Conrad Hackett

Washington, D.C.

Senior Demographer and Associate Director, Research at Pew Research Center

Senior Demographer at @PewResearch Now primarily posting at https://t.co/abPXdAi6Mf Also https://t.co/qMIrbmrLja

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Articles

How the Global Religious Landscape Changed From 2010 to 2020

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Conrad Hackett |Marcin Stonawski |Yunping Tong |Anne Shi |Dalia Fahmy

3 hours agoRepublicans quietly slip 'religious freedom' clause into funding billHouse Republicans have inserted anti-LGBTQ language into a $66 billion must-pass funding bill for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, …4 hours agoReport counters Trump's claims on immigration dataCiting his previous research, Warren said, "If that decline continues, overstaying temporary visas will likely again become the primary contributor …1 hour agoRep.
Religion in China: How Can We Measure Change?

Mar 30, 2025 | journals.sagepub.com | Conrad Hackett |Yunping Tong

Get full access to this articleView all access and purchase options for this article. ReferencesAikman David. 2006. Jesus in Beijing: How Christianity Is Transforming China and Changing the Global Balance of Power. Washington, DC: Regnery Publishing. Bays Daniel H. 2012. A New History of Christianity in China. Chichester, UK; Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell. Bian Yanjie, Li Lulu. 2012. “The Chinese General Social Survey (2003-8): Sample Designs and Data Evaluation.”Chinese Sociological Review 45(1):70–97.
The Growth of Christianity in China May Have Come to an End

Jan 10, 2025 | journals.sagepub.com | s’ Note |Conrad Hackett |Yunping Tong

During the Cultural Revolution, religion was banned in China. When restrictions receded in the 1980s and 1990s, religion flourished as China entered into an era of economic reform and opened up to the world (Goossaert and Palmer 2011). Among China’s major religions, Christianity experienced the most prominent growth (Aikman 2006; Bays 2012).
China’s Christian population appears to have stopped growing after rising rapidly in the 1980s and ’90s

Dec 12, 2023 | pewresearch.org | Conrad Hackett

The Chinese government banned religion during the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s and ’70s. And although Christianity and other religions bounced back in the 1980s and ’90s as restrictions were lifted, the size of China’s Christian population now appears to have leveled off, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of the latest available survey data collected by academic organizations in China.
Is China a religious country or not? It’s a tricky question to answer

Aug 30, 2023 | pewresearch.org | Conrad Hackett

Is China a religious country? A new report from Pew Research Center explains why answering this question is so complex. Based on formal religious identity, China is the least religious country in the world (among all places where survey data is available). Just one-in-ten Chinese adults self-identify with a religion, according to the 2018 Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS). China also has the largest count of people – about 1 billion adults – who claim no formal religious affiliation.