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and in the United States by state, asking the degree to which respondents consider themselves to be religious. The Pew Research Center and Public Religion Research Institute have conducted studies of reported frequency of attendance to religious service. [2] The Harris Poll has conducted surveys of the percentage of people who believe in God. [3]
Islam in the United States by state (27 C, 3 P) Jews and Judaism in the United States by state (59 C) Religious organizations based in the United States by state (57 C)
Among the historical and social characteristics of the United States that some scholars of religion credit for the country's high level of religiousness include its Constitutional guarantees of freedom of religion and legal tradition of separation of church and state; [17] [18] the early immigration of religious dissenters from Northwestern ...
A state church (or "established church") is a state religion established by a state for use exclusively by that state. In the case of a state church , the state has absolute control over the church, but in the case of a state religion , the church is ruled by an exterior body; for example, in the case of Catholicism, the Vatican has control ...
The list of religious populations article provides a comprehensive overview of the distribution and size of religious groups around the world. This article aims to present statistical information on the number of adherents to various religions, including major faiths such as Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and others, as well as smaller religious communities.
The Second Great Awakening exercised a profound impact on American religious history. By 1859 evangelicalism emerged as a kind of national church or national religion and was the grand absorbing theme of American religious life. The greatest gains were made by the very well organized Methodists.
Religion in North America. Religion in the United States of America American civil religion, a sociological theory that a nonsectarian religious faith exists within the United States with sacred symbols drawn from national history; Native American religions, the spiritual practices of the Native Americans in the United States
Religious belief systems founded in the United States (6 C, 82 P) Freedom of religion in the United States (1 C, 42 P) Religious fundamentalism in the United States (3 C)