Did Religion Dramatically Lose Importance During the Pandemic?

Maybe, but it's probably more about survey technique than an actual change in society.

I love it when religion data goes viral and that was the case last week with a tweet from my friend and collaborator Andrew Whitehead, who runs one of the most important parts of my job - the Association of Religion Data Archives. He was using the General Social Survey and looking at a question that asked, “To what extent do you consider yourself a reli…