The largest Neopagan religion is Wicca, followed by Neo-Druidism. Elaborate rituals and such dances as the Sundance, Round, Snake, Crow, Ghost and others were developed and led by such native leaders as Wodiziwob, Wovoka , Black Elk , Big Foot , Sitting Bull , and others. Among those surveyed, 44% said they were Reform Jews, 22% said they were Conservative Jews, and 14% said they were Orthodox Jews. World Religions in America, Fourth Edition: An Introduction - Ebook written by Jacob Neusner. ), Other Baptist (Historically Black Protestant Trad. These include Thomas Paine, James Madison, possibly Alexander Hamilton, and Ethan Allen.[119]. ), Other Nondenominational (Evangelical Trad. ), Baptist Family (Historically Black Protestant Trad. Religious freedom is a fundamental principle of American … Religious switching along with Hispanic immigration has significantly changed the religious profile of some states and regions. 90% of Muslim Americans identify as straight. They founded most of the country's leading institutes of higher education. [10] The most religious state or territory of the United States is American Samoa (99.3% religious).[11]. Major religious movements founded in the United States, Change in religious identification, 1950-2019 (Gallup), 2016 Public Religion Research Institute data, ARIS findings regarding self-identification, Tri-Faith America: How Catholics and Jews Held Postwar America to Its Protestant Promise by Kevin M. Schultz, p. 9, Obligations of Citizenship and Demands of Faith: Religious Accommodation in Pluralist Democracies by Nancy L. Rosenblum, Princeton University Press, 2000 - 438, p. 156, The Protestant Voice in American Pluralism by Martin E. Marty, chapter 1. New Protestant branches like Adventism emerged; Restorationists and other Christians like the Jehovah's Witnesses, the Latter Day Saint movement, Churches of Christ and Church of Christ, Scientist, as well as Unitarian and Universalist communities all spread in the 19th century. In 1990, nearly 72% of the population of Utah was Mormon, as well as 26% of neighboring Idaho. [32], Hinduism is the fourth largest faith in the United States, representing approximately 1% of the population in 2016. Kingsley et al., "The College and the Church,", "The most and least educated U.S. religious groups," and "how income varies among U.S. religious groups" in Pew Research Center: 26% and 19% of 75 million Catholics are college graduates and high income earners, respectively. The 1990 sample size was 113,723; 2001 sample size was 50,281. 81 entries are listed here. Pop., 2000 % Change 1990 - 2000; Christianity: 151,225,000: 159,030,000: 76.5% +5%: Nonreligious/Secular Ron Chernow, Titan (New York: Random, 1998) 50. Carette and King, Selling Spirituality, 41. Schools like the University of Notre Dame is ranked best in its state (Indiana) as Georgetown University is ranked best in the District of Columbia. Religions in Asian America : Building Faith Communities. "[55] Among those interested in providing a refuge for Catholics was the second Lord of Baltimore, George Calvert, who established Maryland, a "Catholic Proprietary," in 1634,[55] more than sixty years after the founding of the Spanish Florida mission of St. [76] People of Black ethnicity were most likely to be part of a formal religion, with 80% percent being Christians. Many other religions are represented in the United States, including Shinto, Caodaism, Thelema, Santería, Kemetism, Religio Romana, Zoroastrianism, Vodou, Pastafarianism, and many forms of New Age spirituality. [110], In 2004 there were an estimated 56,000 Taoists in the US. Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC, android, iOS devices. [114][115] However, the same study also reported that "The researchers also found acceptance or rejection of atheists is related not only to personal religiosity, but also to one's exposure to diversity, education and political orientation – with more educated, East and West Coast Americans more accepting of atheists than their Midwestern counterparts. [citation needed]. The U.S. Census does not ask about religion. (Note: "W. South America is also home to other religious groups which include Protestantism, Islam, and Judaism. A Gallup poll released in 2007[225] indicated that 53% of Americans would refuse to vote for an atheist as president, up from 48% in 1987 and 1999. [85] Most, however, became Christians, and the United States did not have a significant Muslim population until the arrival of immigrants from Arab and East Asian Muslim areas. 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