2001 Religion and Public Life Survey March 5-18, 2001

This pivotal survey, conducted by the Pew Research Center (likely under its former name, the Pew Research Center for The People & The Press) in early March 2001, provides a crucial pre-9/11 snapshot of American religious and political life. It captures public attitudes on the role of faith in politics, society, and policy at the very beginning of President George W. Bush's first term—a time when his "compassionate conservative" agenda prominently featured faith-based initiatives. The data serves as an invaluable baseline for measuring how American perspectives on religion, security, and religious pluralism were profoundly reshaped by the terrorist attacks that occurred just six months later.