Predictions About Population Growth Can Fuel Bigotry, But Shouldn’t

Pew’s report on global religious demographics may inadvertently fuel cultural anxieties and racist ideologies. Here are four key things to keep in mind when considering population growth and religion.

by Leslie Root

In early April, the Pew Research Center, a non-profit fact tank based in Washington, DC, released The Changing Global Religious Landscape, a report on global demographic trends in religion, as part of its long-running Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures project.

The report highlights fascinating trends in world population growth by relig…