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A recent survey from the Pew Research Center reveals shifting American attitudes toward religion’s role in society. The study found that 37% of Americans now believe faith is becoming more influential, marking the highest level recorded in almost 25 years.<\/p>

Despite this increase, a majority of 61% still view religion as declining in influence across the nation. However, this represents a notable drop from the peak of more than 70% who held this view five years earlier.<\/p>

The poll also discovered that approximately half of all Americans consider religion’s impact on the country to be positive, regardless of whether they see its influence growing or shrinking.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A recent survey reveals that more Americans now believe faith is becoming more influential in society, reaching the highest level in nearly 25 years. However, the majority still think religion is losing its grip on American culture, though that number has decreased from five years ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":68291,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[835],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-religious"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/news-1779110682347.png?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-hLu","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":68804,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/new-survey-shows-mixed-views-on-religions-role-in-american-society\/","url_meta":{"origin":68292,"position":0},"title":"New Survey Shows Mixed Views on Religion’s Role in American Society","author":"Admin","date":"May 19, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"A recent survey reveals that more Americans than in decades believe religion is growing in influence, though most still think faith is losing ground. 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