Pew Forum on Religious and Public Life releases "U.S. Religious Knowledge Survey"

Hey guys,

I can't make it to IFC today, but came across this new survey released by the Pew Research Center and I hope you guys check it out! It's pretty interesting and relates back to our Face to Faith discussions and the importance of learning about other religious traditions.

Here's the intro...

"Atheists and agnostics, Jews and Mormons are among the highest-scoring groups on a new survey of religious knowledge, outperforming evangelical Protestants, mainline Protestants and Catholics on questions about the core teachings, history and leading figures of major world religions.

On average, Americans correctly answer 16 of the 32 religious knowledge questions on the survey by the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life. Atheists and agnostics average 20.9 correct answers. Jews and Mormons do about as well, averaging 20.5 and 20.3 correct answers, respectively. Protestants as a whole average 16 correct answers; Catholics as a whole, 14.7. Atheists and agnostics, Jews and Mormons perform better than other groups on the survey even after controlling for differing levels of education."

(follow this link to read more)

Best,

Vicki