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Do any readers know of reports or other publications which look at trends in the academic study of religion? I\u2019m particularly interested in finding out if there are trends (whether upwards or downwards) in the number of students majoring or minoring in religion at universities without religious affiliation. Thanks in advance for your input!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nNational Trends in the Study of Religion?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Do any readers know of reports or other publications which look at trends in the academic study of religion? 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