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Religious Differences on the Question of Evolution

Feb. 4, 2009

In advance of the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birthday on Feb. 12, 2009, the Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion & Public Life recently released a report exploring the evolution controversy in the U.S. The Pew Forum's U.S. Religious Landscape Survey found that views on evolution differ widely across religious groups.

For more on this issue, see the Pew Forum's resources on evolution.

Source: Pew Forum U.S. Religious Landscape Survey, conducted in 2007, released in 2008
For question wording, refer to the PDF of the full report.

More Resources

Pew Forum June 23, 2008 U.S. Religious Landscape Survey: Social and Political Views (PDF) April 17, 2008 Q&A: The Evidence for Belief: An Interview with Francis Collins Dec. 18, 2007 Report: Science in America: Religious Belief and Public Attitudes Aug. 27, 2007 Report: How the Public Resolves Conflicts Between Faith and Science

News Jan. 26, 2009 Evolution war still rages 200 years after Darwin's birth McClatchy Newspapers Jan. 26, 2009 Analysis: Science-religion debate will continue The Associated Press Jan. 19, 2009 Scientific climate is changing as Obama takes office USA Today

Other Websites Darwin and Religion The Darwin Correspondence Project The Center for Science and Culture The Discovery Institute The National Center for Science Education ncseweb.org Science and Religion The Templeton Foundation

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