New Study on American Piety

The Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion has just released American Piety in the 21st Century: Selected Findings From the Baylor Religion Survey (Sept. 2006). The Institute describes the study, in part, as follows: "It plumbs all facets of American religion and spirituality in depth − nearly 400 items cover such matters as religious beliefs and practices, including religious consumerism, as well as nonstandard beliefs (astrology, "Bigfoot," alien visitors, etc.) and practices (meditation, New Age therapies, etc)." Wall of Separation blog has a fuller description of the study.