Sept. 27, 2017
Article about how drive time to church affects attendance cites findings from the recent Baylor Religion Survey. Most churchgoers — almost 70 percent — drive 15 minutes or less to get to Sunday worship. “The gap between a person’s place of residence and their place of worship has implications,” the study said. “Half of Americans who live within 15 minutes of the place of worship report attending religious services weekly or more. “As the distance from a congregation increases, the likelihood of weekly attendance decreases.”

Sept. 26, 2017
According to the Baylor Religion Survey, most Americans do not travel far to attend church services. Those who live in close proximity to church attend at least once a week.

Sept. 25, 2017
Only one in four U.S. adults see God as mainly a force for good who is actively involved in the lives of individuals, according to the latest findings from the 2017 Baylor Religion Survey. Catholics were the only group most likely to believe in a benevolent God, while among mainline Protestants, a plurality believed in a distant God who set the laws of nature in motion but is not actively involved in day-to-day events.

Sept. 22, 2017
An analysis of data from the latest Baylor Religion Survey that looked at technology’s effect on religion found that more than three-quarters of U.S. adults (77 percent) say they never share their religious views via the Internet. That holds true regardless of religious tradition, said Baylor University sociologists, who recently presented the latest survey findings at the Religion Newswriters Association’s annual conference.

Sept. 14, 2017
The Internet is used for many reasons in everyday life, but most Americans report they never use it to find religious or spiritual content — or to share their religious views, according to the recently released Baylor Religion Survey. But among those who do proselytize online, Evangelicals and Black Protestants are the most likely to do so, said Baylor researcher Paul McClure. Another finding was that those with no religious affiliation are the most likely to feel addicted to technology. The survey, with 1,501 participants, was designed by Baylor scholars and administered by the Gallup Organization.

Sept. 18, 2017
New research by Baylor University scholars finds that most Americans don’t use the Internet to find or share religious or spiritual content, and most don’t see technology and the internet as threats to their faith. The finding is part of the latest wave of the Baylor Religion Survey, which polled 1,501 adults nationwide. Quoted is Baylor sociologist Paul McClure, co-author of the report on the internet and faith.

Sept. 17, 2017
Article about the latest findings from the Baylor Religion Survey, including data that found that three in 10 non-religious people fear conservative Christians as a threat to their physical safety, while Evangelicals viewed Muslims and atheists as such a threat. Even without the threat of physical danger, the survey found that Americans often saw members of other religions as hostile or inferior to themselves.

Sept. 16, 2017
Column about the Baylor Religion Survey, including the latest findings that analyzed religion’s impact on the presidential election as well as the findings that show that many people allow their politics to shape their religion, rather than vice versa.

Sept. 15, 2017
AUDIO: Host Julie Rose of the “Top of Mind” program interviews Jerry Park, Ph.D., associate professor of sociology in Baylor’s College of Arts & Sciences, who discusses the latest analyses from Baylor Religion Survey. Sociologists found that churchgoers tend to look down on atheists as morally inferior, while non-religious individuals look down on Christians for the same reason. In addition, “fear of others” who are different from oneself is a strong pattern in the United States, with conservative Christians fearing Muslims and atheists most, while atheists and those with no religious affiliation tend to fear conservative Christians.

Sept. 14, 2017
Most Americans report they never use technology to find religious or spiritual content — or to share their religious views, according to a recent Baylor University survey. But among those who do proselytize online, Evangelicals and Black Protestants are the most likely to do so, said Baylor researcher Paul McClure. Another finding of Baylor Religion Survey was that those with no religious affiliation are the most likely to feel addicted to technology.

Sept. 14, 2017
Many Trump supporters see God as an authoritative “Old Testament kind of God” rather than benevolent or distant, according to the latest findings from the Baylor Religion Survey. “They believe natural disasters can be punishments and they most likely believe miracles can happen because God intervenes in human affairs,” said Paul Froese, Ph.D., survey director and professor of sociology. Many also believe Trump’s election is a result of divine intervention. The survey also included findings about mental health and religion, religion and technology and religion and geography.

Sept. 13, 2017
When determining how religion was associated with voter support for Donald Trump, none of the normal ways of measuring religiosity really predicted a vote for Trump except Christian nationalism, said sociologist Andrew Whitehead, Ph.D., a former researcher at Baylor and one of 15 professors who did analyses for the latest wave of the Baylor Religion Survey. While Trump’s win was largely due to a coalition that was overwhelmingly white and Christian, “It didn’t matter if you were evangelical or mainline (Christian), it didn’t matter if you went to church a lot or a little, what mattered was whether you think America is a Christian nation,” he said. The survey of more than 1,501 participants was done in the early months after Trump’s election.

Sept. 14, 2017
The Internet is used for many reasons in everyday life, but most Americans report they never use it to find religious or spiritual content — or to share their religious views, according to a recent Baylor University survey. But among those who do proselytize online, Evangelicals and Black Protestants are the most likely to do so, said Baylor researcher Paul McClure. Another finding of Baylor Religion Survey was that those with no religious affiliation are the most likely to feel addicted to technology. The survey, with 1,501 participants, was designed by Baylor scholars and administered by the Gallup Organization.

Sept. 8, 2017
United States citizens who voted Republican during presidential elections in 2016 tend to describe themselves as extremely religious, say that America is a Christian nation, consider Muslims a threat to the country and feel that gender roles should be traditional, according to the latest findings from the Baylor Religion Survey, presented recently in Nashville at the Religion Newswriters Association conference. The survey also found that more than half of Americans believe they are going to heaven.

