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Bible
basics
When
asked whether teaching the Bible in a public school violates
the Constitution and the separation of church and state, 46
percent of Americans said yes and 46 percent said no, according
to an April 2006 CBS News Poll.
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Polls
and surveys
Many
organizations do polls that include questions about religion. Here
are some good places to start.
THE
PEW RESEARCH CENTER, in conjunction with other Pew centers,
including the Pew
Forum on Religion & Public Life, conducts polls about religion.
THE
BARNA RESEARCH GROUP, headed by George Barna, conducts polls
about Christians and their beliefs and practices. Polls are searchable.
GALLUP
POLLS include many on religion. News releases are available
on the Web site when a poll is released, but after that they are
only available to paying subscribers.
POLLINGREPORT.COM
collects polls from different sources on various topics, including
religion.
THE
ASSOCIATION OF RELIGION DATA ARCHIVES compiles data on religion.
Other
research
THE
CENTER FOR APPLIED RESEARCH IN THE APOSTOLATE at Georgetown
University conducts social scientific research about the Roman Catholic
Church.
THE
NORTH AMERICAN JEWISH DATA BANK collects social scientific
studies of American Jewry.
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