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of the project and helped draft the chapter on demographic factors and the Methodology. Former intern Joseph Naylor helped
design maps, and David McClendon, another former intern, helped research global patterns of religious switching. The original
concept for this study was developed by Luis Lugo, former director of the Pew Research Center’s Religion & Public Life project,
with assistance from former senior researcher Brian J. Grim and visiting senior research fellow Mehtab Karim.
Others at the Pew Research Center who provided editorial or research guidance include Michael Dimock, Claudia Deane, Scott
Keeter, Jeffrey S. Passel and D’Vera Cohn. Communications support was provided by Katherine Ritchey and Russ Oates.
We also received very helpful advice and feedback on portions of this report from Nicholas Eberstadt, Henry Wendt Scholar in
Political Economy, American Enterprise Institute; Roger Finke, Director of the Association of Religion Data Archives and
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