Interreligious Relations

Most people in all six South and Southeast Asian countries surveyed say they believe in God or unseen beings.

Most U.S. adults are neutral toward several religious groups, though Americans tend to rate their own religious group positively. More than a third of Americans hold unfavorable views of multiple religious groups.

Wide majorities in most of the 17 advanced economies surveyed say having people of many different backgrounds improves their society, but most also see conflicts between partisan, racial and ethnic groups.

Our new survey of 29,999 Indian adults takes a closer look at religious identity, nationalism and tolerance in Indian society.

Indians see religious tolerance as a central part of who they are as a nation. Across the major religious groups, most people say it is very important to respect all religions to be “truly Indian.”

Americans who personally know someone in a different religious group are more likely to feel positively about members of that group.

U.S. Jews have relatively high levels of religious knowledge. But other Americans are unable to answer some basic questions about Jewish practices.

Almost all New Zealanders said in a 2011-2012 survey that they would accept a neighbor of a different religion.

Reports of anti-Semitic incidents in France rose dramatically in 2018. Yet most French adults do not believe negative Jewish stereotypes and are accepting of Jews.

Ukraine is an overwhelmingly Orthodox Christian nation, and 46% of Orthodox Ukrainians look to the Ukrainian national church leaders as the highest Orthodoxy authority.