Sept. 11, 2017
The latest findings from Baylor Religion Survey reveal that Americans are deeply fearful of each other — and conservative Christians are among the groups arousing suspicion. More than 36 percent of U.S. adults polled said conservative Christians want to limit their freedom. By comparison, 35 percent said Muslims are out to restrict their liberties, and 27 percent expressed such concerns about atheists. Regular church attenders overall are most likely to say atheists have inferior values, while those who attend rarely or never are most likely to point to conservative Christians as having inferior values. The survey was presented recently in Nashville at the Religion Newswriters Association conference by Baylor sociologists Paul Froese, Ph.D., Jerry Park, Ph.D., and Lindsay Wilkinson, Ph.D.

Sept 8, 2017
Baylor study shows almost one-quarter of millennials age 18 to 25 believe that within the decade their job will be replaced by a robot, according to research by Paul McClure, a sociologist in Baylor’s College of Arts & Sciences.

Sept. 8, 2017
Support for President Trump is driven by a new form of nationalism heavily backed by evangelical Christians, according to the latest findings from the Baylor Religion Survey, with 1,501 respondents. Evangelicals tend to see themselves as very religious, think of the United States as a Christian nation, favor traditional gender roles and see Muslims as a threat. The findings were presented recently at a conference of the National Newswriters Association. Researchers were Baylor sociologists Paul Froese, Ph.D.; Jerry Park, Ph.D.; and Lindsay Wilkinson, Ph.D.

Sept. 7, 2017
Americans who voted for President Trump are often very religious, believe in God and hold traditional views about gender, according to the latest wave of Baylor Religion Survey, presented in Nashville Thursday at the national annual conference of Religion Newswriters Association. The survey also found that Trump supporters are more likely than other voters to see Muslims as threats to America and to view the country as a Christian one. Presenting the report were Paul Froese, Ph.D., survey director and professor of sociology; Jerry Park, Ph.D., associate professor of sociology; and Lindsay Wilkinson, Ph.D., assistant professor of sociology.

Sept. 7, 2017
VIDEO: Trumpism is a new form of nationalism that merges pro-Christian beliefs with anti-Muslim, anti-feminism, anti-globalism and anti-government attitudes, according to new findings from Baylor Religion Survey, presented Thursday in Nashville at the Religion Newswriters Association conference.

Sept. 8, 2017
VIDEO: New findings from Baylor Religion Survey show that "every religious indicator predicts voting for Trump except belonging to a black church or belonging to a non-Christian house of worship," said Paul Froese, Ph.D., survey director and professor of sociology. The survey was presented in Nashville on Thursday at the Religion Newswriters Association conference.

Sept. 7, 2017
Americans often criticize moral concerns and political interests of people who don't share their beliefs, according to new findings from Baylor Religion Survey. The findings were presented at the Religion Newswriters Association conference in Nashville on Thursday. Conservative Christians and religious "nones" fear each other, but it is more about politics then faith, the survey found.

Sept. 7, 2017
Many Americans fear other identity groups of different religions or political leanings, according to the latest analysis from the Baylor Religion Survey. It was presented by Baylor sociologists Paul Froese, Ph.D., Jerry Park, Ph.D., and Lindsay Wilkinson, Ph.D., to the Religion Newswriters Association in Nashville at its annual conference. Part of the study examined negative attitudes toward four groups – atheists, conservative Christians, Jews and Muslims – and found that Americans generally harbor fears and judgment about all four, whether that be seeing them as a physical threat or as having terrible values. Froese, survey director and professor of sociology, said that “We are finding more and more that party identity is a cultural identity as much as religion is.”

Sept. 7, 2017
Americans who voted for President Trump are often very religious, believe in God and hold traditional views about gender, according to the latest wave of Baylor Religion Survey, presented in Nashville Thursday at the national annual conference of Religion Newswriters Association. The survey also found that Trump supporters are more likely than other voters to see Muslims as threats to America and to view the country as a Christian one. Presenting the report were Paul Froese, Ph.D., survey director and professor of sociology; Jerry Park, Ph.D., associate professor of sociology; and Lindsay Wilkinson, Ph.D., assistant professor of sociology.

Sept. 7, 2017
Technology does not scare Americans, nor does the fear of Hell or worries about getting into Heaven. But the fears and suspicions about those with different beliefs than their own very much concerns Americans, according to the latest wave of the Baylor Religion Survey. The report was presented Thursday in Nashville at the Religion Newswriters Association conference. Presenting the research were Paul Froese, Ph.D., survey director and professor of sociology; Jerry Park, Ph.D., associate professor of sociology; and Lindsay Wilkinson, assistant professor of sociology. For centuries, Catholics and Jewish people bore the brunt of a nation’s religious prejudices, but today, Muslims, atheists and conservative Christians are the most feared.

Sept. 7, 2017
VIDEO: Nearly half of Americans believe they are heaven-bound, people who believe they are going to heaven are less likely to have depression or anxiety, and most Americans say they don’t share their religious beliefs online. Those are among the findings in the latest analysis from the Baylor Religion Survey. The report -- the latest analysis of “American Values, Mental Health and Using Technology in the Age of Trump” -- was presented at the Religion Newswriters Association’s annual conference in Nashville. Presenting it were Baylor sociologists Paul Froese, Ph.D., survey director and professor of sociology; Jerry Park, Ph.D., associate professor of sociologist; and Lindsay Wilkinson, assistant professor of sociology.