When it comes to religion, the Asian-American community is a study in contrasts, encompassing groups that run the gamut from highly religious to highly secular. A new survey report examines the Asian-American population from the angle of religious affiliation, highlighting the beliefs, practices and views of Christians, Buddhists, Hindus, the religiously unaffiliated and other faiths.
Oct 11, 2023Like the U.S. public as a whole, a growing percentage of AsianAmericans are not affiliated with any religion, and the share who identify as Christian has declined, according to a new Pew Research Center survey exploring religion among AsianAmerican adults.. But the survey also shows that 40% of AsianAmericans say they feel close to some religious tradition for reasons aside from religion.
Oct 11, 2023Despite recent declines, Christianity is still the most common religion among AsianAmericans. About a third of AsianAmerican adults (34%) say their present religion is Christianity, down from 42% when Pew Research Center last conducted an in-depth survey of AsianAmericans, in 2012.. Looking at the largest subgroups within Christianity, Protestants now make up 16% of the AsianAmerican ...
Oct 18, 2023Pew conducted surveys between July 5, 2022, and January 27 this year and also held focus groups and one-on-one interviews with over 100 AsianAmericans to uncover what religion means to them.
Oct 25, 2023AsianAmerican Muslims (60%) and Christians (54%) are more likely to consider religion as "very important" in their lives compared to Hindus (33%) and Buddhists (31%). Moreover, religious service attendance is higher among AsianAmerican Christians (55%) and Muslims (54%), with Korean Americans being the most likely to attend services monthly ...
Mar 22, 2023"AsianAmericanreligions: Everywhere, all at once" invites readers to the multiverse of religious experiences in Asian America. This set of essays, co-curated by The Immanent Frame and the Asian Pacific AmericanReligions Research Initiative (), offers a glimpse of the vastness and complexity of AsianAmericanreligions.Today, AsianAmericans are not only the fastest-growing racial group ...
Oct 16, 2023Overall, it was found that 34% of AsianAmericans say that their present religion is Christianity, a figure that has fallen from 42% the last time Pew surveyed AsianAmericans in 2012.When broken ...
Oct 12, 2023"Despite recent declines, Christianity is still the most common religion among AsianAmericans," said the survey report released by Pew Research Center on Oct. 11. According to the report, around 34 percent of AsianAmerican adults identified their religion as Christianity in 2023, down from 42 percent in 2012.
Graphic courtesy Pew Research Center (2012) (RNS) The most comprehensive study of religionandAsian-Americans to date finds them less religious than most Americans, but also far more religiously ...
Compared with Asian-American Protestants (especially evangelicals), far fewer Asian-American Catholics (23%) say their religion is the one, true faith; nearly three-quarters of Asian-American Catholics (73%) say many religions can lead to eternal life. Asian-American Catholics closely resemble Catholics in the general public on this question.
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