Ryan Burge: Evangelical Jews, Educated Church-Goers, & other bits of dizzying data
Summary: <br> A couple of months ago, Ryan joined to discuss recent data on religion in America. It was a very popular episode, and members of the <a href="https://trippfuller.com/community/">Homebrewed Community</a> requested more charts! Here it is.<br> <a href="http://ryanburge.net">Ryan P. Burge</a> is an assistant <a href="https://www.eiu.edu/polisci/faculty.php/hendrickson.php?id=rpburge&subcat=">professor of political science at Eastern Illinois University</a>. Author of<br> numerous journal articles, he is the co-founder of and a frequent contributor to<a href="https://religioninpublic.blog/contributors/burge-2/"> Religion in Public</a>, a forum for scholars of religion and politics to make their work accessible to a general audience. Burge is a pastor in the American Baptist Church.<br> Previous Vists from Ryan Burge<br> <br> * <a href="https://trippfuller.com/2022/09/14/ryan-burge-5-religion-graphs-w-a-side-of-hot-takes/">5 Religion Graphs w/ a side of Hot Takes</a><br> * <a href="https://trippfuller.com/2022/05/06/ryan-burge-myths-about-religion-and-politics/">Myths about Religion & Politics</a><br> <br> The Charts We Discuss…(follow Ryan on twitter for more charts)<br> <br> Religious attendance among African-Americans.<br> Never/Seldom attend in 2008 vs 2021, by age:<br> 18-35: 35% -> 46% (+11)<br> 36-44: 31% -> 45% (+14)<br> 45-54: 23% -> 43% (+20)<br> 55-64: 25% -> 48% (+23)<br> 65+: 24% -> 40% (+16) <a href="https://t.co/jffEBD5cM2">pic.twitter.com/jffEBD5cM2</a><br> — Ryan Burge ? (@ryanburge) <a href="https://twitter.com/ryanburge/status/1585324361678196737?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 26, 2022</a><br> <br> <br> This is empirically, undeniably false.<br> This is 14 years of the Cooperative Election Study. Total sample size is 547,456.<br> In no year are those with a college degree more likely to be religiously unaffiliated than those who stopped at a high school diploma. <a href="https://t.co/WPze6UCTjd">https://t.co/WPze6UCTjd</a> <a href="https://t.co/jI8tmSvGsd">pic.twitter.com/jI8tmSvGsd</a><br> — Ryan Burge ? (@ryanburge) <a href="https://twitter.com/ryanburge/status/1584354731627261952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 24, 2022</a><br> <br> <br> 60% of Republican Protestants self-identify as evangelical/born-again. It’s 44% of Democrats.<br> 19% of Republican Jews ID as evangelical. 6% of Democrats.<br> 39% vs 15% for Muslims.<br> 25% vs 8% for Buddhists.<br> 37% vs 11% for Hindus. <a href="https://t.co/2SNOL4nVJw">pic.twitter.com/2SNOL4nVJw</a><br> — Ryan Burge ? (@ryanburge) <a href="https://twitter.com/ryanburge/status/1583825108057042944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 22, 2022</a><br> <br> <br> The more white people attend religious services, the more likely they are to identify as politically conservative.<br> The same is true for Black people.<br> And Hispanic people.<br> And Asian people.<br> It’s hard to find a situation where greater attendance doesn’t lead to conservatism <a href="https://t.co/VO6IuBE4Gy">pic.twitter.com/VO6IuBE4Gy</a><br> — Ryan Burge ? (@ryanburge) <a href="https://twitter.com/ryanburge/status/1578181332898701313?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 7, 2022</a><br> <br> <br> These are the 20 largest seminaries in the United States based on headcount.<br> One is a mainline seminary: Duke, which is affiliated with the United Methodists.<br> 20,172 students represented here. 97% of them being trained in evangelical seminaries. <a href="https://t.co/7qLfc8vdKY">pic.twitter.com/7qLfc8vdKY</a><br> — Ryan Burge ? (@ryanburge) <a href="https://twitter.com/ryanburge/status/1584660170587578368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 24, 2022</a><br> <br> <br> <a href="https://followthepodcast.com/hbc">Follow the podcast, drop a review</a>, or become a <a href="https://trippfuller.com/community/">member of the HBC Community</a>.<a href="https://followthepodcast."></a>
