The Story: Computational analysis of nearly 50,000 sermons reveals differences in emphasis across major Christian traditions.
The Background: Pew Research Center recently released the results of analysis of 49,719 sermons shared online by 6,431 churches and delivered between April 7 and June 1, 2019 (a period that included Easter). Pew used computational techniques to identify, collect, and analyze the sermons that U.S. churches livestream or share on their websites each week.
Because of the nature of the data collection, the results do not represent all Christian churches in America. For example, churches with sermons included were more likely to be in urban areas and have larger-than-average congregation sizes. But despite such limitations, the results are revealing. Read More
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