Why Is Congress So Religious?
February 27, 2023
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PBS, “Religiously, Congress doesn’t reflect modern America, Pew finds”, Jan 5, 2023. link, accessed Jan 17, 2023.
PPRI (Public Religion Research Institute), “PRRI 2021 American Values Atlas: Religious Affiliation Updates and Trends: White Christian Decline Slows, Unaffiliated Growth Levels Off”, April 27, 2022, link, accessed Jan 17, 2023
Pew Research Center, Jeff Diamant, “Faith on the Hill: The religious composition of the 188th Congress”, Jan 3, 2023, link, accessed Jan 17, 2023
RNS (Religious News Service), Jana Riess, “The ‘nones’ are growing — and growing more diverse”, March 24, 2021, link, accessed Jan 17, 2023
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