastor. The findings show most ministers hold secondary employment and work >40 hours/week.
I wanted to bring the sparkle today, I really did… but the best I could do was this bracelet & a vow to start going to bed early 🫣✨ Thanks for still being here for the cozy version of me. #NoLoveToSay #NoLoveTrend #NickiMinajSound #AheadOfTheTrend #Trendsetter #FYP #CozyVibes #SparkleFriday
