Pew Research Center religious typology
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Pew Research Center’s religious typology is a research framework that categorizes Americans into distinct religious and belief-based groups to better understand patterns in faith, practice, and attitudes across the population.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Pew Research Center Religious Landscape Study | 1 |
| Pew Research Center religious typology canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Pew Research Center religious typology Context triple: [Black Protestant churches, recognizedBy, Pew Research Center religious typology]
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A.
Center for the Study of World Religions
The Center for the Study of World Religions is an academic institute at Harvard dedicated to the scholarly and interdisciplinary study of global religious traditions and their contemporary significance.
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B.
Three Essays on Religion
Three Essays on Religion is a posthumously published collection of philosophical essays by John Stuart Mill that critically examines religious belief, theism, and the role of religion in moral life.
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C.
International Religious Freedom Report
The International Religious Freedom Report is an annual U.S. government publication that assesses and documents the state of religious freedom in countries around the world.
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D.
American civil religion
American civil religion is a set of shared, quasi-religious beliefs, symbols, and rituals that sacralize the nation and its institutions in the United States.
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E.
Program for the Evolution of Spirituality
The Program for the Evolution of Spirituality is a Harvard Divinity School initiative that explores and supports emerging forms of spiritual life and practice in contemporary society.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pew Research Center religious typology Target entity description: Pew Research Center’s religious typology is a research framework that categorizes Americans into distinct religious and belief-based groups to better understand patterns in faith, practice, and attitudes across the population.
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A.
Center for the Study of World Religions
The Center for the Study of World Religions is an academic institute at Harvard dedicated to the scholarly and interdisciplinary study of global religious traditions and their contemporary significance.
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B.
Three Essays on Religion
Three Essays on Religion is a posthumously published collection of philosophical essays by John Stuart Mill that critically examines religious belief, theism, and the role of religion in moral life.
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C.
International Religious Freedom Report
The International Religious Freedom Report is an annual U.S. government publication that assesses and documents the state of religious freedom in countries around the world.
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D.
American civil religion
American civil religion is a set of shared, quasi-religious beliefs, symbols, and rituals that sacralize the nation and its institutions in the United States.
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E.
Program for the Evolution of Spirituality
The Program for the Evolution of Spirituality is a Harvard Divinity School initiative that explores and supports emerging forms of spiritual life and practice in contemporary society.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
religious typology framework
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social science research tool ⓘ survey-based classification system ⓘ |
| accessibleAt | Pew Research Center website ⓘ |
| appliesTo | U.S. adults ⓘ |
| basedOn |
nationally representative surveys
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public opinion polling data ⓘ |
| comparedWith | traditional religious affiliation categories ⓘ |
| dataType | quantitative survey data ⓘ |
| developedBy | Pew Research Center ⓘ |
| dimension |
attitudes toward religion in public life
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political attitudes ⓘ religious affiliation ⓘ religious belief ⓘ religious commitment ⓘ religious practice ⓘ views on social issues ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
behavioral measures of religiosity
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belief-based measures of religiosity ⓘ nonreligious and secular orientations ⓘ |
| field |
American religious demography
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public opinion research ⓘ sociology of religion ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
religion in the United States
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religious attitudes of Americans ⓘ religious beliefs of Americans ⓘ religious practices of Americans ⓘ |
| geographicScope |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| organizesInto | distinct religious typology groups ⓘ |
| output |
group-level profiles of political and social views
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group-level profiles of religious engagement ⓘ |
| publicationFormat |
interactive web features
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research reports ⓘ |
| purpose |
to analyze patterns in faith and practice across the U.S. population
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to categorize Americans into distinct religious and belief-based groups ⓘ to examine how religion relates to social and political attitudes ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Pew Research Center religious typology
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Pew Research Center Religious Landscape Study
Pew Research Center political typology ⓘ |
| updated | periodically with new survey waves ⓘ |
| usedBy |
journalists
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policy analysts ⓘ religious leaders ⓘ social scientists ⓘ |
| usedIn | Pew Research Center reports on religion in America ⓘ |
| usesMethod |
cluster analysis
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multivariate statistical analysis ⓘ |
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Pew Research Center religious typology
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Pew Research Center religious typology
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this entity surface form:
Pew Research Center Religious Landscape Study