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Religious Statistics on the Web

Web sites with religious statistics

Selected Books with Religious Statistics

American piety in 21st century: new insights to the depth and complexity of religion in the US: selected findings from The Baylor Religion Survey. by Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion
Publication Date: 2006
Barna Trends 2018 by Barna Group Presenting a year's worth of their major research findings, the Barna Trends 2017 puts essential information at our fingertips by consolidating and interpreting the raw data behind cultural, religious, and political shifts. Writers, speakers, pastors, and leaders will find this collection of infographics, analysis, and expert commentary indispensable as they prepare to engage audiences, whether on paper, in person, or with pixels.
Call Number: BR526 .B385 2018
The Triumph of Faith: why the world is more religious than ever by Rodney Stark "God is not dead." --Wall Street Journal Believe it or not, the world is more religious than ever before. Everyone seems to take it for granted that the world is getting more secular--that faith is doomed by modernity. Scientists, secularists, and atheists applaud the change; religious believers lament it. But here's the thing: they're all wrong--and the bestselling author and influential scholar of religion Rodney Stark has the numbers to prove it. The Triumph of Faith explodes the myth that people around the world are abandoning religion. Stark marshals an unprecedented body of data--surveys of more than a million people in 163 nations--to paint the full picture that both scholars and popular commentators have missed. And he explains why the astonishing growth of religion is happening and what it means for our future. Stark's bracing book is full of insights that defy the conventional wisdom. With vigorous prose he reveals: Why claims about Millennials' lack of religion are overblown and historically ignorant Why Islam is NOT overtaking Christianity How 4 out of 5 people worldwide now belong to an organized religion How 50 percent have attended a worship service in the past week Why much-ballyhooed studies from the Pew Research Center and others get the religious landscape wrong Why atheists remain few, anywhere--despite all the talk of the "New Atheism" As Stark shows, secularists have been predicting the imminent demise of religion for centuries. It is their unshakable faith in secularization that may be the most "irrational" of all beliefs. As the author of How the West Won, The Victory of Reason, and many other bestselling works, Rodney Stark has a richly deserved reputation for writing page-turning, myth-busting books. He is also a groundbreaking scholar who has so reshaped the social scientific study of religion that his work has become the basis of a "new paradigm." Stark puts all those talents on full display in The Triumph of Faith. This book will change how you see both religion and the forces of secularization.
Call Number: Ebook Central
Publication Date: 2015-
The World's Religions in Figures by Brian J. Grim; Todd M. Johnson Created by two of the field's leading experts, this unique introduction to international religious demography outlines the challenges in interpreting data on religious adherence, and presents a contemporary portrait of global religious belief. Offers the first comprehensive overview of the field of international religious demography - detailing what we know about religious adherents around the world, and how we know it Examines religious freedom and diversity, including agnostics and atheists, on a global scale, highlighting trends over the past 100 years and projecting estimates for the year 2050 Outlines the issues and challenges related to definitions,taxonomies, sources, analyses, and other techniques in interpreting data on religious adherence Considers data from religious communities, censuses, surveys, and scholarly research, along with several in-depth case studies on the global Muslim population, religion in Chin a, and the religious demography of recently created Sudan and South Sudan Argues against the belief that the twentieth-century was a 'secular' period by putting forward new evidence to the contrary Provides resources for measuring both qualitatively and quantitatively important data on the world's religious situation in the twenty-first century
Call Number: EBSCOhost eBook Collection
Publication Date: 2013
Yearbook of International Religious Demography 2017 by Brian Grim, Todd M. Johnson , and Vegard Skirbekk, and Gina Zurlo, eds. The Yearbook of International Religious Demography presents an annual snapshot of the state of religious statistics around the world. Every year large amounts of data are collected through censuses, surveys, polls, religious communities, scholars, and a host of other sources. These data are collated and analyzed by research centers and scholars around the world. Large amounts of data appear in analyzed form in the World Religion Database (Brill), aiming at a researcher's audience. The Yearbook presents data in sets of tables and scholarly articles spanning social science, demography, history, and geography. Each issue offers findings, sources, methods, and implications surrounding international religious demography. Each year an assessment is made of new data made available since the previous issue of the yearbook. The 2017 volume features a wide range of subjects, including religious demography in Botswana, Protestantism in Guatemala, life satisfaction in Japan, fertility rates in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and the movement of Muslims from the Middle East to Europe.
Call Number: Ebook Central
Publication Date: 2017

Databases with Religious Statistics and Cultural Data

eHRAF World Cultures This link opens in a new window
Features ethnographic collections organized by regions and cultures. Contains collections covering all aspects of cultural and social life.
Online Video User Guide
World Christian Database This link opens in a new window
Extensive data on: Christian denominations, thousands of ethnolinguistic people, major world religions, chronology of world Christianity from 1st century to present, population and evangelism in cities throughout the world.
Statistical Abstract of the United States This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. Some topics covered include: Elections; National Security and Veterans Affairs; Science and Technology; Banking, Finance, and Insurance; Labor Force, Employment, and Earnings; Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Divorces, and many others.
More database information from ProQuest.
Global Road Warrior This link opens in a new window
Country guides with coverage including culture and society, travel, education, religion, history, holidays, language, music, maps, money including a currency converter, national symbols, flags and more.
AtoZ International Business This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive business guides covering business culture, business formation, investment climate, import process, export process, media outlets, advertising and marketing, language, currency, seaports, taxation, security, and much more.