2007-06-12 17:49:43 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
look at jp stasticts. isnt that sad. we claim to be this "super diverse country" when muslims and jews only make up 2%?!
2007-06-12 17:55:01 · answer #1 · answered by lins 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
80% of the U.S. is Christian and 15% do not adhere to a religion. Other religions comprise 5% of the U.S. population. According to the CIA World Factbook, the U.S. is 78% Christian and 10% no religion, while other religions comprise 12% of the U.S. population. In descending order, the largest identified religious groups are Protestant (52%); Roman Catholic (24%); Mormon (2%); Buddhist (2%); Jewish (1%); and Muslim (1%).
Most Americans belong to one of the many Protestant denominations, yet none of those denominations taken alone has more members than Roman Catholicism. Many of these denominations can be traced back to Europe while some are American originals.
Roman Catholic - largest denomination, especially predominant among those of Irish, Filipino, Spanish, Italian, Polish, French, and French Canadian descent, as well as a minority of those of German descent.
Baptist, theologically descended from the Anabaptists of Switzerland and Mennonites of Netherlands, but culturally associated with the American South. Now strongly promoted among Chinese.
Methodism
Episcopal Church in the United States - Anglican, formerly Church of England
Lutheranism, Germany & Nordic countries
Presbyterianism
Adventism - founded in the U.S.
Evangelicalism - notably associated with politically conservative causes, and ideology.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) - founded in U.S.
Jehovah's Witnesses - founded in the U.S.
United Church of Christ -- Formed in 1957 as a united and uniting church from a union of the Congregational Christian Church and Evangelical and Reformed Church
Churches of Christ - a restoration movement with no governing body which is particularly strong in Texas and Tennessee, and to a lesser degree in the rest of the southeastern United States.
2007-06-12 17:57:39 · answer #2 · answered by tebone0315 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Protestant 52%, Roman Catholic 24%, Mormon 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim 1%, other 10%, none 10% (2002 est.)
2007-06-12 18:04:00 · answer #3 · answered by cthulhu will raise 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Protestant 52%, Roman Catholic 24%, Mormon 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim 1%, other 10%, none 10% (2002 est.)
2007-06-12 17:53:34 · answer #4 · answered by YahooAnswersIsFun 3 · 5⤊ 1⤋
God only knows.
2007-06-12 17:54:31 · answer #5 · answered by Mariah 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