One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American SocietyAmerica is one of the few countries where so many religions flourish side by side. Each religion has pockets of influence, and some hold sway over large regions - such as the Baptist church in the South, the Catholic church in the Northeast, and the Mormon church in Utah. Yet larger than any denomination is America's emerging civic religion - Protestant in flavor - which gives as much emphasis to the Fourth of July or Thanksgiving as it does to any sectarian holiday. Few major surveys of religion have been conducted in America until now. By participating in a commercial, computer-generated telephone survey, Barry Kosmin and Seymour Lachman were able to sample 113,000 people across the continental United States, making their National Survey of Religious Identification, the most extensive of its kind in contemporary America. One Nation Under God contains the fascinating and, at times, surprising results of their survey and analysis, giving unprecedented insight into the changing forces that shape our politics and beliefs, and the powerful social dynamics that make this country unique. |
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... Methodist Episcopal Church became elected political officials in their home states . This trend ended after ... Methodist preacher fearfully noted that " the vast sea of human beings seemed to be agitated as if by a storm . " The two ...
... Methodist Episcopal Church became elected political officials in their home states . This trend ended after ... Methodist preacher fearfully noted that " the vast sea of human beings seemed to be agitated as if by a storm . " The two ...
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... Methodist church but also some smaller bodies and the three historically African American Methodist churches . Methodists form a moderate percentage of the population of most states , although because they are only 8 % of the U.S. ...
... Methodist church but also some smaller bodies and the three historically African American Methodist churches . Methodists form a moderate percentage of the population of most states , although because they are only 8 % of the U.S. ...
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... METHODISTS United Methodist Church Africa Methodist Episcopal Church Africa Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Christian Methodist Episcopal Church Free Methodist Church Baptist does not simply apply to any Baptist who happens to live in ...
... METHODISTS United Methodist Church Africa Methodist Episcopal Church Africa Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Christian Methodist Episcopal Church Free Methodist Church Baptist does not simply apply to any Baptist who happens to live in ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
A Historical Overview | 18 |
Geography Is Destiny | 49 |
Copyright | |
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