The Runner-up Religions Of America

[CrossCuT]

 

 

The map — created by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies and published recently in The Washington Post â€” "looks very odd to me," says Hillary Kaell. She is a professor at Concordia University in Montreal who specializes in North American Christianity. "These numbers, although they look impressive when laid out in the map, represent a very tiny fraction of the population in any of the states listed."

True that. Christianity is the Number One religious tradition across the board. A 2012 Gallup pollshowed that 77 percent of Americans identify as Christians. But a deeper look into the stories behind the map's data reveal a bit more about a nation in flux.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/theprotojournalist/2014/06/21/322919723/the-runner-up-religions-of-america?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20140622

Edited June 22, 2014 by CrossCuT

[blazeingstar]

I believe it about Judaism being the runner up in western NY, PA and Ohio.  My brother went to a state college out there and they had off Jewish holidays, not "christian" or secular ones.

[Nihil Obstat]

Which state is that with Baha'i? And what demographic phenomenon might be behind that? Very interesting.

[ardillacid]

Which state is that with Baha'i? And what demographic phenomenon might be behind that? Very interesting.

 

Alabama

[CatherineM]

That doesn't surprise me about Oklahoma. We took in oodles of Vietnamese boat people in the 70's.

[Luigi]

Alabama

 

That's not Alabama. That's South Carolina.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is somebody on this thread trying to prove that "Westerners are getting dumber" thing? 

Edited June 22, 2014 by Luigi

[Ice_nine]

That's not Alabama. That's South Carolina.

 

 

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