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The ARIS 2008 survey was carried out during February-November 2008 and
collected answers from 54,461 respondents who were questioned in English or
Spanish.
The American population self-identifies as predominantly Christian but
Americans are slowly becoming less Christian.
86% of American adults identified as
Christians in 1990 and 76% in 2008.
The historic Mainline churches and
denominations have experienced the steepest declines while the non-
denominational Christian identity has been trending upward particularly
since 2001.
The challenge to Christianity in
the U.S. does not come from other religions but rather from a rejection of
all forms of organized religion.
34% of American adults considered
themselves "Born Again or Evangelical Christians" in 2008.
The U. S. population continues to show
signs of becoming less religious, with one out of every five Americans
failing to indicate a religious identity in 2008.
The "Nones" (no stated religious
preference, atheist, or agnostic) continue to grow, though at a much slower
pace than in the 1990s, from 8.2% in 1990, to 14.1% in 2001, to 15.0% in
2008.
Asian Americans are substantially
more likely to indicate no religious identity than other racial or ethnic
groups.
One sign of the lack of attachment of
Americans to religion is that 27% do not expect a religious funeral at their
death.
Based on their stated beliefs rather than
their religious identification in 2008, 70% of Americans believe in a
personal God, roughly 12% of Americans are atheist (no God) or agnostic (
unknowable or unsure), and another 12% are deistic (a higher power but no
personal God).
America's religious geography has been
transformed since 1990. Religious switching along with Hispanic immigration
has significantly changed the religious profile of some states and regions.
Between 1990 and 2008, the Catholic population proportion of the New England
states fell from 50% to 36% and in New York it fell from 44% to 37%, while
it rose in California from 29% to 37% and in Texas from 23% to 32%.
Overall the 1990-2008 ARIS time series shows that changes in religious self-
identification in the first decade of the 21st century have been moderate in
comparison to the 1990s, which was a period of significant shifts in the
religious composition of the United States. | l*****a
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Men are significantly more likely than women to claim no religious
affiliation. Nearly one-in-five men say they have no formal religious
affiliation, compared with roughly 13% of women.
Among people who are married, nearly four-in-ten (37%) are married to a
spouse with a different religious affiliation. (This figure includes
Protestants who are married to another Protestant from a different
denominational family, such as a Baptist who is married to a Methodist.)
Hindus and Mormons are the most likely to be married (78% and 71%,
respectively) and to be married to someone of the same religion (90% and 83%
, respectively).
Mormons and Muslims are the groups with the largest families; more than one-
in-five Mormon adults and 15% of Muslim adults in the U.S. have three or
more children living at home.
The Midwest most closely resembles the religious makeup of the overall
population. The South, by a wide margin, has the heaviest concentration of
members of evangelical Protestant churches. The Northeast has the greatest
concentration of Catholics, and the West has the largest proportion of
unaffiliated people, including the largest proportion of atheists and
agnostics.
Of all the major racial and ethnic groups in the United States, black
Americans are the most likely to report a formal religious affiliation. Even
among those blacks who are unaffiliated, three-in-four belong to the "
religious unaffiliated" category (that is, they say that religion is either
somewhat or very important in their lives), compared with slightly more than
one-third of the unaffiliated population overall.
Nearly half of Hindus in the U.S., one-third of Jews and a quarter of
Buddhists have obtained post-graduate education, compared with only about
one-in-ten of the adult population overall. Hindus and Jews are also much
more likely than other groups to report high income levels.
People not affiliated with any particular religion stand out for their
relative youth compared with other religious traditions. Among the
unaffiliated, 31% are under age 30 and 71% are under age 50. Comparable
numbers for the overall adult population are 20% and 59%, respectively.
By contrast, members of mainline Protestant churches and Jews are older, on
average, than members of other groups. Roughly half of Jews and members of
mainline churches are age 50 and older, compared with approximately four-in-
ten American adults overall.
In sharp contrast to Islam and Hinduism, Buddhism in the U.S. is primarily
made up of native-born adherents, whites and converts. Only one-in-three
American Buddhists describe their race as Asian, while nearly three-in-four
Buddhists say they are converts to Buddhism.
Jehovah's Witnesses have the lowest retention rate of any religious
tradition. Only 37% of all those who say they were raised as Jehovah's
Witnesses still identify themselves as Jehovah's Witnesses.
Members of Baptist churches account for one-third of all Protestants and
close to one-fifth of the total U.S. adult population. Baptists also account
for nearly two-thirds of members of historically black Protestant churches.
http://www.freethoughtpedia.com/wiki/American_religion_statisti | r********7
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这个事实是真的，所以朱韬枢弟兄曾经说过：美国已经很难得到更多的祝福了。
基督教正在中国兴起。
【在 l*****a 的大作中提到】
: Other highlights in the report include
: Men are significantly more likely than women to claim no religious
: affiliation. Nearly one-in-five men say they have no formal religious
: affiliation, compared with roughly 13% of women.
: Among people who are married, nearly four-in-ten (37%) are married to a
: spouse with a different religious affiliation. (This figure includes
: Protestants who are married to another Protestant from a different
: denominational family, such as a Baptist who is married to a Methodist.)
: Hindus and Mormons are the most likely to be married (78% and 71%,
: respectively) and to be married to someone of the same religion (90% and 83%
| x***x
发帖数: 3401 | 4 基督教日见势力微已成不争事实
83%
【在 l*****a 的大作中提到】
: Other highlights in the report include
: Men are significantly more likely than women to claim no religious
: affiliation. Nearly one-in-five men say they have no formal religious
: affiliation, compared with roughly 13% of women.
: Among people who are married, nearly four-in-ten (37%) are married to a
: spouse with a different religious affiliation. (This figure includes
: Protestants who are married to another Protestant from a different
: denominational family, such as a Baptist who is married to a Methodist.)
: Hindus and Mormons are the most likely to be married (78% and 71%,
: respectively) and to be married to someone of the same religion (90% and 83%
| l*****a
发帖数: 38403 | 5 20年后的数据很值得期待
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: 基督教日见势力微已成不争事实
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: 83%
| l*****a
发帖数: 38403 | 6 这祝福貌似归你们的神管，你这位兄弟是个先知？
基督教在中国兴起么，从大的论坛譬如天涯猫扑看不出这个迹象，当然可能主要受众是
不常/不会上网的那些
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: 这个事实是真的，所以朱韬枢弟兄曾经说过：美国已经很难得到更多的祝福了。
: 基督教正在中国兴起。
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