The Pew Research Center has just released the results of a survey of religious knowledge in the U.S. You can find their summary here, and the actual questions and answers here: I didnt find most of the questions very interesting, but I guess they were looking for knowledge about religion, ones own and those of others. I wish their breakdown had made it easier to tell what members of the various religions were replying to the questions. This is mentioned in the summary report but I didnt find it broken down in the replies. I'm always interested also in the level of education in religion that the respondents have had.

Rev. Joseph A. Komonchak, professor emeritus of the School of Theology and Religious Studies at the Catholic University of America, is a retired priest of the Archdiocese of New York.

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