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To complete this assignment, you will need to read the following articles in the order I have them listed:

Theodorou, Angelina E., (2015) Americans are in the middle of the pack globally when it comes to importance of religion. Pew Research Center. Available at http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/12/23/americans-are-in-the-middle-of-the-pack-globally-when-it-comes-to-importance-of-religion/.
No Author, (2017) The Changing Global Religious Landscape. Pew Research Center. Available at http://www.pewforum.org/2017/04/05/the-changing-global-religious-landscape/.
No Author, (2015) America’s Changing Religious Landscape. Pew Research Center. Available at http://www.pewforum.org/2015/05/12/americas-changing-religious-landscape/.
Fahmy, Dalia, (2018) Key findings about Americans’ belief in God. Pew ResearchCenter.  Available at http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/04/25/key-findings-about-americans-belief-in-god/.

Now that you have read these articles you should conduct additional scholarly research to find at least two relevant scholarly articles.  

These articles, from scholarly journals, should provide additional and/or updated trends in the prevalence of religious belief globally and/or in the United States.  
Non-scholarly sources may NOT be used.   

You are required to cite the sources I assigned, and those you have found, in your paper using current APA format.  

Students unfamiliar with APA format should consult: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_style_introduction.html.
Citations should be in APA in-text format.

Once your research is complete you will write a formal research paper, (1000 – 1500) words in length (4-6 pages using APA format excluding title page, abstract, and references) discussing:

The trends in religious belief both globally and in the United States.
The primary reasons for these trends.