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| Mormons in America: Event Transcript |
(Wed, 11 Jan 2012)
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| In a conference call with journalists, Pew Forum staff members discussed the findings of a new Pew Forum survey, Mormons in America: Certain in Their Beliefs, Uncertain of Their Place in Society. The survey examines Mormons’ religious beliefs and practices, political ideology, and attitudes toward their faith, family life, the media and society. |
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| Global Christianity: Event Transcript |
(Sun, 18 Dec 2011)
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| In a conference call with
journalists, Pew Forum staff members discussed the findings of a new report,
Global Christianity: A Report on the Size and Distribution of the World’s
Christian Population. |
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| New Pew Forum Report Projects Growth of Global Muslim Population to 2030 |
(Wed, 26 Jan 2011)
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| In a
conference call for journalists, Pew Forum staff members discussed the findings
in a new report, The Future of the Global Muslim Population. |
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| American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us |
(Wed, 15 Dec 2010)
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| The Pew Forum held a press luncheon with political science
professors David Campbell and John Green on the topic of how religion both
divides and unites Americans. |
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| Can Civilization Survive Without God? |
(Mon, 11 Oct 2010)
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| The Pew Forum invited brothers Christopher and Peter Hitchens to address the question of whether civilization needs God. |
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| U.S. Religious Knowledge: An Overview of the Pew Forum Survey, Results and Implications |
(Mon, 27 Sep 2010)
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| The Pew Forum’s Alan Cooperman and Greg Smith, along with Boston
University professor and author Stephen Prothero and Krista Tippett of
American Public Media, explore key findings from a new Pew Forum survey on how much Americans know about religion
as part of a panel discussion at a national symposium on religious
literacy in Washington, D.C. |
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| Muslim Networks and Movements in Western Europe |
(Tue, 14 Sep 2010)
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| George Mason University Professor Peter Mandaville,Dilwar Hussain of the Islamic Foundation, andMaha Azzam of the Middle East and North Africa
Programme at Chatham House discussed key findings of
a Pew Forum study containing profiles of some of the oldest, largest and
most influential Muslim groups. |
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| A Conversation With Tariq Ramadan |
(Mon, 26 Apr 2010)
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| European campaigns to ban burqas, the Swiss vote to bar new construction of minarets and attempted terrorist acts in the United States have renewed questions and concerns about the compatibility of Islam with Western society. Swiss-born scholar and philosopher of Islam Tariq Ramadan has written and spoken on the subject, generating widespread debate and reaction. |
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| Faith in Flux: Changes in Religious Affiliation in the U.S. |
(Sun, 26 Apr 2009)
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| The Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life held a conference call with journalists to discuss the release of a new Pew Forum survey that documents the fluidity of religious affiliation in the U.S. and describes the patterns and major reasons for change. |
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| A Call for Reckoning: Religion and the Death Penalty |
(Thu, 24 Jan 2002)
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| At a time of heightened controversy surrounding the death penalty,
most discourse relies upon the political, philosophical, and legal
dimensions of the practice, and its racial and social implications.
Quite often in this debate, religious traditions and theological
perspectives are not fully explored beyond an occasional reference to
"an eye for an eye" or calls for mercy and forgiveness. Religious
voices, however, provide unique standpoints and important reflective
dimensions that illuminate these political and other accounts of capital
punishment. |
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