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This week our CEO Robert P. Jones talked about our research on civility in politics at a forum at Center for American Progress with Jim Kolbe, former Republican congressman from Arizona; James Zogby,…

Few believe that God sometimes punishes nations for the sins of some of its citizens, or that natural disasters are a sign from God, finds a PRRI/RNS survey.

A new study released by the University of Michigan confirmed results of a 2009 poll conducted by Public Religion Research on behalf of Faith in Public Life and Oxfam America. The Michigan study found:…

The results from the February PRRI/RNS Religion News Survey released last week have been popping up in newspapers and on blogs across the country.  The survey, conducted by Public Religion Research I…

A PRRI/RNS poll finds that more than seven in ten believe Congress should not single out Muslims, revealing a public wrestling with fears and fairness post-9/11.

In the wake of the recent string of teen suicides, the Rev. Dr. Sharon Watkins, General Minister and President of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), drafted a letter to the church calling on…

With President Obama’s State of the Union address tonight, we wanted to bring to your attention to three recent non-partisan national surveys from Public Religion Research Institute that identified…

Americans are significantly more likely to say Republicans more often use violent rhetoric than Democrats in political arguments, finds a PRRI survey.

A PRRI survey finds that fewer than one-quarter of Americans say they would give the current “moral state of the union” a grade of an “A” or “B.”

  Recent polling reveals that the public saw the lack of civility in American politics as a serious problem, even before the shootings of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and others in Tucson, Ar…