"Religious affiliation" refers to a person's identification with a particular religion or religious group. It signifies the beliefs, practices, and community that a person is associated with in terms of their religion.
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They may have Jewish heritage, but from the stand point
of religious affiliation in the here and now, they are not Jewish.
Previous studies have shown that spouses share political views more than almost any other trait,
with religious affiliation being the exception, the study's authors write in a news release.
Basically, you have to see people as American first before you start trying to pick and choose who gets what based
on religious affiliation.
Those other independent predictors of people's views
include religious affiliation, age, level of education, specific science knowledge and gender.
Oh, I forgot — it is only those who have
religious affiliation who don't have the right to any privileges or special acknowledgement in North American society these days.
When
choosing religious affiliation and level of commitment, people will weigh rewards against costs and they will try to get the most for their investment.
There has been a decline in
religious affiliation among all age groups but those with no religion among the oldest people remain in the minority.
And the state says it is running a $ 53 million deficit as it pays private schools, most of them
with religious affiliation, to educate students.
Legal custody refers to the authority of a parent to make major decisions regarding the child, such
as religious affiliation and school choice.
The findings raise new questions about the impact that expanding private - school voucher programs could have on religious life in America, at a time when voucher programs are expanding and the number of people
claiming religious affiliation is declining.
The book will find few readers among atheists and agnostics, but will be thought provoking for those who see a spiritual dimension to life, no matter what
particular religious affiliation.
Why has so much attention been given to President Obama's
religious affiliation yet no consideration nor discussion has made it to center stage about Mit Romney's religious persuasion Mormonism?
But in answer to your question... we had Christians, Deists, Animists, Pantheists, Muslims, Atheists, and a host of
other religious affiliations present at the start of our country.
My reticence to declare Shakespeare's
religious affiliation also disturbs David Beauregard, who writes that I may be setting the «bar of proof absurdly high,» and who wonders why the Catholic patterns I find in the plays do not persuade me of the playwright's personal confession.
The U.S. Census Bureau doesn't
track religious affiliation but estimates of the number of Muslims in the US vary between 2M and 7M people.
You will also find on the FairTest list that many schools with strong
religious affiliations do not require standardized tests.
Datafolha, one of Brazil's leading research companies, put the percentage of Catholics in Brazil at 57 % in a new survey on
religious affiliation released on Sunday.
In 2012, both candidates seem to have a desire to
keep religious affiliations off - limits to political attacks, and some of the negativity from four years ago has subsided.
It found that very successful scientists are about 5 times as likely to have no
current religious affiliation (it's arguable if that equates more to atheism or agnosticism) than the general population.
The data presented in Pew's latest, wide - ranging analysis are based primarily off of estimates, since the government doesn't track
specific religious affiliation for new permanent residents.
Most religious affiliations prey on the faith of others by perpetuating their fears that if they don't give «alms» they won't get a slice of heaven, or if they don't behave a certain way, they'll go to hell.
The political crisis that we're witnessing in Ukraine is nothing less than a battle for national identity, and Ukrainians, like their Orthodox and Catholic neighbors in Russia and Poland,
regard religious affiliation as essential to their self - understanding.
... Beachwear which ostentatiously
displays religious affiliation, when France and places of worship are currently the target of terrorist attacks, is liable to create risks of disrupting public order.
Despite all the concern about a liberal - conservative divide on the Court, we should celebrate the fact that the Court is one institution of government
where religious affiliation barely has been noticed, until now.
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