The Tea Party and Religion

ANALYSIS The Tea Party and Religion A new analysis by the Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion & Public Life finds that Tea Party supporters tend to have conservative opinions not just about economic matters, but also about social issues such as abortion and same-sex marriage. Go to the analysis » See also: Religion & Politics 2012

Imam Abdallah Adhami meets with the press on Aug. 27, 2010, surrounded by demonstrators for and against the proposed Park51 Islamic center and mosque in New York City.   ANALYSIS Religion in the News: Islam Was No. 1 Topic in 2010 Events and controversies related to Islam dominated U.S. press coverage of religion in 2010, bumping the Catholic Church from the top spot, according to a new study by the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism and the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. Go to the analysis »

FROM THE ARCHIVE Pew Forum Resources on Same-Sex Marriage In a major policy shift, the Obama administration announced yesterday that the Justice Department will no longer defend a key provision of the Defense of Marriage Act, the 1996 law barring federal recognition of same-sex marriage. The Pew Forum offers a number of resources that explain different aspects of the same-sex marriage debate, including an October 2010 poll report and a resource package that includes background pieces, such as an overview of the issue and a detailed analysis of the legal dimensions of the same-sex marriage debate.

DATASET Data Files From Faith in Flux Survey Now Available Data files from Faith in Flux, a 2009 Pew Forum survey examining changes in religious affiliation in the U.S., are now available to scholars and researchers. Go to the dataset download page »