In a report released today, NORC Senior Fellow Tom W. Smith said that about 10 percent of American adults identify themselves as 'spritual' but not 'religious.'
The report is part of an analysis of data from the 2008 General Social Survey on trends in religion. The study, sponsored by the Templeton Foundation, also found that people report praying more frequently but attending religous services less frequerntly. In fact, about 22 percent of Americans report never having attended a relious service.
Read the press release, here and view or download the paper, "Religious Change Around the World," here.
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