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Worldwide, the religion has grown faster than the rate of population growth over the 20th century, [151] and has been recognized since the 1980s as the most widespread minority religion in the countries of the world. [152] Similarly, by 2020, the religion was the largest minority religion in about half of the counties. [153]
A 2014 Pew Research poll found that the states with the greatest percentage of respondents who stated that religion was "very important" or "somewhat important" to their lives were Alabama (90%) and Louisiana (90%), while the state with the smallest percentage was Vermont (57%).
Religion/Belief Notes The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints: 265.0 United States: Non-Trinitarian Christianity (Mormonism) Includes everything from investments, operating assets (ecclesiastical buildings) and Real estate, mostly from USA. [1] Catholic Church in Germany: 47.24 to 265.62 Germany: Catholicism
Paul Prather: Churchgoers, like their secular neighbors, find themselves restless, confused, weary, politically and racially ulcerated — blown here and there by every wind.
Religion has been a major influence on art, culture, philosophy and law of the continent. Between them, the United States, Mexico and Canada account for 85 percent of the population of North America. Religion in each of these countries is dominated by Christianity (77.4), [2] [3] making it the largest religious group in North America.
The diversity of Muslims in the United States is vast, and so is the breadth of the Muslim American experience. Relaying short anecdotes representative of their everyday lives, nine Muslim Americans demonstrate both the adversities and blessings of Muslim American life.
The religiously unaffiliated were once concentrated in urban, coastal areas, but now live across the U.S., representing a diversity of ages, ethnicities and socioeconomic backgrounds, Drescher said.
According to a 2002 study by the Pew Global Attitudes Project, the U.S. was the only developed nation in the survey where a majority of citizens reported that religion played a "very important" role in their lives, an opinion similar to that found in Latin America. [164]