Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/new-survey-maps-shifts-in-the-u-s-religious-landscape Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Transcript A new forum by the Pew foundation shows an America that is widely devout and diverse in its religious roots. It also reveals new shifts and trends in the way religion takes hold across the U.S. A senior fellow from the Pew forum discusses the group's findings. Read the Full Transcript Notice: Transcripts are machine and human generated and lightly edited for accuracy. They may contain errors. GWEN IFILL: Now, a new and surprising report on the scope of the nation's religious diversity.The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life's survey revealed the country is devout and strongly tolerant: 9 in 10 Americans believe in the existence of God, and 3 out of 4 pray at least once a week; 7 out of 10 say they believe many religions, not just their faith, can lead to salvation.And more than two-thirds are not dogmatic, saying there is more than one way to interpret belief.The study is based on telephone interviews with over 35,000 Americans.For more, we're joined by John Green, a senior fellow at the Pew Forum.Welcome. JOHN GREEN, Pew Forum: It's good to be here. GWEN IFILL: It's good to see you. Are we to believe now that Americans are more or less observant than they always have been? JOHN GREEN: Well, they've been a little bit less observant than they were a generation ago, but the levels of religious observance are very constant in the United States. And compared to other advanced, industrial societies, America is a really very religious place. GWEN IFILL: So is it more about how people believe than that they believe? JOHN GREEN: Yes, I think that's the case. I mean, people often say when they compare the United States to Europe that Americans believe, Europeans doubt. But within that context of belief, Americans are extraordinarily diverse.Not only are there differences between religious denominations and traditions, but there's enormous differences within those traditions, as well.