Tagged with "National Study"
Change lowers LDS Church growth rate
MR says: This might technically be true, but according to the researchers from the Religion Census, "It's no big deal." If you suspected the newly released U.S. Religion Census overstated the LDS Church’s growth rate, you were right. That’s because, this time around, the Utah-based faith changed the way...
Religion census reveals substantial LDS growth
MR says: The maps and graphs are the best part. At a time when major religious groups around the United States are experiencing significant declines in membership, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints continues to grow substantially, according to the 2010 decennial U.S. Religion Census released...
U.S. religions, by the numbers
MR says: Numbers according to the U.S. Religion Census. Total number of religious adherents nationwide » 150,686,156 Percentage of total U.S. population »48.8 Religions by percent of U.S. population,...
BYU, University of Utah business schools on News and World Report's 'most popular' list
Two business schools in Utah, Brigham Young University’s Marriott School of Business and the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business, have joined the ranks of Harvard and Stanford on U.S. News & World Report’s Most Popular Business Schools list. The rankings were based on the...
Utah tops nation in traditional family categories
An analysis released Wednesday by the U.S. Census Bureau shows that as Americans move more to a "Modern Family" model, Utah is sticking closer to the traditional "Ozzie and Harriet" lifestyle. Utah has the nation’s highest percentage of households headed by married couples and the highest...
Jewish-Americans strongly prefer Mormons over evangelicals
New survey information shows that the feelings of Jewish-Americans toward Mormons are more than twice as favorable as what Jews feel for evangelical Christians. Released earlier this month, the 2012 Jewish Values Survey was conducted by the Public Religion Research Institute. Among several...
Mormon volunteerism discussed by scholars at Pew Forum
MR says: Click on the forwarding link to view the Pew Forum's full transcript. It's pretty cool. Mormon volunteerism got the attention of the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. The research and survey group hosted an event titled “Mormons and Civic Life,” during which University of Pennsylvania...
American Public says religious news too polarizing, journalists disagree
A majority of the American public says religious news coverage is too sensationalized, while less than 30 percent of journalists agree according to a survey released Thursday. The survey released jointly by the Knight Program in Media and Religion at the University of Southern California and the...
Mormon Media Observer: It always comes back to Joseph Smith
MR says: In a Pew study, more people knew that Joseph Smith was Mormon than could identify the first four books of the New Testament. It might come as a shock to MSNBC commentator Lawrence O'Donell, but many Latter-day Saints might well see O'Donell's mean-spirited remarks late last week about the Prophet...
Mormon Media Observer: Crisis of the American family
MR says: I believe this is the study Elder Ballard was referring to in his general conference talk. While it is true that the news coverage of the epic health care debate in the Supreme Court represents one of the most important news stories in recent years, one story with implications for the future of the...
Utah man researches why people leave the LDS Church
MR says: One of the reasons the researcher found is the Internet. So sad. A Utah State University researcher will unveil the findings of a new study exploring why members of the LDS Church lose their testimonies and what happens afterward at a lecture today at Utah Valley University in Orem. John Dehlin,...
In Utah, religion is truly an all-or-nothing proposition
MR says: Interesting, but not really a surprise. The infographics are neat. A new survey from Gallup details religious observance in America by dividing each state's population into three categories: very religious, moderately religious and nonreligious. And suffice it to say, the data reveals Utah's...
Good news, missionaries: 'Being bilingual makes you smarter'
Bilingualism makes brains of all ages more adept at multitasking, ignoring distractions and monitoring the surrounding environment, according to an op-ed piece in the New York Times by Science Magazine staff writer Yudhijit Bhattacharjee. "Being bilingual, it turns out, makes you smarter,"...
BYU ranked among top 40
Brigham Young University's law and business schools are both among the Top 40 in the country, according to the latest U.S. News & World Report graduate school rankings, released March 13. The J. Reuben Clark Law School is ranked 39th, jumping three spots from last year's rankings, while the...
Nearly 90 percent of Mormons tithe regularly, researchers confirm
Nearly 90 percent of Mormons reported tithing regularly, new research shows. Researchers who presented their findings on the charitable habits of members of the Church of Jesus Church of Latter-day Saints are confident in the reliability of the responses from Mormons surveyed. Ram Cnaan,...
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