Is gambling a sin? What about drinking alcohol? Or is that okay, but getting drunk is sinful? Our new report asks evangelicals to define which thoughts and behaviors are sin and which are not. Then, on a couple of them, we compared beliefs and behaviors. Uh, oh...
Our report examines how evangelicals see others with very different political beliefs; whether they perceive 11 different controversial issues (from racial injustice to gun legislation) as religious, social, or political issues, and how involved they want churches to be on each.
Relatively few Americans are fully pro-life or pro-choice; most call for abortion to be legal in some situations but not in others
Americans have diverse relationships, but some groups are much better known than others—Evangelicals are largely invisible