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	How Religious Is Your State?
		Pew Research Center, January 2010, Free http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1449/states-ranked-by-religiosity-four-measures A state-by-state analysis of religiousness, based on the importance of religion in people's lives, frequency of attendance at worship services, frequency of prayer, and absolute certainty of belief in God.
	Many Americans Not Dogmatic About Religion: Reincarnation, Astrology and the 'Evil Eye'
		Pew Research Center, December 2009, Free http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1434/multiple-religious-practices-reincarnation-astrology-psychic This report shows that many Americans attend worship services of more than one faith or denomination, and many also mix Christianity with Eastern or New Age beliefs. Sizeable minorities of all major U.S. religious groups say they have experienced supernatural phenomena.
	Pepper, Miriam, "Study of Multidimensional Religion Constructs and Values in the United Kingdom, A", Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, March 2010 (Vol. 49, No. 1)
		http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/123306099/abstract The authors observe that religiousness relates to the “conservation / openness to change value dimension,” and spirituality relates to the desire for transcendence.
	Sahgal, Neha, and Smith, Greg , Religious Portrait of African-Americans, A
		January 2009, Free http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1099/religious-portrait-of-african-americans Sahgal and Greg Smith drill down into the Pew Research religious survey data to look at the African-American subset, and their generally higher level or religiousness.
	Schlehofer, Michèle M., et al, "How Do ‘Religion’ and ‘Spirituality’ Differ? Lay Definitions Among Older Adults", Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, September 2008 (Vol. 47, No. 3)
		http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/121390779/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0 The authors find that older Americans tend to draw a distinction between religion and spirituality, where religion has to do with personal beliefs, community affiliation, and organized practices, while spirituality often is taken in a non-theistic sense.
	Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
		Society for the Scientific Study of Religion http://www.wiley.com/bw/journal.asp?ref=0021-8294 A multi-disciplinary journal that publishes articles, research notes, and book reviews on the social scientific study of religion.
	U.S. Religious Landscape Survey - Data Files
		Pew Research Center, 2009, Free http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1403/religious-landscape-survey-data-public-release data from a representative sample of more than 35,000 U.S. adults.
	U.S. Religious Landscape Survey
		Pew Research Center, February 2009, Free http://religions.pewforum.org/reports Based on interviews with more than 35,000 American adults, this study details the religious makeup, religious beliefs and practices as well as social and political attitudes of the American public.
Advisers
	Yanikoski, Charles S., "Planning, Spirituality, and Non-Spirituality", Integrative Adviser, August 2008 (Vol. 1, No. 2)
		http://www.aiflp.org/pdfs/IntegrativeAdviserNo0102.pdf, Free The various meanings of spirituality are explored here, along with their relationship to happiness, and the implications of all of this for planning and for advisers.